Conservatives view the sixties jazz avant-garde as a dead end.
In his Imagine documentary, Alan Yentob stared at John Coltrane’s empty chair and explained his post-1965 output as a mistake caused by religion and drugs, the ungrateful Afro-American making a hat out of his invitation to the Conservatoire.
Four decades later the saxophonist Matana Roberts, in Dalston with a British trio, probes and deconstructs, bows her head to a bespoke spirituality, dovetails into moments of micro-melody, bleats bugle style like Albert Ayler, and chases the ‘trane just that little bit further on Turn It Around, presenting an unassailable case for this music as a living form.
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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John Robins, Comedian
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Slothy Matt, Twitter