Thursday 11 December 2003

MICHAEL MOORE & ALEX MAGUIRE

Michael Moore-alto saxophone, clarinets, Alex Maguire-piano

Michael Moore and Alex Maguire have been an exceptional musical duo for many years.About their CD ‘Mount Olympus’, The Penguin Guide of Music writes: ‘The duos with Alex Maguire open up a new dimension again, drawing on free improvisation but also on formal composition. The Englishman is a stunningly good player, robust and muscular, who sounds as if he is climbing Mount Olympus by some heroically self-reliant route. Moore is as quizzically lyrical as ever, popping question marks and inverted commas on top of even the simplest melodies.’

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