JOHN RUSSELL
Jazz Related Improv/Composition • United Kingdom
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British acoustic guitarist who was an enduring figure on the U.K. avant-garde scene.
A lasting figure on the British free improvisation scene, guitarist John Russell was, like his compatriot Roger Smith, the quiet type. Since the mid-'70s, he was constantly active in and around London, and also behind the scenes as a teacher and concert organizer. But his signature style was heard in Chris Burn's Ensemble, in the John Butcher-Phil Durrant-John Russell trio, and in duos with Roger Turner and Stefan Keune. His musical activities were better documented from the mid-'90s onward.
Russell (born on December 19, 1954) got his first guitar at age 11. In 1971, he was already performing in London and a year later had hooked up with the free music scene revolving around Derek Bailey's label Incus. At his first concerts, he played an electric guitar, but in the mid-'70s he traded his instrument for a 1936 Zenith
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Analekta
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2007
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Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2010
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2015
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