Paul Taylor - Whirl and Magnet '2024

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Paul Taylor is an improvising pianist / electronics player based in North East
England, who is often heard as a solo improviser. Here he turns his attention to
two improvisations for Hammond organ, an instrument which allows him to explore
his passions for both jazz and more progressive / kosmische styles. The Hammond
C3 organ at the erstwhile Sage Gateshead Music Centre (now The Glasshouse
International Centre for Music) is a powerhouse of an instrument hidden in plain
sight. Concealed in a corner of the basement labyrinth of studios and practice
rooms, I've rarely heard or seen it played in earnest by anyone else. Being
privileged to work in an environment surrounded by music and instruments, it did
not take me long to encounter this timeless box of tricks. Nor did I need much
encouragement to uncover the keyboard, fire up the archaic starting motor and
hear the mechanical whirr of the Leslie rotary speaker cabinet scythe through
the air. And then to see what I could conjure up from the hidden recesses of the
unfamiliar box of tricks.

1.01 - Paul Taylor - Whirl and Magnet, Pt. 1 (17:21)
1.02 - Paul Taylor - Whirl and Magnet, Pt. 2 (19:53)

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