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Although they've lived in the same town for many years, John Edwards and John Butcher didn't play together until 1997 - in a trio with Pat Thomas at the Room at the Top.
Since then, they have worked in many contexts - but principally as a duo, releasing two CDs.
Passionate, involving music, at the same time so carefully detailed and, dare I say, elegant.
BRAIDA / EDWARDS / SPERA / BUTCHER - Rome 2007 - © Alessandro Carpentieri They have since played in Italy, Holland and France, and in 2005 formed a quartet Weightless with pianist Alberto Braida. Freedom of the City 2003 - small groups 
order CD via Emanem. Recorded at the Conway Hall on the night programmed by Martin Davidson.
Saxophone and double bass duos can't get better than John Butcher and John Edwards', especially when they explore the realms of droning resonance and dark-alley polyphony while knotting fingers and tongue in complex marvellous new languages; in that sense their Spokes could be the top of this selection.
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