Alex Paxton

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by iranzi » (edited 2024-10-21 4:42 p.m.)

Alex Paxton — trombonist & composer from the UK

fantastic & rather bonkers!

https://alexpaxtonmusic.com/work

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Benny Vernon, Huw Evans, Jamie Tweed, Josh Cirtina — Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings, June 2022

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Candyfolk Space-Drum

London Sinfonietta & children's chorus — Southbank Centre, March 2022

"This is a piece of music I have written so that it can be played to an audience by notation-reader-like-musician-soloists who like it, improvising musicians who like it, a drummer who likes it, electricitysounds and some children who like it also. These are the best sounds I can imagine these people making, I think it will also be also be fun to watch." Alex Paxton, from the concert programme https://tinyurl.com/38886xjk

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by iranzi » (edited 2024-10-20 11:18 p.m.)

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by mbarbier »

Alex is incredible and wonderfully bonkers music.

His recent sackbut piece for Emily White is really great. Hopefully the link works since it's Facebook

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by iranzi » (edited 2024-10-21 12:45 a.m.)

[quote="mbarbier"]Alex is incredible and wonderfully bonkers music.

His recent sackbut piece for Emily White is really great. Hopefully the link works since it's Facebook

[url]<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.facebook.com/britishtrombon ... 7S9Ucbxw6v">https://www.facebook.com/britishtrombonesociety/videos/517562950748235/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v</LINK_TEXT>[/quote]

the link works! it's only a short excerpt but it is great. Thank you!!!
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by iranzi » (edited 2024-10-22 10:49 a.m.)

Seems unique How the different elements put together.the overall sound: really special etc etc (i’ll need a lot of time to come up with a pitch perfect accolade. to beat hundreds of them out there) :roll:
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by jacobgarchik »

I dig the orchestral music...interesting to contrast the freedom of his solo style with the relative formality of the orchestra players, an intriguing juxtaposition. Not without precedent I suppose; I'm thinking of the 60s record of Bernstein/NY phil on Larry Austin's improvisations with Don Ellis, or Ornette on Skies of America and on the Naked Lunch soundtrack. I wonder if he is going to continue to pursue that, or could the script be flipped, with an orchestra of wild free jazz players and a classical soloist, or a combination of these things.
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by iranzi » (edited 2025-08-28 3:38 a.m.)

text by Robert Worby on Paxton
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Alex Paxton 'Levels Of Affection' Philharmonia Orchestra

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by iranzi » (edited 2025-08-28 3:37 a.m.)

really admiring the futuristic and inclusive, community-based vibes e.g. in "Candyfolk Space-Drum", linking up with Cornelius Cardew's Scratch Orchestra, and The Sun Ra Arkestra...