tenor saxophone, flute, saxello
John Purcell
Member of Abstract Truth (“Beginnings”, Amadeo 1994; compositions “Alison” and “Beginnings”); in July 1992 both played at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland in “John Purcell’s Blue Brass Connection”, and in the same month they taught at the International Jazz Academy in St. Pölten, Austria.
American jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, born in New York in 1952; member of the World Saxophone Quartet and of Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition, with Muhal Richard Abrams from 1983 to 1990.
Recordings together
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John Purcell, Kenny Davis, Ronnie Burrage, Harry Pepl
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Abstract Truth: Die kleine Mutti (Beginnings, 1994)
“Die kleine Mutti” (Harry Pepl), track 2 of the album “Beginnings” by Abstract Truth (PAO Records, 1994), 5:26: Harry Pepl (guitar), John Purcell (tenor saxophone), Kenny Davis (bass), Ronnie Burrage (drums). Prepared in 2020 for the Ö1 radio programme.
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In the chronology
In the press
- 17 July 1992 Pori Jazz, Festivalarchiv (online): Festival years 1992: John Purcell´s Blue Brass Connection
- 1994 Amadeo, Wien (CD-Booklet, 523 570-2): Abstract Truth: „Beginnings“ (Booklet)
- 28 December 1994 APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Jazz-Splitter“
- 5 November 1995 Kronen Zeitung (Seite 26): Plattenkritik zu „Abstract Truth - Beginnings“