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Alex Paxton — trombonist & composer from the UK
fantastic & rather bonkers!

https://alexpaxtonmusic.com/work

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


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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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

https://www.facebook.com/britishtrombon ... 7S9Ucbxw6v

mbarbier wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 1:16 pm 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

https://www.facebook.com/britishtrombon ... 7S9Ucbxw6v

the link works! it's only a short excerpt but it is great. Thank you!!!

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)

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.

text by Robert Worby on Paxton https://www.nonclassical.co.uk/engage-1 ... to-say-yes

Alex Paxton 'Levels Of Affection' Philharmonia Orchestra

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...

From upcoming album,
with Children’s Chorus and London Sinfionetta