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Silencium (Harle 001)

Silencium - John Harle Harle loves juxtapositions - long, silky saxophone notes against the sound of a classical soprano singer, the toll of a church-bell, African percussion rhythms, - that's the background to Silencium, but it's still an album of songs - it's just that Harle makes you reconsider what a song can be.

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Terror And Magnificence (Harle 002)

Terror and Magnificence - John Harle Shakespeare via Elvis Costello, Gothic mysteries, free-jazz, forty saxes playing at once - Terror and Magnificence is a wonderful splicing of ancient and modern.

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Spirit Walk (Harle 003)

Spirit Walk - John Harle Harle seems to appreciate the idiosyncrasies of particular singers and players like a jazz conposer does, but he has an overarching vision that sets just the right place for all of it within his scheme of things, - that's why didgeridoos, string orchestras, trip-hop grooves, Andy Sheppard's sax or Sarah Jane Morris's voice can all sound as if they're in a real relationship here, rather than just bolted together.

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The Shadow of the Duke (Harle 004)

With Richard Rodney Bennett, Paul Jones, Sarah Leonard and Stan Tracey.

The Shadow of the Duke - John Harle Harle understands both the jazz and classical traditions, and is brilliant at getting musicians of different backgrounds to work creatively together. All that makes Shadow of the Duke a completely different kind of tribute album.

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Songs of Earth and Alchemy (Harle 005)

Songs of Earth and Alchemy - John Harle The John Harle Collection
(boxed set of the four)

This collection expresses classical music's symmetry and lyricism through tradtional methods and modern electronics, opens a unigue widow on Duke Ellington, joins sharpend jazz to English folk balladry, and makes trip-hop, decks playing and world-music sound as if they belong together.
- Harle, the Alchemist of Ambient Soundscapes.

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The Ballad of Jamie Allan (Harle 006)

Songs of Earth and Alchemy - John Harle A folk opera with texts by the Newcastle poet Tom Pickard, it tells the story of the 18th century Northumbrian piper, royal musician, deserter and horse thief, Jamie Allan.