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Whether performing solo or collaborating with other talented musicians like *Rachel Grimes* or *Peter Broderick*, Bourne's performances are always captivating and full of surprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith an extensive discography that includes acclaimed albums such as \"Broadway Project\" and \"Laurent Dehors,\" Bourne continues to push the boundaries of what can be achieved within the realm of jazz music. His collaborations with renowned artists like *Brambles*, *Christina Vantzou*, and *Danny Norbury* have further solidified his reputation as an innovative force in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"isotach","title":"Isotach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Bourne\u003c\/strong\u003e returns to the piano for \u003cem\u003eIsotach\u003c\/em\u003e following his celebrated moogmemory project. 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A restless, endlessly exploratory musician, Bourne first came to prominence at the age of 23 when he won the Perrier Jazz Award in 2001, following that with a BBC Jazz Award for Innovation the next year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe has spent the ensuing decade working in a bewildering variety of contexts, from the manic structures and free flights of his trio with bassist Dave Kane and percussionist Steven Davis as \u003cem\u003eBourne\/Davis\/Kane\u003c\/em\u003e (one of the few genuinely innovative piano trios of a period when 'innovative' piano trios have been as common as crows), to the fluid, contemporary sound of \u003cem\u003eThe Electric Dr M\u003c\/em\u003e, to free playing with Tony Bevan, Barre Phillips, Tony Buck and others, and even forays into the strange and marginal world of broken and neglected pianos (2009's superb \u003cem\u003eSongs From A Lost Piano\u003c\/em\u003e project).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eMontauk Variations\u003c\/em\u003e, Bourne has reinvented his approach by stripping away the clutter and quirkiness characteristic of previous work. 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