Bursting with great writing, energy and vitality that snaps all notions of what a contemporary big band & crucially strings together should sound like, Arakatak is a clear candidate to become the recipient of a hatful of awards, surely. It's big tent cinematic jazz that's brimful of passion.
There's plenty of spirit and a contemporary sheen to The Guesthouse. But Shai Maestro's latest doesn't quite engage as much as some of his earlier work managed to.
Formidable, probing, interrogative instrumentalism from a band of leaders. Post-bopper Alex Hitchcock is the sax genius of Chris Potter calibre quietly nestling in our midst.
A knockout version of a Lerner and Loewe classic is the first newly released Jo Harrop recording in a while and marks a return to the song that the acclaimed north-east of England singer has already successfully recorded.
Unusually fronted by a singer who plays vibes accompanied by double bass and piano, Talkline on this performance played originals and treatments of songs by Labi Siffre, Radiohead and John Martyn.
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