Drawn from Andorra to be released next week this Danish electric jazz-rock quintet redolent of early period Christian Scott for instance 2007's Anthem still very possibly his best record before the New Orleanian added the aTunde Adjuah part as a suffix to his name and how he is now known to all. That of course leads to thinking about the lead trumpeter here who is Mads La Cour and also a member of the formidable Danish Radio Big Band and very impressive he is too. La Cour has a magisterial very compelling persuasive way with his approach but really it's the overall band spirit and momentum here on 'Orbit', the pushing along that comes from drummer Nikolaj Bundvig and a thundering bass from Morten Jørgensen, that makes the piece work so well. Recorded back in March this studio album also has another of its tracks the ballad 'The Poet' streaming ahead of release which avails more of strong studio engineering and is a significant statement from La Cour.
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