Jake Leckie, The Guide, Ropeadope ***

A lively trio record here from Boston-born bassist Jake Leckie. There's intricate scalar detail and the trio certainly generate a heat and velocity on a track like 'The Gatekeeper' that carries you along. There's a real buoyancy on 'Adobe' and a …

Published: 11 Apr 2022. Updated: 23 months.

A lively trio record here from Boston-born bassist Jake Leckie. There's intricate scalar detail and the trio certainly generate a heat and velocity on a track like 'The Gatekeeper' that carries you along. There's a real buoyancy on 'Adobe' and a feelgood characteristic throughout. Leckie has played with the likes of the legendary Sixto “Sugarman” Rodriguez and piano wiz Matthew Whitaker and debuted back in 2019 now resurfacing here with guitarist Nadav Peled and drummer Elizabeth Goodfellow. Likeable sounds.

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Fergus McCreadie, Forest Floor, Edition ****

A similar record to Cairn the release that really made the jazz world sit up and take note of the McCreadie trio. And once again the result has that bustle and tumult, touches of Scottish folk, and a certain poeticism that made that record work so …

Published: 10 Apr 2022. Updated: 23 months.

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A similar record to Cairn the release that really made the jazz world sit up and take note of the McCreadie trio. And once again the result has that bustle and tumult, touches of Scottish folk, and a certain poeticism that made that record work so well and make this trio one of the UK's most notable in many years. The trio wrap themselves snugly round the fertile piano lines and you get an undeniable sense of optimism in some of the record's best moments. Drummer Stephen Henderson comes into his own on 'Landslide' and here you get a sense of the power that is always possible when the trio break free while bassist David Bowden's solo on 'White Water' pushes and probes as an insistent foil to an always effervescent McCreadie.