Saturday morning listen: Get the Blessing, 'Oscillation Ochre'

A welcome return from one of those bands who still remain impossible to categorise, Get the Blessing. Once a high profile fixture on the UK jazz circuit but not heard of much over the past five years the band are strong on groove as they prove here …

Published: 19 Aug 2023. Updated: 9 months.

A welcome return from one of those bands who still remain impossible to categorise, Get the Blessing. Once a high profile fixture on the UK jazz circuit but not heard of much over the past five years the band are strong on groove as they prove here once again with Jim Barr's bass lines prominent. Woozy sax and trumpet lines courtesy of Jake McMurchie and Pete Judge add a certain noirish atmosphere against Clive Deamer's steady drum line. 'Oscillation Ochre' is from Pallett to be released in October. It's good to have them back again.

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Emma Rawicz, Chroma, ACT ****

The rise and rise and rise and rise of saxophonist Emma Rawicz ubiquitous on the UK jazz club and festival scene over the last few years reaches new heights with Chroma. Her story goes further with her signing to leading German label ACT where she …

Published: 18 Aug 2023. Updated: 9 months.

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The rise and rise and rise and rise of saxophonist Emma Rawicz ubiquitous on the UK jazz club and festival scene over the last few years reaches new heights with Chroma. Her story goes further with her signing to leading German label ACT where she will be introduced to new audiences across Europe through the wide distribution of the label. And surely they all too will pick up on what UK audiences have found - a mature player with ideas and talent to burn far beyond her years. She keeps hot company here with Ivo Neame, Ant Law, Conor Chaplin and Asaf Sirkis key to the sound and there is plenty of spread from Indo jazz sounds across more rugged contemporary textures that finds her in a state of the art post bop arena. Immy Churchill also makes her presence felt as instrumentals meld with voice. We liked the 'Xanadu' tracks best and the album certainly proves what a complex, fine, writer the saxophonist is. Definitely up there among the top UK jazz of the year so far. Out on 25 August

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