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July 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Theon Cross: Fyah 

Theon Cross  Fyah  Gearbox  There’s something very exciting happening around jazz in London – I say ‘around’ because it’s a throwback, in part, to late-90s club culture, it’s ‘world’ music for want of a term, it’s not just jazz but jazz informs every aspect – even if the horns venture into shronking-good afrobeat, free-form funk and filth.   The latest cab […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Drums, Fyah, Gearbox, Jazz, Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia, Saxophone, Sons of Kemet, Tenor, Theon Cross, Theon Cross: Fyah, Trio, Tuba, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Polar Bear: Same As You

Polar Bear Same As You Leaf Spain It’s a swift follow-up to last year’s wonderful In Each And Every One, but where that had some hard corners, more noise – more dissonance – Same As You is (as the title hints) more instantly inviting, softer in a sense, gentler. The two-sax magical weave is there […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, In Each And Every One, Jazz, John Lurie, Polar Bear, Same As You, Sons of Kemet ·

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March 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Get The Blessing: Lope And Antilope

Get The Blessing Lope And Antilope Naim Jazz Here we have the fourth  full-lengther from British jazz quartet Get The Blessing. Formed around the rhythm section of Portishead, theirs is a probing, searching version of jazz – it makes me think of the recent Sons of Kemet album (which I loved). We start with the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adrian Utley, Album Review, Clive Deamer, Get The Blessing, Jake McMurchie, Jazz, Jim Burr, John Zorn, Lope And Antilope, Pete Judge, Portishead, Sons of Kemet ·

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December 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Sons of Kemet: Burn

Sons of Kemet Burn Naim Jazz Shabaka Hutchings (sax/clarinet) leads Sons of Kemet, a band that’s been called a jazz “super-group” due to the calibre (and other commitments) of the members. It features two drummers (Tom Skiinner and Seb Rochford) and Oren Marshall on Tuba. And Burn is the band’s debut album after a couple […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Burn, Jazz, Sons of Kemet ·

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