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The New Couriers - Azule Serape
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Originally formed to revive the repertoire and bravura performance style of the Jazz Couriers - the band led by Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes in the late 1950s - the New Couriers have evolved into something broader and more adventurous.
“For relaxed confidence allied to virtuosity it is quite outstanding.” The Guardian
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The New Couriers - Brazilian Thoroughfare
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Right from the opening outburst of the precise, bluesy bluster of Mornington Lockett's excellent tenor solo hurtling upwards over the propulsion of drummer-leader Martin Drew's irresistible hi-hat snaps, you know what a superb album you are about to enjoy. "It's irresistible, no matter what your taste in jazz.” The Guardian
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The New Couriers - Through the Night
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Mornington Lockett suggested putting a band together to play the music of The Jazz Couriers who were together from April 1957 to August 1959. This Volume 2 CD recorded in July 2002 underlines the excitement, virtuosity, and cohesiveness of "Celebrating The Jazz Couriers".
"The balance of this quintet really cannot be faulted... It swings, and swings hard: and that's what the Couriers were about.” The Independent
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Sue Richardson - Emergence
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Sue Richardson is an unusual combination of jazz vocalist and trumpet player, one of just a few female singer/trumpet players worldwide. On this, her second album released in 2007, her swinging trumpet contrasts wonderfully with her smooth vocals.
""..the ideal showcase for her versatility as a sweet-toned vocalist, dynamic trumpet player and classy arranger." Jazzwise
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Tom Arthurs and Richard Fairhurst - Mesmer
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On Mesmer we have the youthful talents of Tom
Arthurs – the Babel label Flugelhornist – and Richard Fairhurst – who released
his first album at the age of 19 under the tutelage of Iain Ballamy. Through
those Hungry Ants albums Fairhurst has developed into a formidable force as both
a pianist and composer. The tunes on this album are far removed from the
percussive, post Loose Tubes numbers Fairhurst was first committing to CD, but
they are all the more refined and personal statements because of it.
"Fairhurst is a fine pianist who plays with an inventiveness beyond his 23 years." John Lewis - Time Out
"Tom Arthurs sounds as if he has a lot of fascinating music to come." John Fordham - The Guardian
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Pat Crumly - Weaver of Dreams
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Up until his untimely passing in late 2008 the late, great
British saxophonist Pat Crumly had been playing regularly at the 606. This
album, Weaver of Dreams, represents his most recent work within a Quartet
setting, and it is a shining example of his unique style. He is joined by
three of the most well-regarded musicians in the British jazz scene; Nick
Weldon on piano, Tim Wells on double bass and Mark Fletcher on drums. In the
original liner notes to this album Crumly wrote:
“I must say that it is a great pleasure to work with
this group of musicians; the band has a unique dynamic which is pervaded by
humour, inventive musicality and a special intensity.”
Weaver of Dreams
captures these traits perfectly, and offers some of Crumlys most rewarding recorded
music.
"Whichever way you cut it, the music here will really grow on you." Brian Priestley - Jazz: The Rough Guide
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Pat Crumly - Third World Sketches
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This set of six musical sketches, written by the
late, great British saxophonist Pat Crumly, were recorded way back in 1984 with
the aid of funds from the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Greater London
Arts Association. Prior to engaging with the project Crumly immersed himself in
the harrowing environment of the Third World via in-depth reading and
travelling throughout Africa and the Middle East. With his natural interest in
ethnic music and culture, and his individual style and passion for jazz, Crumly
created an album that draws the listener in to his own sound world, captivating
and informing.
"Whenever Crumly played at the Ronnie Scott Club, Scott would join the audience to listen, absorbed" Steve Voce - The Independent
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Pat Crumly - Behind The Mask
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Up
until his untimely passing in late 2008 the late, great British saxophonist Pat
Crumly had been playing regularly at the 606. This album from 1992, recorded at The 606 Club, is an
enticing mix of re-worked standards and Crumly’s own compositions. The quote
below, from British jazz legend Ronnie Scott, should cement in your mind what a
powerful jazz figure Crumly was:
“Pat Crumly is one of the saxophone players in this
country that I most admire. He plays tenor, alto and soprano equally well and
he is an impressive flautist and no mean composer. He seems at home in any
context – I’ve heard him play rock music as well as standard tunes and ballads
with emotion and feeling. He plays melodically without any of the
flavour-of-the-month pseudo hip noises and pyrotechnics that pass for music too
often these days. He is a jazz musician.”
Ronnie Scott – July 1992
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Pat Crumly - Flamingo
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Up until his untimely passing in late 2008 the
late, great British saxophonist Pat Crumly had been playing regularly at the
606. On Flamingo, his second Spotlite CD release, Crumly offers the listener
considerable variety, with three tunes featuring the additional horns of Guy
Barker (trumpet) and Richard Edwards (Trombone), including the title-track
arranged by Charlie Mingus. The enjoyable and technically impressive playing –
which bears traces of Adderley and Pepper, alongside more recent touches – exhibits
a real feel for the modern mainstream.
"Whenever Crumly played at the Ronnie Scott Club, Scott would join the audience to listen, absorbed"
Steve Voce - The Independent
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Threeway - Conversations
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Featured on BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Line Up in April
2006, Conversations is the debut album from Threeway. Consisting of trumpeter
and flugelhornist Steve Waterman, pianist Steve Lodder and electric bassist Ben
Crosland, this is British chamber jazz at its finest.
"The interplay among them is unfailingly ingenious without descending into needless complexity." Dave Gelly - The Observer"
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