Hear Now (FMR) Trevor Watts is unrelenting. The brilliant saxophonist was a pioneer when he burst on to Britain’s jazz scene in the mid-1960s with drummer John Stevens, trombonist Paul Rutherford and Australian bassist Bruce Cale in the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. He’s still a pioneer now: a genuine improviser…
Category: Album Reviews
At 83 Sonny Rollins remains a tall man. In the 1960s he was positively imposing, a quality echoed in the sound of his tenor saxophone. His chin sprouted a tufty little beard at this time, and this combined with his hooded eyes and size to imply a monumentalism and impassivity…
Haveli (Yum Yum Tree) What hits you first is the sound quality: play this loud and your neighbours will think a band is rehearsing in your living-room. This enchanting album was recorded in the Piramal Haveli, an exotic (and resonant!) century-old building in remote Bagar, India. There saxophonist Matt Keegan…