Fay Victor - Barn Songs
Fay Victor has always been an experimental sort of singer –
and here, she works in a very experimental setting – a "chamber trio"
that just features her voice alongside the cello of Marika Hughes and alto sax
of Darius Jones! Fay's voice is wonderful – cresting with the sort of sharp
edges that Abbey Lincoln would bring to her more pensive, more avant
performances – set up in a way that also echoes some of the classic modes of
Jeanne Lee – but with these beautifully poetic lyrics that are very much
Victor's own. Titles include "Stealaway", "Last Night's
Dinner", "Dream State", "Sometimes", "Talk Talk
(part 2)", "Nico", and "There They Are". ~ Dusty
Groove
Emma-Jean Thackray / Makaya McCraven - Too Shy (12 inch
version) / Run Dem (Gilles Peterson edit)
A great little record that continues the Chicago/London
meeting that was begun in the Makaya McCraven album Where We Come From – a
limited single with two collaborative grooves on each side! Emma-Jean Thackray
serves up "Too Shy" on side one – a skittish blend of jazz elements,
keyboards, and some soaring soulful vocals! Side two features a Gilles Peterson
edit of the track "Run Dem" – which has plenty of hefty drums, plus
musical contributions from Joe Armon-Jones, Theon Cross, and Soweto Kinch! ~Dusty Groove
3TM - Lake
Drummer and producer Teppo Mäkynen's 3TM returns with a new
album, 'Lake', on 29 November on Helsinki's We Jazz Records. The album is the
much awaited follow up to 2017's successful 3TM debut 'Form', which was awarded
as the "Jazz Album of the Year" in Mäkynen's native Finland. 'Lake'
was preceded by the ambient electronic album'Abyss' in August, which set the
mood for what's to come next: a compact yet far-reaching body of work bringing
together the trio's acoustic jazz sound and ideas rooted in abstract electronic
music in a remarkably boundless way. 'Lake' is a collection of 9 Mäkynen-penned
originals ranging from the looping, hypnotic
compositions such as first single 'Laws Of Life' to the delicacy of
tracks such as 'Woods'. There is a sense of long form narrative here, evident
in glorious, slowly evolving tracks such as 'Lake' and 'A Pile Of Broken
Dreams'. The overall sound is swinging, melodic, deep and futuristic. It's
acoustic jazz and abstract electronic music understood deeply and used as the
base of a new sound, which goes beyond the usual distinctions of "acoustic
jazz" or "electronic music". This is music for the present day,
moving forward. In the 3TM trio formation Mäkynen is joined by sax man Jussi
Kannaste and bassist Antti Lötjönen, both Finnish scene mainstays. The band
will celebrate their new release at Helsinki's We Jazz Festival on 7 December.
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