The quartet celebrated the release with 2 consecutive shows at London’s esteemed Ronnie Scott’s Jazz club on 16th & 17th June 2023.
The tracklist of this album could be considered a sort of “best of” of Spannocchi’s compositions from previous albums (which are mostly sold out) yet we hear these compositions in entirely new arrangements along with new works.
The band were particularly tight that day as it was mid tour, they weren't aware of this show being recorded which means they weren't playing it safe, quite on the contrary the fluid interplay shows the frivolous risk taking and challenging spontaneous compositions along the agreed tunes and arrangements. As much as each musician contributes their individual style and way of playing it is apparent that the groups presents a band in the sense of having a unique sound as an ensemble. All this makes this recording particularly engaging and fresh.
The quartet features:
Ruth Goller - bass (Vula Viel, Melt Yourself Down, acoustic ladyland and Shabaka Hutchings)
Danny Keane - piano and Rhodes (Mulatu Astatke, Anoushka Shankar)
Pete Adam Hill - drums (Alfa Mist, Jo Harrop and more)
Alongside Guido Spannocchi (alto saxophone)
Recorded live by Valentin Zopp, mixed by Raphael Spannocchi at Sound Alm Haid, Bavaria's hub for new music and mastered by Pete Fletcher at Blackbay Studio Scotland.
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