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It takes practice and inspiration to become a hotshot young jazz player but only a special maturity can discipline that musicality for maximum effect. Saxophonist Josh Arcoleo (23) has all of the above, and thus his debut album shows the hallmarks of greatness. With top sidesmen Ivo Neame (piano), Callum Gourlay (bass) and James Maddren (drums) and eight of his own terrific compositions, Arcoleo’s fulsome tone weaves the elegiac ‘Glade’ before methodically introducing the title track, a loosely strung-together group piece bejewelled by dazzling improvisatory moments, a rolling drum tide propelling ebb and flow. It’s a great track and that’s just for starters… Whatever’s begun here is already unstoppable. (Tony Benjamin)
Copyright Tony Benjamin 2012 |
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