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Ill Considered: Liminal Space
by Chris May
London's semi-free trio Ill Considered makes music in much the same way as does tenor saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses Boyd's duo, Binker and Moses--using simple rhythmelodic motifs as jumping off points for otherwise unstructured improvisation, much of it blazingly intense. Originally a quartet, Ill Considered now comprises founder members tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist Idris Rahman and drummer Emre Ramazanoglu plus post-pandemic recruit, bassist Liran Donin. The band self-released an impressive nine albums between 2017 and 2019. Liminal ...
read moreTheon Cross: Intra-I
by Chris May
A member of tenor saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings' Sons Of Kemet since 2015, tuba player Theon Cross released his first full-length album, Fyah (Gearbox), in 2019. Most of it was performed by a trio comprising Cross, tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia and drummer Moses Boyd, augmented on two tracks by other luminaries of the alternative London jazz scene. Fyah was one of the most fresh hewn and fun albums to come out of London in 2019. Cross' second album, ...
read moreIll Considered: 6
by Karl Ackermann
The London-based quartet, Ill Considered, has churned out nine full-length albums in less than two years, each high quality and each a unique jazz creation. Founded in 2017, saxophonist Idris Rahman, drummer Emre Ramazanoglu and bassist Leon Brichard replaced their additional percussionist with Satin Singh on their second release, Live at the Crypt (Self Produced, 2017). Rahman and Brichard had recorded in a short-lived group called Wildflower; that trio bearing more than a passing similarity to the style of this ...
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