Jazz Articles about Killer Shrimp

Killer Shrimp: Sincerely Whatever

by Chris May
June 2, 2006

Anyone who thinks hard bop is a spent creative force, fit only for the nostalgia and retro bins, could do worse than spin Sincerely Whatever. With just a pinch of electronica and a heap of hard blowing attitude, London's Killer Shrimp delivers the message like it's box-fresh. The quartet's debut album is inventive, physical, full of life, on the edge--and unmistakably of today.

Killer Shrimp is led by tenor saxophonist Ed Jones (who doubles a little bass clarinet and soprano ...