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Moses Boyd: Displaced Diaspora
ByBoyd has played a central role in the emergence of the new London scene, both as a producermost notably of singer Zara McFarlane's uplifting celebration of the music of the city's Caribbean diaspora, Arise (Brownswood, 2017)and, with saxophonist Binker Golding, as co-leader and co-producer of the ferocious semi-free group Binker and Moses. The band's three albumsDem Ones (2015), Journey To The Mountain Of Forever (2017) and Alive In The East? (2018), all released on Gearboxare high water marks in the development of the scene.
Displaced Diaspora revisits recordings made at the same 2015 sessions that produced Boyd's jazz / electronica / hip hop mash-up "Rye Lane Shuffle," the Four Tet and Floating Points-mixed 12" single that shook up London dance floors in 2016 (and which has gone on to fetch large sums on the second-hand market). "Rye Lane Shuffle" is included here along with its flipside, "Drum Dance." Other tracks feature scene cadre-members McFarlane, saxophonist and bata player Kevin Haynes and his Grupo Ellegua, trombonist Nathaniel Cross, who arranged "Rye Lane Shuffle," saxophonist Nubya Garcia, tubaist Theon Cross (from Shabaka Hutchings' Sons of Kemet), and keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones. Sons Of Kemet's Your Queen Is A Reptile (Impulse!, 2018) and Armon-Jones' Starting Today (Brownswood, 2018) are cornerstones of the reforged London jazz along with Arise and the Binker and Moses albums.
Following this highly recommended rewind from Boyd, a bunch of newly recorded albums is scheduled for release in London in autumn 2018. The first two feature bands also led by drummers / percussionists. Next up is percussionist Sarathy Korwar & Upaj Collective's breathtaking Indo-jazz double-disc live set, My East Is Your West (Gearbox). That will be followed by drummer Jake Long's spiritual-jazz septet Maisha's sublime studio-debut, Welcome To A New Welcome (Brownswood). Watch this space.
Track Listing
Rush Hour / Elegua; Frontline; Rye Lane Shuffle; Drum Dance; Axis Blue; City Nocturne; Waiting On The Night Bus; Marooned In S.E.6.; Ancestors.
Personnel
Moses Boyd
drumsCollective personnel includes: Moses Boyd: drums; Nubya Garcia: saxophone, flute; Kevin Haynes: saxophone, bata; Joe Armon-Jones: keys; Nathaniel Cross: trombone; Theon Cross: tuba; Zara McFarlane: vocals; Terri Walker: vocals; Louis V1: rap vocals; Grupo Eleggua.
Album information
Title: Displaced Diaspora | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Exodus
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