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Jim Blomfield Trio: Wave Forms And Sea Changes
by Bruce Lindsay
Wave Forms And Sea Changes is the Jim Blomfield Trio's debut, an acoustic piano trio from Bristol in the southwest of England. Pianist/composer Blomfield has been on the scene for some years. Bristol-based since 1991, he's worked with players such as Andy Hague, Kevin Figes and ECM recording artist Andy Sheppard. On this album he's joined by two younger players--bassist Roshan “Tosh" Wijetunge and drummer Mark Whitlam.Southwest England's popular music scene has always thrown a few surprises at ...
Continue Reading4 Sided Triangle: 4 Sided Triangle
by Bruce Lindsay
4 Sided Triangle offer up a set of tunes that mix jazz, rock, blues and funk on their eponymous debut album. It's an often-quirky set of tunes from an impressive quartet of British musicians led by Bristol-based saxophonist and composer Kevin Figes.Figes also leads the Kevin Figes Quartet, which has released two albums, but 4 Sided Triangle is a different beast altogether: only Figes himself is present in both bands. Two things give 4 Sided Triangle a distinctive ...
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