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Album Review

Noel Langley: Syzygy

by Neil Duggan
November 5, 2026

There has been a 12-year gap since British trumpeter, composer and producer Noel Langley released his debut as a leader, Edentide (Suntara Records, 2014). He returns with Syzygy, an album that offers a partial account of what he has been doing in the intervening years. The core of the album was recorded during a session with pianist Alcyona Mick in 2000. Having also featured on Langley's debut, Mick shares an established musical rapport with him, allowing the duo to explore ...

Album Review

Noel Langley: Edentide

Read "Edentide" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
July 5, 2014

A deep and lugubrious ship's foghorn of brass wailing evolves into a fanfare rendition of a theme repeated throughout this debut (and long overdue) recording by trumpet maestro Noel Langley. In “For the Uncommon Man" Langley weaves a hypnotic solo surrounded by a variety of musical embellishments including delicate harp interwoven with resonant vibraphone. “The Turning House" is an improvisation featuring Langley and Ruth Wall playing a droning bray harp which manages to sound distinctly like a sitar ...