Jazz Articles about Jonathan Crossley

Jonathan Crossley And The Chase Of Sound

by Mick Raubenheimer
January 11, 2023

South African-born, UK-based guitarist Jonathan Crossley's 2022 release Inhale is an amalgam of influences, from post-rock to jazz to math rock to electronica, all woven into a genre unto itself. Time signatures shift effortlessly and, indeed, any one time signature is played around with, Crossley's guitar and Jonno Sweetman's drums hopping from just behind to just ahead of the pulse in a kind of playful interrogation (and celebration of the limits) of rhythm and metre. Opening track “Bounce" ...