Jazz Articles about Philip Clouts

About Philip Clouts

Album Review

The Philip Clouts Quartet's Umoya, a follow-up to The Hour Of Pearl, (Point Records, 2013) is named for the Zulu word for Life Force. It's a positive title for an album filled with positive sounds. Bass guitarist Alex Keen remains from those The Hour Of Pearl sessions. He's joined by saxophonist Samuel Eagles and drummer Dave Ingamells. Pianist and composer Clouts was born in Cape Town, South Africa and moved to the UK as a young child. African ...

Album Review

Philip Clouts Quartet: The Hour Of Pearl

Read "The Hour Of Pearl" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
September 30, 2013

The Hour Of Pearl--a title taken from John Steinbeck's Cannery Row--is the second album from the UK-based Philip Clouts Quartet. A melodic collection of original tunes, it combines lightness of touch with a rhythmic sensibility: a winning combination.Pianist and composer Clouts was born in Cape Town. Although he moved to the UK in his infancy, the family home was filled with the music of his homeland, Abdullah Ibrahim and Chris McGregor proving to be especially influential on Clouts' ...