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Keith Jafrate

Keith Jafrate is a musician and poet working in a mix of jazz, electronica and spoken word

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orfeo 5: 'a year on the ice' Keith Jafrate: soprano, alto & tenor saxophones Shaun Blezard: electronics and processing

1. a year on the ice 2. i looked back 3. dusk, the neon coming on 4. biography of a bird 5. later and later 6. beyond the surf

Though the group first performed in 2002, after a long series of line-up changes orfeo 5 have finally released their first CD in 2009. 'a year on the ice' combines influences from, among many, Jon Hassell, Evan Parker�s Electro-Acoustic Ensemble and Nils Pieter Molvaer in music that is romantic and narrative and mysterious all at once. Without setting out to do so, Shaun and Keith have created something that stays close to jazz while drawing on all sorts of other musics. All the tracks are improvisations recorded live at The Word Hoard in Dean Clough, Halifax, and the CD as a whole is a powerful and absorbing journey, somehow ambient and passionate at the same time.

buy the CD at www.myspace.com/orfeo5 www.wordhoard.co.uk/homepage.htm