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The Modern Beat Combo

UK-based Jazz band with varying line-ups, playing original compositions and covers. Influences include bebop, jazz fusion, free jazz, also Jaco Pastorius, Bird, Coltrane, Art Pepper. This band has been gigging and recording for some years and now some of those recordings are available on Bandcamp.

The Modern Beat Combo: Soul-Jazz Reflections

Read "Soul-Jazz Reflections" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
February 9, 2024

The Modern Beat Combo is a British group with an affinity for American mainstream jazz and jazz fusion, which they demonstrate through the swinging, supple grooves they consistently put out on this album. Their skill at fusion is shown best by their version of Miles Davis' “It's About That Time" where Steve Harding's electric piano maintains a funky groove over the thick, bubbling electric bass of Dave Good and the simmering percussion laid down by John Baker and ...

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Modern Beat Combo's 'Soul-Jazz Reflections' Not To Be Missed, An Album To Look Out For!

Source: Dave Good
December 8, 2023

UK-based jazz group The Modern Beat Combo have released their latest album on Bandcamp. It’s called Soul-Jazz Reflections. Short excerpts from each song can be heard on Youtube to give a quick taste of the album. Better still, listen on their Bandcamp page. There is a strong influence of chromaticism and colour, which relates to jazz and blues inflections including bebop. This group provides something for everyone with a variety of influences including: modal, fusion, world music, spiritual, bebop, modern ...
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