Jazz Articles about Crystal Moth

Crystal Moth: Crystal Moth

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 2017

This London-based quintet started as a duo with drummer Paul May and percussionist Patrick Dawes, but eventually expanded into a quartet due to a series of meetings and encounters among additional musicians. Otherwise, May and keyboardist Carolyn Hume performed as a duo and released several intriguing minimalistic, melodic, jazz-improvisation framed outings for the largely, experimental and long-running UK record label, Leo Records. The respective musicians' resumes are comprised of diverse backgrounds, which makes sense after listening to the ...