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Kairos Ensemble: Rejoicing Blues
by Bruce Lindsay
Kairos Ensemble (not to be confused with another UK four piece, Kairos 4tet) came together in 2001. Rejoicing Blues is the ensemble's fifth album and features tunes from the band's live sets that have not previously been recorded. There is, indeed, much here that is worth rejoicing. The ensemble features saxophonist Dan Foster, pianist Peter James and drummer Tom Hooper. In a slightly-out-of-leftfield move the Kairos Ensemble's bottom end rhythm duties are handled not by the traditional double ...
read morePeter James Trio: Soul Story
by Bruce Lindsay
Soul Story is the second album from the Peter James Trio, and it's an outstanding work. Its combination of superb musicianship and keyboardist James' beautifully-crafted tunes ensures that the band can lay claim to a place in the top flight of piano trios. The passion and melodic sensibility displayed across the album further strengthens this claim. All three musicians studied together during the early '90s at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and their mutual understanding ...
read morePeter James Trio: Soul Story
by Nic Jones
The piano trio is currently one of the staples in what might be called marketed jazz, but that doesn't mean that every example of the lineup lacks musical substance. British pianist Peter James' trio is a case in point, because it's clear that its stylistic range is wide, even while retaining its own identity. Take the not misleadingly titled “Headlong," which finds the pianist damping the keys to vital rhythmic effect before bassist Jeremy Brown turns in ...
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