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Partisans: Max
by Bev Stapleton
Partisans are open in their admiration for jazz-rock/fusion. Yet the UK group's third album, Max, moves far beyond revivalism. It's dedicated to Max Roach, and the opening self-penned title track is embedded within Charlie Parker's “Klact-oveeseds-tene," drawing immediate attention to influences well beyond the 1970s. In fact, the most impressive feature of the band is its ...
Partisans: Max
by Chris May
Longer established than their Babel label mates and fellow London radicals Acoustic Ladyland and Polar Bear--and several light years closer to the straight-ahead tradition than either--in energy and attitude Phil Robson's and Julian Siegel's Partisans are very much on the same side of the barricades. Here, in their first album since '00's Sourpuss, they cook up ...
Acoustic Ladyland: Last Chance Disco
by Chris May
Another revolutionary and heartening jazz-is-reborn manifesto from the F-IRE collective of young London bands--and by a mile the most extreme to date. At times closer to thrash metal and grindcore than jazz as it's usually defined, and acknowledging the presence of Pig Destroyer and Dizzee Rascal in the world around it, Acoustic Ladyland is either an ...
Polar Bear: Held On The Tips Of Fingers
by Chris May
The second album from Sebastian Rochford's group of young London anarcho-punk-groove-electronica-free improv upsetters is an even more thrilling and momentous affair than its predecessor, last year's highly acclaimed Dim Lit. It's the most radical, invigorating and heartening Britjazz album to be released so far this year and, even though it is still only March, it's certain ...
Centripede
By Tom Arthurs
Label: Babel Label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Issues 7.47; Buddha Beads 11.03; Pollock 5.19; Sick Mind 9.35; Bitbob 2.28; Perception Extended 9.52; Stroll 2.36
Tom Arthurs: Centripede
by Ben McDonnell
Recently nominated for Best New Act by the BBC Jazz Awards, Centripede is “Fresh and friendly music inspired by world dance musics contemporary and traditional, strategic improvisation and the compositional depth of twentieth century classical music"... at least that's how the band leader, trumpet player and composer Tom Arthurs describes the eclectic blend of styles that ...
