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Matt Anderson Quartet: The Town and the City
ByAnderson composed four of these tracks, Palau contributed "Northern Journey," a gentle, reflective tune featuring Anderson on soprano sax, and "Albatross" comes from singer & songwriter Jamie Doe, who has worked with Anderson and Harris in the past. "Swagger" is aptly titled, opening with real confidence thanks to Palau and Davis' piano and drum attack. "Ode to Europe" is a calmer number, a flowing composition which highlights Anderson's tenor playing. "The Conversation" conjures images not of a respectful exchange but of a bustling, many-sided chat where each person (or instrument) dives in and out of the interactions, desperate to establish their own point of view; the tenor sax gets the lion's share of this particular conversation, but all the players make telling contributions.
"Albatross" is the album's prettiest track. Anderson's tenor saxophone tone is rich and warm, the rhythm playing is restrained and considered and the result draws out the folk-tinged beauty of Doe's original (recorded under the name The Magic Lantern); the band ends the track with some wordless vocalising of no little charm. "The Idiot," named after the Dostoevsky novel, ends proceedings, with each band member taking a solo in turn and establishing their credentials as talented individual players.
Track Listing
Swagger; Ode to Europe; Northern Journey; The Conversation; Albatross; The Idiot.
Personnel
Album information
Title: The Town and the City | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Hidden Threads Records
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Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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