Neon Quartet: Subjekt – review

(Edition)Originally a chamber trio in which pianist Gwilym Simcock and vibraphonist Jim Hart circled the muscular sax-playing of Stan Sulzmann, Neon gained space to breathe in 2010 when drummer Tim Giles joined them, and with the input of composer and pianist Kit Downes. Subjekt is more varied in its themes than their previous album, and more provocative in the asymmetrical grooves and badgering accompanying vamps the others throw at Sulzmann. Thelonious Monk's Bye Ya is the only cover. It begin...

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