Atomic: Theatre Tilters Vol 1 and 2 | Jazz review

(Jazzland)Atomic, the Scandinavian five-piece supergroup, play a short UK tour with saxist Ken Vandermark's band from 16 September – and if the music is anything like this live double album, they will be must-see performances. Atomic take improv to the outer reaches, but then pull it back with infectious swing clamour, hints of Latin jazz or Ornette Coleman, or the Iberian shimmer of the Liberation Music Orchestra with the late Don Cherry's trumpet bubbling through it. Driven by Paal Nilssen-L...

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