Bobby Wellins: Birds of Brazil – review

(Hep Jazz)As Glasgow Herald jazz writer Rob Adams points out in the sleevenotes to this long-unavailable 1989 release, Scottish saxist Bobby Wellins deserves a composer's reputation alongside the illustrious one he's had as an improviser (his tone influenced by pipers and folk singers) for five decades. The title suite and a scattering of other tracks here come from early-80s recordings the saxophonist made with his quartet, a classical strings ensemble, with Kenny Wheeler guesting on trumpet, a...

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