Trish Clowes: Tangent – review

(Basho)The Royal Academy of Music's jazz courses are producing some quirky young players, and this session from composer and saxophonist Trish Clowes features various small jazz groups plus a big classical ensemble under the direction of the Heritage Orchestra's Jules Buckley. Pianist Gwilym Simcock is the producer, and occasional participant. Clowes has a warm and sensuous sound, reflective at times of Bobby Wellins and Stan Getz, and she avoids playing fusillades of notes where a handful will...

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