Sam Crockatt: Flood Tide – review

(Babel)Young British tenor saxophonist and composer Crockatt caught the ear of the cognoscenti for his Howeird album in 2009 – not least because his fellow Royal Academy alumnus Gwilym Simcock delivered some storming piano improvisations on it. With Simcock's departure, however, Crockatt's infectious and provocative compositions have recruited another dazzling pianist from the same source – last year's Mercury nominee Kit Downes. All the tunes except one are Crockatt's, but Downes's Sun and ...

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