Sons of Kemet/Trevor Watts – review

Vortex, DalstonOne of the hippest of new UK bands – Sons of Kemet, a quirky quartet for sax, tuba and two drummers – showed a rammed Vortex jazz club why it's almost certain to dominate the best of 2012 lists at the end of the year. Beanpole saxist/clarinetist Shabaka Hutchings, miniscule tuba virtuoso Oren Marshall, and the world-class double-drums team of Tom Skinner and Seb Rochford fired up the engine of dancefloor hooks, New Orleans street music, Middle Eastern melodies and free jazz th...

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