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This debut album, by prodigious keys player, composer and producer Joe Armon-Jones, is buoyant, celebratory and welcoming. With a background in jazz, he draws from influences in dub, hip-hop and soul. Different traditions are infused and commingled together. Soulful brass arrangements are coloured with carefully-tuned atmospherics, individual flashes of brilliance are bound into the album�s bigger picture.
He�s part of London�s young, jazz-influenced music scene. Drawn from that same close-knit circle, the album features the likes of Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia and Oscar Jerome. It�s playing with those � along with Ezra Collective, which he co-founded, and touring with the likes of Ata Kak and Pharoahe Monch � which has honed his playing and grown his ideas.
It�s made for a record with an unmistakable depth. He draws on deep musical understanding, making music which is warm and has a feeling of joy. A document of his vision for bringing together his different influences, it�s also a testament to hard-earned, head-turning musical virtuosity. |
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