Family Band - Family Band [CD]

DISCUS MUSIC

£12.22

Cat. no: DISCUS146CD
Format: CD
Barcode: 5051078000022
Release Date: 20 Jan 2023
Genre: Jazz

Family Band is the eponymously titled 3rd release from this quartet of like-minded friends and collaborators

This is a band in the truest sense, with no leader contributions come equally from Kim Macari on trumpet, Riley Stone-Lonergan on tenor saxophone, Tom Rivière on double bass and Steve Hanley on drums. The group met while studying at Leeds College of Music in 2008, founding the band in 2015.

The album includes compositions by all members. Kim Macari's "Deft But Bereft" is a frantic piece of protest music set against the apocalyptic paranoia of a Cold War era radio broadcast. Stone-Lonergan's "Mistake Not" is a coiled spring acting as a jumping off point for his improvisatory fre. Hanley's emancipatory choral
"One Road" features spoken word by Macari and acts as a powerful call to action. The freewheeling and unpredictable swing of Rivière's "Monty" takes inspiration from the shifting tempos of Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones on Ornette Coleman's classic New York Is Now!

Kim Macari: trumpet
Riley Stone-Lonergan: tenor saxophone
Tom Rivière: bass
Steve Hanley: drums

Tracks: Bastard Gentlemen / Monty / Changing Refection / Deft But Bereft / Mistake Not / The New Music Of The Spirits / One Road