Jan Steele & Janet Sherbourne - Distant Saxophones

Cat No: CL26
Format: 12" Vinyl LP
Release Date: 22 Apr 2022
Genre: Jazz

a1. All Day... (I Hear The Noise Of Waters)
a2. Distant Saxophones
a3. Slowly
b1. Rhapsody Spaniel
b2. Deathward / Burnt Time
b3. Ivory

Jan Steele and Janet Sherbourne gained a reputa- tion for being ambient musicians thanks to their appearance with John Cage on 1976’s Voices And Instruments from Brian Eno’s lofty Obscure series. But in a fascinating catalog spanning more than four decades, these English multi-instrumental- ists’ variegated sonic sojourns have proved that label to be far too narrow. In the long-gestating, decades-spanning collection, Distant Saxophones, Steele and Sherbourne flaunt a nuanced vision that encompasses ECM-esque chamber jazz, minimalist modern composition, cinematic soundtracks, and an embryonic, contemplative precursor of post- rock.