Artist: Hilary Noble

Date of Release: 02/09/2002

Catalogue no: wcs 016

Label: Whaling City Sounds

Price: £12

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Strongly influenced by Latin jazz, Hilary Noble's music nonetheless resists categorization. He himself is hard to pigeonhole, being equally at home on the saxophone and on Afro-Latin percussion. His melding of progressive jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythm flows naturally from trying to reconcile his two instrumental voices. Noble is a dynamo onstage, alternately leading the charge with his forceful horn playing on multiple saxophones and mixing it up with the rhythm section on percussion. He has performed his music with some of the most recognized figures of Latin jazz, including Bobby Sanabria and Oscar Stagnaro. His first CD as a leader, Noble Savage, was released in September 2002 on Whaling City Sound. It is co-produced by Bobby Sanabria and features Sanabria and guest saxophonist Charles Neville.

A recent JazzReview.com article described the album as both "magical" and a "tour de force." ***

Noble Savage features Hilary Noble on saxophone and percussion, Boris Kozlov on acoustic bass, John di Martino on piano, Charles Neville on saxophone, Bobby Sanabria on drums and percussion

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