Artist: Just East of Jazz |
Date of Release: 01/01/1996 |
Catalogue no: JEOJCD1 |
Label: Just East of Jazz |
Price: £6
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Track Listing |
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1 | | Blue mountain pyre | 6.12 | 1 | listen | Blue Mountain Pyre | 0.39 | 2 | | Freilachs | 6.43 | 3 | | Lada to elfin waltz | 5.18 | 3 | listen | Lada to Elfin Waltz | 0.35 | 4 | | It takes two | 6.59 | 5 | | Roots shmoots | 4.07 | 6 | | Bocky’s butterfly nightmare | 3.33 | 7 | | Bondraker | 6.43 | 8 | | Back in the shmooze | 6.04 | 9 | | Open all hours | 6.18 | 10 | | So what's new? | 4.47 | 11 | | Mushkila | 2.39 |
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The debut album captures the unique voice of Shoham’s writing even at that early stage. The quintet with Woodrow’s wide-ranging guitar sounds provides an interesting contrast to the present-day line-up.
Just East of Jazz line-up: Jeremy Shoham: saxes, Phil Scragg: bass, James Woodrow: guitars, Hilary Cameron: piano/keys, Rick Finlay: drums/perc |
Reviews |
01/01/1996 John Fordham The Guardian |
“Very promising debut from the two-year-old British band specialising in jazz mingled with east European tunes and dance rhythms…saxophonist Jeremy Shoham attractively blends choppy, effervescent non-jazz rhythms with regular swing…has a soprano sound that adds an engaging mixture of bleariness and frantic exhilaration to postbop sax tonality… James Woodrow is a player of biting attack and immense flexibility” |
01/01/1996 Dave Gelly The Observer |
“…a new and fascinating crossover…the result is exhilarating and poignant, full of rhythmic fascination and haunting melodies…James Woodrow: a hugely accomplished and versatile player” |
01/01/1996 Pete Martin Jazz UK |
“an excellent set that provides a striking blend of the expected – jazz improvisations, smoky vocals – and the unexpected – exotic influences from Eastern Europe and Asia…a real world music blend that comes off admirably” |
01/01/1996 Michael Tucker Jazz Journal International |
“The music moves with almost theatrical assurance from catchy klezmer-like melody to flowing swing and passages of deeply grooved blues reflection…Touches of Argentinean and West Indian flavour add extra spice to the already engaging Euro-American mix…an enjoyable, well-conceived and realised album.” |
01/01/1996 Ronald Atkins The Guardian |
“An emphasis on improvisation forges obvious links between jazz and klezmer, and Just East of Jazz are among Britain’s top practitioners” |
01/01/1996 Jed Williams Brecon Jazz Festival programme |
“[JEOJ]…have produced what just could be the stand-out British CD of the year” |
