Artist: Brass Jaw

Date of Release: 06/06/2006

Catalogue no: 915

Label: Keywork Records

Price: £10

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Paul Towndrow

Debut album for saxophone quartet Brass Jaw, following a successful UK tour in 2005. Featuring original compositions from Allon Beauvoisin and Paul Towndrow alongside quirky takes of Walking on The Moon (The Police) and Gershwin's, Our Love Is Here To Stay. This record marks a welcome revival of the saxophone quartet format on the UK jazz scene and with some new twists. Brass Jaw : Paul Towndrow & Martin Kershaw (Altos), Brian Molley (Tenor), Allon Beauvoisin (Baritone).

Reviews

23/07/0006 Ken Mathieson, The Scotsman

BRASS JAW: BURN ****


"SAXOPHONE quartets are still thin on the ground in jazz, and present considerable challenges to the players in simultaneously taking care of melody, harmony and rhythm on four essentially similar single-line instruments. The quartet of Paul Towndrow and Martin Kershaw on altos Brian Molley on tenor, and Allon Beauvoisin on baritone cope with all of them, and their attractive arrangements and sharp-edged interplay bring the music vividly alive. The material is mostly self-composed, with the exception of Gershwin's Our Love is Here to Stay and Towndrow's arrangement of the Police's Walking on the Moon."