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Rebecca Nash: Peaceful King
ByPeaceful King actually came out during summer 2019, but somehow slipped under the radar or, more literally, under a pile of other discs. On it, Nash leads her Atlas quintet, augmented on three tracks by singer Sara Colman and trumpeter Nick Walters (here contributing electronics only). The music is an elegant blend of modal jazz, soul jazz, electronica and 1970s fusion with an occasional dash of rock. It is reminiscent at times of British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed's Polyhymnia (Ropeadope, 2019), which was another finely judged mixture of mainly-electric keyboards, electronica and trumpet with, like Peaceful King, one foot in Miles Davis' In A Silent Way (CBS, 1969).
What's not to like? Well, the three with-vocals tracks may not be to everyone's taste. You may find their melodies and Colman's style a bit folksy. Or you may not. Anyway, they do not dominate the tracks in question, much less the album as a whole, and otherwise the disc delivers what it says on the tin (the work, by the way, of Ning-Ning Li and Monika S. Jakubowska).
Track Listing
Peaceful King; Tumbleweed; Hot Wired; Grace; Dreamer; Lokma; Little Light; Inishbofin.
Personnel
Rebecca Nash
pianoNicholas Malcolm
trumpetThomas Seminar Ford
guitarChris Mapp
bassMatt Fisher
drumsNick Walters
trumpetSara Colman
vocalsAlbum information
Title: Peaceful King | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Whirlwind Recordings
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