We’re going to do something a bit different over the next four weeks! Each week will focus on a single genre. I’ll be sharing albums I’ve recently discovered, along with a few long-time favourites.
This week’s genre: one of my all-time favourite genres—jazz!
Our first featured album this week is Matthew Halsall's Colour Yes.
On this second disc, there are distinct Coltrane traces, as the quintet’s modal structures are built over the McCoy Tyner-style chords of pianist Adam Fairhall. The atmospheric solos by Halsall and saxist Nat Birchall deliver melodies which hark back to ’60s Brit jazzers and an era of grainy black and white kitchen sink drama – which is here illuminated with crystal clarity.
Source: Classical Music
