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Cat: LB 97LP. Rel: 26 Jul 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul

Side 1 - Track 1. Promises (Movement 1)Side 1 - Track 2. Promises (Movement 2)Side 1 - Track 3. Promises (Movement 3)Side 1 - Track 4. Promises (Movement 4)Side 1 - Track 5. Promises (Movement 5)Side 2 - Track 1. Promises (Movement 6)Side 2 - Track 2. Promises (Movement 7)Side 2 - Track 3. Promises (Movement 8)Side 2 - Track 4. Promises (Movement 9)

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Last October, acclaimed saxophonist Pharoah Sanders turned 80 years young, and his input on this album is testimony to the fact he has clearly aged like a fine wine. Not that this is to suggest preceding outings were anything less worthy than this collaborative project, which sees Sam Shepherd, the British electronic artist better known to most as Floating Points, write nine spectacular arrangements which are then performed by said brass legend, alongside The London Symphony Orchestra.

The results are spectacular, and wildly far-reaching, albeit firmly rooted in jazz with classical undertones. From the movements that made this final cut, some are whisper quiet and delicate to the point of risking breaking off if you were handling haphazardly. Others are booming loud, musical jumbo jets landing at the end of another great crescendo. Whether hushed or monumental, though, we can feel every note and bar of this masterpiece.