AMBON (Bugle) 9/10 Lloyd Swanton’s uncle, Stuart Swanton, a prisoner-of-war held by the Japanese on the Indonesian island of Ambon during World War II, suffered appalling hardships and died the day before Japan surrendered. This double-album magnum opus is part oral history told through music, part heartfelt tribute and part…
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FOR ONE TO LOVE 8.5/10 Initially she breathes the words barely hard enough to frost a mirror. Each comes surrounded by a billowing space partially shaded by her wonderful trio, so you absorb their meaning gradually: “Love appeared just like a fog”. Fog is not only sung sensationally well by…
THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE (Losen/Birdland) 8/10 That Gary Husband plays at the highest levels on both drums and piano already sets him apart. Those used to hearing his drumming in such full-frontal fusion projects as the band John McLaughlin brought here last year may well be further surprised by his ability…