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‘I aim for a sound that conjures up vistas of sunrises and wide open landscapes’
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to self-taught tenor saxophonist Nat Birchall
Tenor saxophonist Nat Birchell and the Unity Ensemble
[Richard Kaby]
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
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JOHN GREEN suggests that a new, biased, and highly readable re-hash of the story of the Cambridge Five be taken with a large pinch of salt
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WHEN Chorley, Lancashire-born tenor saxophonist Nat Birchall brought his septet, the Unity Ensemble, to the Cafe Oto in the teeming, cosmopolitan heart of Hackney, it was as if he had brought the ancient majesty and mystery of the Pennines in the beauty of his horn, so much is the rural north of England endemic to his sound.
With fellow Coltrane-loving veteran hornman Alan Skidmore supplementing pianist Adam Fairhall, thunderous drummer Paul Hession, bassist Michael Bardon and percussionists Mark Wastell and Lascelle Gordon, they played live the music on their serene, almost hymnal new album, New World, to hugely receptive London listeners.
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