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Fyah in the soul
Jazz tubist THEON CROSS talks to Chris Searle about ‘the vibrations of human connection’ inspiring his latest album
Innovator: Theon Cross
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
LONDON-BORN tuba virtuoso Theon Cross has a powerful grasp of his instrument’s jazz ancestry and you can hear it on the rampant bass pulse of the rumbustiously beautiful album Fyah.
He started his musical journey listening to sousaphone players in New Orleans brass bands such as the Dirty Dozen, playing along to the basslines on their CDs.
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