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Sonic blasts shake the Vortex

Eddie Prevost, John Edwards
and Jason Yarde
The Vortex, London N16
5/5

WHAT a trio at the Vortex.

Playing with a free and fervent spirit, the all-British and intergenerational septuagenarian drummer Eddie Prevost, rampant bassman John Edwards and saxophonist Jason Yarde — blowing like a bird of liberation — create a pulsating sound.

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