"This is music as social commentary, memoir, love letter, confessional. OTOROKU023CD.įirst physical solo release from legendary vocal improvisor, dancer, and performer Maggie Nicols, and the follow up to Creative Contradiction (Takuroku 2020). Recorded live at Cafe OTO by Shaun Crook on Friday 10th May, 2019. Joe McPhee / pocket trumpet, alto sax, voice We cannot attest to them any more: Book them, buy this, go and see them if you can. Decoy are a limitless band who play nowhere near enough. The whole recording bleeds enthusiasm and joyful imagination and is a brilliant document of an unforgettable evening. When McPhee sounds a sax motif the band catches it quickly and it’s soon wickedly morphed and stretched by each player, recurring to absurdity in a stoned out funk free for all. Regrouped for a second set, Steve Noble’s metallic textures meld with detuned arco bass to create an unholy atmosphere, ripe for Hawkins to play out the eerier end of the Hammond. There is one unreal part at 22:22 where we’re sure you can hear Edwards’ bass vocalising. When a groove sets in, Hawkins’ B3 ascension in harmony with an ever powerful Edwards-Noble rhythm section sees the room thicken and swirl to the point of giddiness. The first set sees moments of frenetic free jazz peel off into weirdo soul territory and when switched to saxophone halfway through, McPhee’s romantic lyricism is utterly beautiful. The mood in the room is that of a rock band reformed, of a certain number of “boys” being “back in town”. McPhee skitters over them with his pocket trumpet by way of introduction Steve Noble strikes his rims in anticipation. Coming together again in such celebratory circumstances and in the good company of a fantastic crowd set the scene for a very special night.Īs they begin, Alexander Hawkins casts a needling surface between his Hammond organ and John Edwards’ loose splatters and slaps of low end bass. In the eight years between the recordings which make up ‘AC/DC’ and their last release ‘Spontaneous Combustion’, Decoy and each of its members have been practicing individually at the very top of their form. Two totally infectious sets from Decoy - the trio of John Edwards, Steve Noble and Alexander Hawkins - reunited with pocket trumpet and saxophone player Joe McPhee on the closing night of his four day residency at Cafe OTO.
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