'Anthem' by 44th Move, a collaboration between Alfa Mist and Richard Spaven, where their individual jazz influences include experimental neo-classical plus hip-hop roots.
Both artists have played with a host of London's must hear jazzman with Alfa Sekitoleko appearing on recordings with Yussef Dayes and Jordan Rakei whilst Spaven has worked with Flying Lotus, Goldie, Robert Mitchell's Pancea and in the trio 3iO (best known for the cover version of 'Teardrop') and in Spaven's 5ive (the Jazz Re:Freshed project).
So no surprise that these nine tracks are very jazzy; Alfa being very 'Bob James' on the keyboard at times and particularly 'Anthem' which is the most immediate track.
'Free Hit' (with an 'Outro') is for the Thundercat fans as it's Madlib 'sample' territory on the keys, and perhaps more so with a 'Northern' brass band like horn sound.
Equally, as James is one of the most sampled musicians in hip-hop, again no surprise that Quelle Chris (he mostly of Bastard Jazz) turns up on a track, 'The Move') which fits in with the rest of the album.
Expect 'next thing' for this release, especially as the Yussef Dayes (drums) / Henry Wu (keys/synths) partnership as Yussef Kamaal has disbanded (would that have been the inspiration for 'Second Wave'?)
And, a couple of years ago we featured Natalie Duncan at the start of another wave of Bristolian musicans (you'll recall she was the fan of Richard's "drum styling") and Black Acre (based in Bristol) are releasing this very Gilles Peterson 'Worldwide' / London modern jazz album so expect that BBC 6 Music, Jazz FM et al will be supporting this record.
Artist: 44th Move
Title: Anthem
Release date: 14th March, 2025
Label: Black Acre
Cat. No: TBC
Format: 12" Vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp
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