Trevor Watts

• LIMITED EDITION double CD ALBUM

• 6-PANEL DIGIPACK WITH 20-PAGES BOOKLET

A stunning set of live improvisations, and a record that will really open up your ears to the music of Trevor Watts – a great player on the British scene, but one who's sometimes overlooked next to other improvising musicians with a bit more fame!

The setting here is very unique – as Watts blows alto and soprano next to some really cool percussion from Kofi Adu and Nana Tsiboe, the latter of whom plays mbira too – in a group that also features Earnest Mothle on bass, Liam Genockey on drums, and Peter Knight on violin.

The sounds are very organic, and make great use of the percussion – in ways that maybe remind us more of some of the Afro jazz experiments from the Parisian scene of the 70s than more familiar British avant work. The set features seven tracks in all – five recorded in Cardiff, and two more in Southampton – both during a tour in 1989.

PERSONNEL:

• Trevor Watts – (leader, alto & soprano saxophone)
• Peter Knight – (violin)
• Ernest Mothle – (bass)
• Nana Tsiboe - (african percussion, mbira, didgeridoo, voice)
• Kofi Adu – (african percussion)
• Liam Genockey – (drums)

TRACKS:

• CD ONE:
• 01.Cardiff 1a
• 02.Cardiff 1b
• 03.Cardiff 2
• 04.Cardiff 3

• CD TWO
• 01.Cardiff 4 [Encore]
• 02.Southampton 1
• 03.Southampton 2