Trevor Watts never fails to surprise. This is an astonishing album. The first track “A White Sail” leads you to think that this is a folk group, just pulsing with life over percussion from Greg Leppard and Ali Iaazane. The strident soprano saxes sound like the Master Musicians of Joujouka (or Jajouka) that so enraptured Ornette Coleman when he used them in his album “Dancing in Your Head” and then supported them in the Festival Hall. Trevor Watts says that the musicians had a strong influence on him when he heard and saw them perform at the Commonwealth Institute in London in the 1970s.

PERSONNEL:
The core band:
Trevor Watts - (soprano & alto sax, percussion)
Marcus Cummins - (soprano & alto sax)
Gabriel Keene - (piano)
Geoff Sapsford - (guitar)
Colin McKenzie - (bass guitar)
Greg Leppard - (drums)
Ali Iaazane - ( Moroccan percussion)

Additional musicians:
Amy Leake - (tenor sax)
Rob Leake - (tenor sax)

The recording took place in Hastings at St Mary’s in the Castle on 21 January 2000.

TRACKS:
01. A White Sail
02. Summer Suns
03. Dancing Gods
04. Passing Clouds
05. Other Worlds
06. Shining Shadows
07. Seven Serpents
08. Dreams of Leaving
09. Riding Tigers
10. Chinese Whispers
11. Summer Suns Reprise