Nostalgia 77

For the past 20 years Nostalgia 77 has become a catch all for the musical life of Benedic Lamdin. His schizophrenic offerings range from songwriting sessions, soundtracks, excursions into Soul and in this case Jazz. The Loneliest Flower in the Village is an album that sees Lamdin reunited with longtime collaborator and arranger Riaan Vosloo and experienced veterans from a host of Nostalgia 77 projects.

'It had been a long time since we'd gigged or recorded so the idea was as much a little reunion in the studio as any grand plan to record an album' says Lamdin. 'The idea wasn't to do anything new (the material is both a few originals and a few covers), more just hear these players and their easy familiarity with each other after the disruption of Covid'.

PERSONNEL:

• Alex Bonney - (trumpet)
• James Allsopp - (sax)
• Gareth Lockrane - (flute)
• Ross Stanley - (piano, organ)
• Tim Giles - (drums)

Recorded 29 June and 2 July 2021.

TRACKS:

• 01. Dakar
• 02. Ishmael
• 03. The Sun is Big
• 04. The Hooper
• 05. Flower
• 06. Love in Outer Space
• 07. Folk Tune
• 08. Foothillsv
• 09. The Loneliest Flower in the Village