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In the beginning there was a plan for a live performance, which then, thanks to the pandemic, did not come about. The homage to Miles Davis’ classic BITCHES BREW could not go on stage at the London “Barbican” in 2020 on the 50th anniversary of the album, but the project made its way to the Church Studios in the north of the Thames metropolis. Among the dozen musicians: Shabaka Hutchings and Nubya Garcia (saxes), Theon Cross (tuba), Tom Skinner (drums), Tom Herbert (bass), Dave Okumu (guitar) and Benji B (decks, sonic recycling).
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This may briefly remind you of Makaya McCraven’s London-Chicago mixtape WHERE WE COME FROM (2019), some names appear in both productions and LONDON BREW is also about the transatlantic twist that can arise here in the spirit of Miles Davis. Eight recordings made it onto the double album. The 23-minute title track covers the entire spectrum of the recordings, from the quiet, meditative moments to lively excursions into the free spaces of jazz to the small niches in which the musicians celebrate their come-together in hymn-like playing.
“Miles Chases New Voodoo In The Church” (a nod to Davis’ Hendrix homage “Miles Runs The Voodoo Down”) carries the funkiness of Davis’ early ’70s recordings into a big-beat tuba context – Miles rethinking and improvising . LONDON BREW lets the loose ends of BITCHES BREW dance around the global village of jazz.
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