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More than jazz?

from Atlantic skies by stephen godsall

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    18 track gatefold CD featuring photos by Steve Hogan. Highlights of the 2020 "Track of the week" project, vocals by Ali Baverstock, Hazel Tratt, Natalie Davies, Laura Taylor and Sara Harris. Musicians include Sarah Bolter, Ian Ellis, Angharad Miller, Andrew Godsall and Anita Somner. All compositions by Stephen Godsall.

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An optimistic protest song about jazz economics, featuring cracking vocals form Natalie Davies, fiery sax from Ian Ellis, trumpet Angharad Miller, flute and bass clarinet Sarah Bolter. It all started when someone came up after a Blue Tides gig and said "I enjoyed it - you're more than jazz aren't you?" Wow, I'm always worried we're producing less then jazz but what the hell!

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"The must be something more than jazz" he said
"We need a way to make it pay"
It's not enough just to get in the groove and to blow up a firestorm
And it's too late just to syncopate over rhythm and warm chords
'Cos the market's moved on - it's long gone
Yesterday's news, yesterday's blues, that's history
The market rules the world they say but the market is unruly
It grows then it blows like a bubble, and it robs you cruelly
But maybe there is something more than jazz
Who knows what lies beyond the curve?

It's not enough just to change the world
and to swing like a bar-room door
And fusion is fine but people don't have time to listen any more
Just keep it simple! One liners
Sentences short, no trains of thought, just soundbites

Maybe Miles and Coltrane could make it pay these days?
We just need to show that health is improved by an infectious groove
Maybe some people will start to get tired of that mindless jive?
Maybe things will swing our way.
Or maybe jazz is infinite and changeable?
Let's just play and the mystery could unfold........

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from Atlantic skies, track released October 5, 2020
Words, music, guitar, bass and drums by Stephen Godsall

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stephen godsall London, UK

Composer and multi-instrumentalist combining jazz, classical and experimental rock.
"beautiful resonatiing depths, inordinately enjoyable"
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