RAY RUSSELL — Dragon Hill (review)

RAY RUSSELL — Dragon Hill album cover Album · 1969 · Fusion Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
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For me this is Ray Russell's masterpiece, an excellent piece of modern jazz with a blend of tonal and more dissonant textures. Ray's playing as always is excellent and is very adventurous within some complex textures and structures. The interplay between the musicians is second to none especially due to the complex nature of the music at times. This is a masterpiece of British Jazz from the late sixties and a brilliant example of the type of music that British jazz musicians were producing from around this time, a very exciting period in the development of jazz in Britain. It may take a few listens but there is so much here to enjoy.
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