Various Artists We Out Here

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A TAV Curator’s Pick.

A primer on Londons bright-burning young jazz scene, this new compilation brings together a collection of some of its sharpest talents. A set of nine newly-recorded tracks, We Out Here captures a moment where genre markers matter less than raw, focused energy. Surveying the albums running order, it could easily serve as a name-checking exercise for some of Londons most-tipped and hardworking bands of the past couple of years. Recorded across three long, fruitful days in a North West London studio, the results speak for themselves: theyre a window into the wide-eyed future of Londons musical underground. Bandcamp

The question of who will “save” jazz a music that celebrated a century on record in 2017 is one that gets a new answer every few years. The cycle goes like this: A flashy award, a pop cosign, a high-profile collaboration or some intangible sense of “relevance” suddenly brings an artist like Esperanza Spalding, Robert Glasper or Kamasi Washington to the attention of the mainstream. All while conventional mass media La La Land, Drew Brees’ FedEx commercial continues to paint the music as difficult or alienating

All of these artists and much of the other improvised music coming out of the U.K. share a sense of urgency, spontaneity and, frankly, fun that sets their music apart from crossover-ready jazz stateside. In London, musicians have created a jazz community that offers access and support to anyone who can blow, regardless of their background. And as it turns out, the music is that much better as a result. RollingStone

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