Theon Cross Fyah 2019 - Gearbox Records: GB1550CD / GB1550 (LP) https://store.gearboxrecords.com/collections/cd/products/theon-cross-cd https://store.gearboxrecords.com/products/theon-cross https://theoncross.bandcamp.com/album/fyah
* Theon Cross : tuba * Moses Boyd : drums * Nubya Garcia : tenor saxophone (1-4, 6 & 8) * Wayne Francis (Ahnansé): tenor saxophone (5 & 7) * Artie Zaitz : electric guitar (5 & 7) * Tim Doyle : percussion (5) * Nathaniel Cross : trombone (7)
https://www.theoncross.com/ http://www.mosesboyd.co.uk/ https://www.nubyagarcia.com/ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wayne-francis-mn0001499778 https://www.allmusic.com/artist/artie-zaitz-mn0002586091 http://www.timdoylemusic.co.uk/ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nathaniel-cross-mn0003680741
Recorded by Giles Barrett and David Holmes at Soup Studios, Limehouse, London, England, United Kingdom, on 26th-27th January 2017 and 12th June 2018.
Reviews
By Kitty Empire https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/17/theon-cross-fyah-review-extraordinary-tuba-sounds-solo-debut-sons-of-kemet
Despite boasting the gravitas of tectonic plates rubbing together, the tuba is not usually a lead instrument. Fyah, though, is tuba don Theon Cross’s debut solo album. The Sons of Kemet tubist alternates between rhythm and lead, and when he’s not the star of the track, ensemble players circle around the gravitational pull of Cross’s rumble-tone. Several instrumental voices are familiar on Fyah, where a debt to Caribbean-adjacent south London sounds such as calypso and drum’n’bass is palpable. Fellow hot-horn Nubya Garcia on tenor sax and drum stalwart Moses Boyd figure extensively; honourable mentions, too, to guitarist Artie Zaitz and alternate sax player Wayne Francis, also of the famed Steam Down improv nights. [...]
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By Chris May https://www.allaboutjazz.com/fyah-theon-cross-gearbox-records-review-by-chris-may.php
By Jackson Sinnenberg https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/theon-cross-fyah-gearbox/
By Gareth Thomas https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/04/18/theon-cross-fyah/
By Eddie Myer https://www.jazzviews.net/theon-cross---fyah.html
By Ian Ward http://ukvibe.org/album_reviews/theon-cross/
By Ian Mann https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/theon-cross-fyah
By Henry Cherry https://www.riotmaterial.com/theon-cross-fyah/
By John Murph https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/fyah
Niko Fuchs (at) https://radiofabrik.at/news/hoerenswert-theon-cross-fyah/
Dick Hovenga (nl) https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/theon-cross-fyah/ |
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