Dave Gelly 

Ben Crosland Brass Group: An Open Place – review

These drumless brass arrangements have a beautifully wide-open feel, writes Dave Gelly
  
  


You might expect a jazz "brass group" to be a blazing, bravura affair, but it's amazing how different any band sounds when there are no drums. Four of Britain's top brass players – two trumpets, two trombones – accompanied by just piano and bass create a beautifully warm and intimate sound. Crosland composed these eight pieces, inspired by items in Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and there is a meditative, open-air atmosphere about the whole programme. The solo playing, especially from trumpeter Steve Waterman and trombonist Mark Nightingale, is immaculate.

 

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