Badland
Wedesday 28th September
Badland were formed in 1994, with Simon Rose, Simon Fell and Mark Sanders on drums. The group's activity centres around free jazz and the reinterpretation of elements of the modern jazz repertoire. Steve Noble replaced Mark in 1999.
Put this alongside the most important trios in the jazz and improvised saxophone tradition.
Francesco Martinelli, Improjazz
The musicians take care to construct free improvisations that are multilayered and rich with nuance, realised with a spiritual intensity that could liquefy steel.
Hannes Schweiger, Jazz Live
Vivid free-bop from a highly accomplished trio who venture gamely out into new and lawless territory, bringing new ideas and a freshness of diction to this challenging idiom.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD.
Badland's third CD - The Society Of The Spectacle - is being released by Emanem.