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The Nostalgia 77 Octet’s first album Seven’s & Eight’s was recorded Live At The Jazz Cafe (including a version of ‘The Hope Suite’) which came out around the same time the band were in Wales recording this new album.

So these eight tracks were recorded on the border with the music bordering the jazz of today and days gone by. Spanning UK jazz and US jazz. Bordering may have been a theme but this CD never falls between two stools in terms of quality. It is just magnificent throughout.

‘Desert Fairy Princess’ stands out but, then again, it always will. So looking at the other tracks, Ben’s love of Graham Collier comes to the fore; in fact, they all love Graham Collier. Fans of Collier’s Septet’s Deep Dark Blue Centre will just soak this up. Best evidenced by ‘The Cat’. Any track that can keep your attention for 12 minutes of modal jazz funk is a winner.

They have just played the Jazz Café (24th September) and more gigs are planned. This album will blow any jazz fan away and while the top album of the year is going to be Paul Murphy’s The Trip, this one is going to be well up in the top ten at least.

Tour Dates:
Wednesday 25th of October @ Onze Jazz Festival, Switzerland
Friday 10th of November @ Komedia, Brighton, UK
Wednesday 29th of November @ Wardrobe, Leeds, UK
Friday 8th of December @ Cargo, London EC2, UK

Reviewed: The Nostalgia 77 Octet — Borderlands (Tru Thoughts) Cat. No. TRU CD 113 Release date: Sept 2006: Recorded at Bullens Bank, February 2006.,Tom Allan — Trumpet, Flugelhorn — Graham Fox — Drums, Mark Hanslip — Tenor, Benedic Lamdin — Producer, Guitar & Percussion, Trevor Mires — Trombone, Jonny Spall — Alto, Ross Stanley — Pianos, Riaan Vosloo — Bass

Tracklisting:
1. One For Nan (4:05)
2. Question (7:09)
3. Layer Lines (5:22)
4. The Cat (12:21)
5. Tad More (6:10)
6. Lotus Tree (9:02)
7. Chorale (2:08)
8. Desert Fairy Princess (10:40)

Links:
www.tru-thoughts.co.uk
Nostalgia 77 Octet — The Impossible Equation Pre-order now www.soulseduction.com
EL RA Records www.elrarecords.com “Home of the Sun Ra Arkestra under the Direction of Marshall Allen”.
VARIOUS ARTISTS — AFRICAN SPIRITS “A Spiritual Jazz Journey Looking back to Africa” www.soulbrother.co.uk
Various — Rebtuz Presents EP 4 www.playderecord.com
www.plugresearch.com
Gilles Peterson : Tracklisting Sunday 20 August :
1. Nostalgia 77 Octect — ‘Desert Fairy Princess’ (Tru Thoughts)
2. Paul Murphy — ‘Mr Cosmic’ (Afro Art)
3. Elizabeth Shepherd — ‘George’s Dilemma’ (Do Right Music)
9. Low Budget Soul — ‘Mystery Rose’ (Futuristica Records)
10. Aaron Jerome — ‘Dancing Girl’ (White Label)
17. Ray Barretto — ‘Soul Drummer’s (Mr Bongo)
26. Part Time Heroes’ — ‘Shadow Lands’ (Mum’s the Word)
28. Tunng — ‘I Saw the Sun’ (Live at the Green Man Festival)
29. Michael White — ‘The Blessing Song’ (Impulse)