Guitar Groove MRBLP216 Released in November 2020

Released in November 2020

Already in contention for the Mercury prize with trio the Comet Is Coming

but his Gondwana Orchestra (including regular partners Rachel Gladwin on harp and soulful local saxophonist Nat Birchall) is an expanded band featuring Japan's zither-like koto and the haunting sound of the bansuri flute

Simbad and Rozi Plain

driven by a constant urge to create

Guitar Groove MRBLP216 Released in November 2020In 1960, Belgian guitarist Ren Thomas (1926 1975) had his much anticipated leader debut in the US with the album Guitar Groove. He had appeared on record before, on Toshiko Akiyoshi's United Notions (included here as a bonus) and on Sonny Rollins' Big Brass, but Guitar Groove was a more informal encounter.