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Adam Fairhall, The Imaginary Delta

  • 2012
  • Label: SLAM Productions / The Orchard
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On The Imaginary Delta, pianist and composer Adam Fairhall speaks with a forward-thinking attitude of innovation while channeling the voice of jazz’s past. A traditional rag becomes a futuristic avant-garde deconstruction. The use of effects and turntables enhance, rather than preclude, the expression of a soulful blues. A blowing session doesn’t miss a beat with the incorporation of sampling. Fairhall has united these disparate elements to create a remarkably engaging album of both scope and vision, and is vivid evidence of the strength represented by a new generation of UK jazz musicians.

Genres: Jazz   Tags: Adam Fairhall

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