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Cheltenham Jazz Festival Review
Chris parker – Vortex Website
“Oriole, starting Sunday’s proceedings
with another Jerwood Rising Stars gig, turned in one of
the festival’s standout performances. Their music
(written by leader/guitarist Jonny Phillips) is simply
beautiful: deliciously easy on the ear, attractively lilting
(utilising mainly South American gently wafting rhythms)
yet frequently culminating in rousing climaxes exploiting
the clear rapport between the admirably versatile saxophonist
Ingrid Laubrock and the sonorous cellist Ben Davis.
Joined
by the superb clarinettist Idris Rahman and plaintive singer
Julia Biel for one number each, Oriole were utterly beguiling,
their music immediately accessible but containing many
understated felicities of touch and feel, and (given the
exposure they deserve) they have the clear potential to
reach audiences way beyond the confines of jazz.”
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