Dave Storey Trio
Info about CJS artist Dave Storey and his new release ‘Circeo’.
Circeo
James Allsopp - tenor saxophone
Conor Chaplin - double bass
Dave Storey - drums
Release date - 05/05/2023
Available on CD/DIGITAL
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Circeo is the Dave Storey Trio’s third full-length album, a collection of pieces which further confirms their status as a leading ensemble on London’s bristling creative jazz scene, showcasing not only their mastery of contemporary straight-ahead jazz but also ease at which they build their own structures within it.
While 2020’s Jouska found the band invigorated from time on the road, recording straight to tape at London’s Fish Factory Studios, this outing was recorded at the tail end of 2021, when performing opportunities had been far from abundant. The album – recorded in a day at North London’s independent creative hub New River Studios – has a focus which defies these challenging circumstances, and there is an emphasis on community; music played with friends, and recorded, mixed and mastered by a friend, London’s creative polymath Alex Bonney. It sounds live, warm, punchy and incisive, and the musical rapport of the three musicians is immediately evident from the first listen.
Like its predecessors, this album is a compelling and rewarding document of a jazz group at the height of its powers, taking collective inspiration from – but never shackled by – the great trios in jazz history.