The reason I mention this is because they've gone from the magnificently and large 17 member Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra album release of last week, to the release of a trio, Enemy, that's made up of fantastic modern jazz exponents. We'll known pianist Kit Downes, the magnificent Petter Eldh and drummer James Maddren.
I've said before on the single, 'Hollywood Bypass' that they make
a very powerful trio; "... bypass Hollywood, straight to Frith Street/5
Corners" but even I was taken aback by the other 11 tracks.
Kit was once a member of the hard hitting "new London jazz revolution" group Empirical and he's no less powerful or inventive in ENEMY and he's know/played with Maddren for many years. 'Sun' is hot and manic, Croydon is represented by 'Croydon Shuffle' and 'Croydon Smash' - the later being the opening tease of a track; shame it's just shy of 2 mins long but the rest of the album makes up for it.
Recorded in a day(!), this is their third album as a group (their debut on We Jazz) and even though there's no hint of the previous association with ECM trademark sound (the label of the previous albums) you're going to find that fans are already in the major jazz press and radio stations; consider this is more of a transfer than a betrayal.
PS. Petter Eldh plays the bass on Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra album 'Family' (see review HERE) so there's another reason to get both albums.
PPS. Apparently availabe in bring pink vinyl version.
Artist: ENEMY
Title: The Betrayal
Release date: 22nd September, 2023
Label : We Jazz Records
Catalog Number : LP / CD / Digital / Bandcamp
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