BETWEEN THE LINES - Dave Stapleton Quintet

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"“Stapleton has develop his own music full of melody, atmosphere and tough grooves. Ben Waghorn and Jonny Bruce shine on the front line, but the real achievement is one of compositional and ensemble rigour”. MOJO ****

Regular jazz lineups are hard to sustain in the choppy waters of the jazz economy. Worthy successors to head-turning first albums are just as tough a proposition. And running an influential jazz record label is probably harder than both. The Wales-based pianist and composer Dave Stapleton has done all three: an ebullient third album, made for the label he co-founded, by the same powerful quintet he started out with. Stapleton draws on a wide range of enthusiasms, from Herbie Hancock’s 1970s Mwandishi band to Keith Jarrett’s quartet with Jan Garbarek. FOUR STARS –Guardian ****

Musicians:
Dave Stapleton - fender rhodes / piano
Ben Waghorn - tenor saxophone / bass clarinet
Jonny Bruce - trumpet
Paula Gardiner - double bass
Elliot Bennett - drums

Their third and highly anticipated release following their 'The House Always Wins' album.