Fans of Roberts’ fulsome free jazz alto blow-outs might have hoped for a few more incantatory explosions before she embarked on Coin Coin, an ongoing conceptual composition exploring of black American identity.
The saxophonist and her sympathetically psychic supporting quartet are intermittently skewed by unwelcome operatic interruptions.
But Roberts’ own soulful vocal is a quiet revelation, her ‘wordspeak’ narration unfolds with an unaffected directness, and when the threads come together, as on Was The Sacred Day, Mississippi Moonchile is a beautiful patchwork.
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Brighton Argus
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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World Without End, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter