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.
John Robins, Comedian
John Robins, Comedian
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Guest1001, Youtube
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com