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I was down in London last weekend, meeting up with friends and going to gigs in the London Jazz Festival.

I wrote four reviews for UKJazzNews.

First, Ant Law / Alex Hitchcock "Same Moon In The Same World".

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https://ukjazznews.com/ant-law-alex-hitchcock-misha-mullov-abbado-ananda-brandao/

Ant Law/ Alex Hitchcock/ Misha Mullov-Abbado/ Ananda Brandão - UK Jazz News

Beneath a large dome in a square room - the former home of the Limelight Club in Shaftesbury Avenue - this was a highly intimate show.
Sebastian Scotney (UK Jazz News)
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Patrick Hadfield
The second LJF gig I went to was Norman&Corrie. This was a brilliant blend of Shetlandic folk and improvised jazz. Just magical. (They've got a new album out - link to BandCamp in the article.)

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https://ukjazznews.com/normancorrie/

Norman&Corrie - UK Jazz News

Norman&Corrie are Norman Wilmore and Corrie Dick. They've been working together for a while; for this duo project, they've trawled the archives of Wilmore's native Shetland for a wealth of folk tunes which they've arranged, deconstructed and made ent…
Sebastian Scotney (UK Jazz News)
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Patrick Hadfield
Then I went to Village of the Sun - Binker & Moses plus Simon Ratcliffe. Intense brilliance. Marvellous dance-soul-jazz.

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https://ukjazznews.com/village-of-the-sun-binker-golding-moses-boyd-simon-ratcliffe/

Village of the Sun (Binker Golding, Moses Boyd, Simon Ratcliffe…) - UK Jazz News

It was entirely fitting that Sunday's show by Village of the Sun in the subterranean depths of Lafayette near Kings Cross was standing only: crossing genres, the audience was moved to dance from the start.
Sebastian Scotney (UK Jazz News)
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