Nat Birchall - Dimension of the Drums

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 36:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 85,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:48) 1. Guiding Light / Guidance Dub
(5:50) 2. Fight Against Evil
(5:34) 3. Sounds of Meditation
(5:12) 4. Satta in the Hills
(5:15) 5. Lalibela
(8:11) 6. Dimension of the Drums / Gathering Dub

Manchester-based multi-instrumentalist Nat Birchall, who’s mostly made a name for himself as a saxophonist among the UK jazz scene, continues his explorations into the sounds of Jamaica with another superb instrumental roots reggae-influence album, titled Dimension of the Drums.

This 6-track 36-plus minute recording was inspired by the music coming out of Jamaica in the mid 1970s, in particular the use of drum machines by Lee Perry and Aston Family Man Barrett, as well as the instrumentals and dubs by Keith Hudson and Cedric “Im” Brooks & Count Ossie and others.

Even though Birchall has teamed up on a few reggae-inspired recordings with legendary dub producer Al Breadwinner, and Jamaican trombonist great Vin Gordon, this represents his first solo outing diving into this sound. Much like many of his most recent releases, Birchall impressively also plays all the instruments on the session.

With Dimension of the Drums, Birchall continues to show his diversity as a musician and celebrate a genre of music that has played a major influence on him throughout his life.
https://beatcaffeine.com/nat-birchall-continues-his-exploration-into-roots-reggae-on-dimension-of-the-drums/

All instruments, recording and mixing by Nat Birchall

Dimension of the Drums

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Nat Birchall Unity Ensemble - New World

Styles: Spiritual Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 41:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 94,7 MB
Art: Front

( 8:16) 1. New World
( 4:59) 2. Exaltation
( 8:21) 3. Greetings of Love
( 8:55) 4. Jubilation
(10:44) 5. Elevation

Nat Birchall returns with a new studio album with an expanded Unity Ensemble. Six original compositions played by a seven-piece group featuring the legendary UK tenor saxophonist, Alan Skidmore and guest percussionist Mark Wastell.

Both musicians joined the group onstage at a John Coltrane tribute concert at London’s Café Oto last year, the resulting performance showing just how compatible all the musicians were, so Nat thought it would be propitious to record the group in the studio with their special guests.

Both Nat and Alan are Coltrane devotees of the highest order, but they each have their own individual style, and at the sessions their playing complimented each other’s beautifully. With no trace of anyone attempting to “outdo” the other one the recording dates were a testament to the whole group’s selfless approach to music making.
https://natbirchallmusic.bandcamp.com/album/new-world

Personnel: Nat Birchall – Tenor, soprano saxophone, bells, cabasa; Adam Fairhall – Piano; Michael Bardon – Bass; Paul Hession – Drums; Lascelle Gordon – Percussion

Special guests: Alan Skidmore – Tenor saxophone; Mark Wastell – Percussion

New World

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Nat Birchall - Songs Of The Ancestors Afro Trane Chapter 2

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@128K/s
Time: 38:33
Size: 35,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:37) 1. One For The Son (For Pharoah)
(5:57) 2. Ogunde Uarerre
(9:24) 3. Song Of The Ancestors
(5:29) 4. The Drum Thing
(9:53) 5. Africa
(5:12) 6. Sun In Libra

This is the fifth of Nat’s “one-semble” recordings where he plays all the instruments himself. This album celebrates our collective ancestors, in particular the ones who carried the Music in their bones and blood and spread it around the Earth, from the earliest times until now.

Music crosses continents and cultures and time itself, and when it speaks of the truth it transcends musical genealogy, and continues a timeline from the earliest sources up to the present day. The music in the album is inspired by many things but particularly the master musicians John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Cedric Brooks and Count Ossie. https://www.deejay.de/nat.birchall
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Songs Of The Ancestors Afro Trane Chapter 2

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