Saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses Boyd have their own place in the current London jazz scene. Where the flourishing jazz renaissance in that metropolis mainly finds mixtures between hip-hop, funk and spiritual jazz, Binker and Moses delve deeper into free jazz and avant-garde jazz. With this they also seem to be looking for connections with the flourishing London jazz scene of decades
… ago with names such as , , and . And of course the British free jazz saxophonist who once again plays a prominent role in the sextet on this album recorded live in London. Most of this band already dropped on the studio album (2017) should be completely matched. On stage, this only flourishes in uninhibited improvisations that, under the direction of Binker and Moses, never get endless or derailed. Alive In The East? offers another album full of exciting jazz! (MR)more