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The struggle made sonic
CHRIS SEARLE translates the fusion of four jazz maestros into a mental image of Hackney Carnival
Pat Thomas, Steve Noble and Seymour Wright play Cafe Ito
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RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
Seymour Wright, Steve Noble, Pat Thomas and John Edwards
Cafe Oto, Hackney, London
JUST outside Cafe Oto, along Dalston Lane, is the huge and marvellous mural of a Hackney Carnival; all musicians soaring, all people dancing, all colours coalescing.
So I was hearing music in my head as I passed the momentous image, preparing me for the sounds I was to hear inside the Cafe Oto’s old industrial walls.
It was Derby alto saxophonist Seymour Wright, Hounslow-born bassist John Edwards and drummer and pianist from the Thames Valley, Steve Noble and Pat Thomas; all in powerful creative fettle.
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