Amazon.co.uk Review
Showing no sign of hyphenation-fatigue, pianist Alex Wilson has moved on from his Candid debut
Afro-Saxon to turn his attention to Cuba. His compositions and arrangements are very impressive. As well as seeming to capture the Cuban idiom authentically (often with the aid of Cuban musicians) he has introduced other elements to the mix. For example there's a section on "Havana Thoroughfare" that sounds like the Brecker Brothers of the 1970s and "Englishman In New York" is an imaginative guaguancó arrangement of the old Sting song. Whatever the style, the playing and the soloing by Wilson, Paul Jayasinha and Paul Booth is of an extremely high quality. It's a cliché to expect British players to be a few steps behind those across the Atlantic, but it is nevertheless a surprise to discover that several of these players are from these parts--yet another sign of the exponential increase in British jazz skills.--
Mark Gilbert