JAZZ TRACK

BARNEY MCALL

Zephyrix (Extra Celestial Arts)

Barney McAll penned this mind-blowing suite (for 15 players) to evoke the five birds of alchemy, the music both programmatic and philosophical. Black Crow, loosely representing release from the physical body, is a series of eerie hazes coagulating into sudden shafts of melody, through which runs a tinkling stream of McAll’s piano. White Swan, the first encounter with ethereality, is realised with a chunky ensemble groove and blinding trumpet and tenor solos. The