1st November 2016: Listen to the title track from Sam Crockatt’s Mells Bells. Latest album reviews include ★★★★ from Fono Forum

The title track ‘Canon’ (listen left) from Sam Crockatt‘s Mells Bells offers a glimpse into the saxophonist’s creative process. The initially cacophonic and then swirling beauty of church bell peals, witnessed from a vantage point above his Somerset home village, provided the inspiration for the piece.

Sam Crockatt – tenor saxophone

Kit Downes – piano

Oli Hayhurst – double bass

James Maddren – drums

The latest reviews in for Mells Bells include the following highlights:

“Compositions that illustrate his [Crockatt’s] perfect understanding of the diverse creative possibilities in modern jazz.”
★★★★ Fono Forum (website)

“Dynamic playing from Crockatt interspersed with imaginative and contrasting soloists.”
Hörspiegel (website)