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2024
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2024·Jazz·London, UK

David Thorley

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Sometimes, when you’re quietly working on an album of avant garde, atmospheric nurdling, Jazz sneaks up behind you, pulls a bag over your head and manhandles you into the back of a van. You fight back of course, but Jazz is strong. Jazz is mean. Jazz takes no quarter. You start to gabble. Maybe you can talk yourself out of trouble. How about a compromise? One album, two sides. It’s the most you can hope for in the circumstances. And inevitably, Jazz takes the A Side.

Favourite Moment

It's always the moment when plans are abandoned and you find yourself sailing into uncharted (and probably shark-infested) waters.

Advice

Loads. Mainly about jazz and its sneaky tendencies.

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