Cool Hunting
Gilles Peterson's Worldwide show is always spot on for a bit of inspiration. My ears pricked up when this jazz came on that was tight and tuneful, yet played at dizzyingly frenetic pace. Turns out it was by Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, a six-piece group from Japan who have just released their second long-player, Pimp Of The Year. It looks like it's only available on import outside their homeland, but a quick dig around confirmed my suspicion that they're probably even better live, which is why I write now. The band are in Europe at the moment, and arrive at London's Jazz Café this Sunday, 23 April 2006 for two nights. After that, they head to Amsterdam before coming back to the U.K., and hitting Glasgow, Aberdeen and Sheffield. Go see them pimp their jazz.
Pimp Master, one of their earlier releases, is available as an import at Amazon
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