Same Sky is a gentle mood painting affair. And yet there are plenty of involving passages that means it isn’t too floaty. Hailing from the south coast of England, Full Circle Quartet are saxophonist Josephine Davies – the Harper Trio player who was named Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2019 Parliamentary Jazz Awards – pianist Joss Peach – a co-composer of kids TV song Tee and Mo’s ‘Help Our Little World’ – bassist-leader Terry Pack once of The Enid (“Thunderbags” was on the progsters’ remarkable Airy Fairy Nonsense) and completing the line-up, drummer Angus Bishop.
Mindful, evocative, the soloing from Davies is very strong indeed and proves this largely appealing album’s lodestar.
Dates coming up include on the 20th May Sullington Manor Farm, West Sussex details here; 22 May Unitarian Church Brighton, details; 9 July Noviam museum, Chichester; 16 July The Bohemian, Eastbourne.
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