From his forthcoming solo debut entitled Starting Today.
After making noise on the British jazz scene for several years as a member of Ezra Collective, South London based keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones recently announced that he would step forward to release his first full-length solo effort through Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label in 2018.
‘Starting Today’, the first offering and title track of Jones’ debut LP arrived in March and showcased a melting pot of influences including hard-bop, dub, afrobeat, psychedelia and spiritual jazz over the course of an erratic and dizzying nine minutes. New single ‘Almost Went Too Far’ assumes a more subtle and understated approach, traversing leisurely through the realms of jazz fusion and providing the necessary breather to listeners following the preceding single.
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Starting Today releases on May 4th via Brownswood.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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