The Blessing

Jim Barr - double-bass
(Magisterial bass player with Portishead, John Parish, Marc Gauvin, The Invisible Pair of Hands, Sissi, & ska band Moonshot. And chef to Robert Plant. "Comes as close to a Charlie Haden as any player round here").

Pete Judge - trumpets
(Unique leftfield trumpeter with Organelles and mopti, as well as Congo's Papa Noel, Cuba's Asere, and even Wales' Super Furry Animals. "Strangely wonderful").

Jake McMurchie - saxophones
(Saxophonist with What Four, NYJO (when still Y), UltraSound Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Musaic and recently the John Law Quartet. A tumbling, swirling, yearning dynamo of improvisatory invention, with a sound to die for).

Tony Orrell - drums
(Maverick genius drummer with Spirit Level, Sphere, The Gas Giants, The Radio 3, Andy Sheppard's Bristol Jazz Quartet, Goldfrapp, and many others. Plays the smallest, oddest and coolest drumkit in Christendom).

"to observe their almost paranormal communication and listen to their richly imaginative improvising is a treat"
(Sherborne Jazz Club)

"super-cool. One of the gigs of the year"
(Venue magazine)

"some of the best jazz of the year"
(Bath Evening Chronicle)

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