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Tori Freestone Trio El Barranco (Whirlwind WR 4689)
STRANGE that a jazz record should feature two such contrasting sound-worlds as the mountainscapes of Tenerife and the grim, riverine streets of 18th-century London.
But south London tenor saxophonist Tori Freestone managed this juxtaposition with entirely natural aplomb and powerful musicianship on her new album El Barranco.
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