Peepers (CD)

Categorising Sebastian Rochford poses problems. Jazz is at the heart of his work, yet his understanding of and engagement with a wide range of genres are such that its impossible to shoehorn his recordings into neat boxes. Peepers is Rochfords fourth album as the leader and percussionist of the London-based Polar Bear, alongside collaborators Leafcutter John, Tom Herbert, Pete Wareham and Mark Lockheart. It finds him pursuing his muse as openly and as adventurously as possible, studiously avoiding any straight retreads of his previous work while letting a distinctive composers voice come to the fore.
More than its predecessors, Peepers sounds very close to a live Polar Bear performance. The kind of session that has won the group a diverse audience with exuberant music that opens out into moments of freewheeling abstraction. Rochfords gift for melodic writing acquires new depth here, where the music displays both art and pop sensibilities in the most organic and coherent fashion.

• Format Detail: CD 6-panel digipak
• Genre: Jazz
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 3/1/10
• Format: CD