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"Basquiat feels like a real, gigging band, with great solos from all players, and Davis is a star." "Try listening to the sombre, desolate reading of ‘Lonely Woman’ or the sumptuous, almost unrecognisable take on Wayne Shorter’s ‘Infant Eyes’ without being moved." (for the full review click here) "The players have all trained classically yet are "naturally bilingual....wholly imbued with jazz's improvisational facility." "Basquiat Strings could just turn out to be one of the most unlikely successes of the year. " "Forceful Beast introduces Polar Bear drummer Seb Rochford's collaboration with Basquiat Strings, Faintly reminiscent of the Kronos Quartet but more beat driven and further off-planet." “The end result is exhilarating: imagine a gut-strung Weather Report.” "Ben Davis is an awesome, unprecedented delight on cello." "The album quickly imposes itself upon the listener." "They take the heart of jazz and carry it to new places. Forward thinking has rarely been this engaging. " "Cellist Davis has proved himself one of the London scene’s more compelling performers" "This albun has been worth the wait. "
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