Earth

Gatefold sleeve
Jazzman present the latest LP from Nick Woodmansey’s emanative project. The drummer, who has thumped tubs for the likes of Positive Flow and Zara McFarlane, tends to indulge his more far-out tendencies when he’s in emanative mode. This remains the case on Earth, an LP which brings together various disparate jazz strands into a compelling whole. Alongside guests including Idris Ackamoor (The Pyramids), Dele Sosimi (Egypt 80) and Benjamin Page (RocketNumberNine), Woodmansey crafts expressive tracks that take in spiritual jazz, free jazz, fusion, funk, hip-hop and more. The resulting record sits nicely alongside the current crop of forward-thinking young cats coming out of London