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The Hour of Pearl

by Philip Clouts Quartet

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1.
Riptide 07:50
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2.
On West Hill 06:19
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3.
Delta 09:42
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4.
Flamingo-ing 07:21
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5.
The Hour of Pearl 07:35
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6.
Clef Mona 05:34
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7.
As Evening Falls 07:15
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8.
Nyasa Lullaby 05:36
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“Luxurious melodies, woven with subtle influences from Clouts' forays into world music…Carlos Lopez-real’s saxophone is a joy throughout, uplifting and contemplative by turns” Jazz UK

The music ranges from lilting calypso to driving Latin American grooves, hypnotic swirling melodies, klezmer, township rhythms and gospel.

Composer/pianist Philip Clouts’ career has included playing at Ronnie Scotts, Symphony Hall, and Glastonbury and Womad festivals. Clouts is steeped both in the music of his native South Africa and in a diverse range of world music which he has explored to critical acclaim with his larger outfit ZubopGambia (featuring BBC World Music award winner Juldeh Camara) and which continue to inspire his compositions.

The quartet features saxophonist Carlos Lopez-Real from the London F-IRE Collective whom Dave Liebman says ‘plays with a sound that comes from his soul.’ Drummer Jon Desbruslais is a recent addition to the quartet who brings a fresh vitality due to his vast experience of playing Latin music in such bands as Viva La Revolucion! and Son de Cuba. Completing the rhythm section on double bass is Alex Keen who works on the London scene with Tim Whitehead and Jim Mullen.

“Keen’s vintage, characterful very woody sound works well, while Desbruslais is as briskly assured as the record is appealing.” Stephen Graham

The Hour of Pearl takes its title from a poetic extract from Cannery Row, a novel by the American author John Steinbeck:“a time of great peace, a deserted time, a little era of rest...the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself.”

Philip explains how he came upon the title: “I wrote the title track on a very wintry morning, and originally had the idea of a title involving the snowfall that I could see out of my window. Then I realised it was the quality of the early morning light that had really inspired the piece. When I read the passage in Steinbeck’s book, which incidentally is much lighter and more humorous than one might expect compared to his other works, it really seemed to sum up what I had been experiencing when I wrote the title track; other pieces on the album have an equally strong sense of times of day or night, like ‘As Evening Falls’ and ‘Nyasa Lullaby’, so Steinbeck’s explorations touched on this for me as well. And I found other themes in the book resonated with the sense of ‘home’ with which I approached the gospel feeling of the track ‘On West Hill’.”

“Very strong melodies from Clouts played with bittersweet lyricism …Clouts’ solos have an attractively crisp, bluesy clarity that’s punctuated by the kind of evocative block chord impressionism made popular by the great Bill Evans…Lopez-Real’s whirling, mantra-like soprano sax evokes both the joy and peace at the very centre of The Hour of Pearl”
Selwyn Harris

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released September 23, 2013

Philip Clouts Piano
Carlos Lopez-Real Alto and Soprano Saxophone
Alex Keen Double Bass
Jon Desbruslais Drums

Point Records
Cat no:PCD026

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