LONDON JAZZ September 2009
MUSTARD PIE
The Spitalfields Summer Stew '09
There was another change of gear for the final set, a cross between avant jazzers Polar Bear and Led Bib featuring Jan Kopinski from jazz punks Pinski Zoo on tenor. I've heard tracks by both bands but hadn't seen them live before, and I had reckoned they wouldn't really my bag; this set made me think again. The line up of two drummers and two bass players – one acoustic, one electric – with saxophone whipped up a maelstrom of sound. Kopinski and the electric bass freely used feedback to add to the sounds available, and the two drummers were bouncing ideas off each other. It was a fascinating set of exciting modern free jazz. Gripping stuff!
Review by Patrick Hadfield