Charlie Stacey The Light Beyond Time Vinyl LP 2023

1. Dawn Chorus
2. Music Is Healing
3. Charlie's Tune
4. Rivers of Gondor
5. Mamour's Tune

From the soulful acid jazz sound that Malinga brings to opening track 'Music is Healing', to the Afro-Cuban twist on Stacey's signature 'Charlie's Tune', there is a spontaneity to the recordings that give them a collective urgency true to the essence of the jazz tradition. 'The chance to record in the way that Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and many of my heroes recorded was really appealing,' says Stacey. Drawing on the sounds of classic jazz-funk keyboard players like Chick Corea and George Duke, 'Rivers of Gondor' pays tribute to what Stacey calls 'the imaginative world of JRR Tolkien', with all its dark and wistful folk-inspired turns.