https://youtu.be/XRa8pFkwSUQ
https://youtu.be/tWUl-k-UxaA
muzycy:
ROB LUFT guitar
JOE WRIGHT tenor saxophone
JOE WEBB hammond organ, piano
TOM McCREDIE bass
CORRIE DICK drums

Featuring:
BYRON WALLEN tpt (tracks 2 & 10)
LUNA COHEN voc (tracks 2 & 10)

Editor's info:
British guitarist and current BBC New Generation artist Rob Luft returns with Life Is The Dancer, his second album following acclaimed debut Riser (2017). With the same line-up Life Is The Dancer confirms all the praise and promise of an artist of the moment and commands attention for its brilliance and originality. Rob Luft is a superstar in the making – a virtuoso, a band-leader, a composer of vibrant, original music and a captivating communicator. Life Is The Dancer is an eagerly awaited and anticipated release from a future star.

There are very few debut albums that can create such an impact and launch an artist into the domestic and European scene as Rob Luft’s 2017 debut ‘Riser’ managed to do. On the back of winning the Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize, London based Luft hurtled onto the scene with an album of originals and an instrumental sound so strong it’s hard to believe a 23-year-old had produced it. Both his guitar playing and compositional voice were unmistakably his own, the comradery and band interplay deeply developed. But it was the blend of Rob’s joy in music-making, his humility and humanity in working with other musicians and his natural warmth as a communicator that saw him quickly become one of the most talked-about, in-demand instrumentalists to emerge from the UK in a long time. With his second album Life Is The Dancer Rob continues with the same band, a new set of originals and with that undeniably warm and joyous sound we’ve come to expect from him.

Jazz is an ever-evolving beast, an art form of the deepest expression built on the idea of constant change, innovative in its creation, always pushing boundaries. With so much music being made, it’s easy for artists to fall into well-trodden patterns. Occasionally, however, a player will emerge who can redefine what jazz is, marking the end of one era and leading a new generation who will in turn influen.......
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