Greg Foat - Symphonie Pacifique (2020)

Strut release the new album Symphonie Paci que by UK jazz pianist, Greg Foat.Foat has become a versatile mainstay in UK jazz through an acclaimed series of albums on Jazzman and Athens Of The North, moving from soul-jazz workouts to library music to cinematic, haunting compositions and pastoral acid folk.Symphonie Paci que goes expansive and widescreen, building a lush soundscape using choral textures, harp and tubular bells on the atmospheric After The Storm alongside sensual groove-based tracks like the undulating Anticipation, the album title track and Groove Merchant-channelling Nikinakinu, all driven by Phil Achille on bass, Eric Young on congas and Moses Boyd’s crisp, flowing breakbeats. Other tracks include a moving tribute to KPM library legend Duncan Lamont on the reflective Lament For Lamont and the languid, simmering Island Life.

Tracklist
1. Prelude (0:28)
2. Symphonie Pacifique (4:54)
3. Undulation (1:09)
4. Anticipation (5:00)
5. Mu (0:22)
6. Yonaguni (4:05)
7. Island Life (6:10)
8. Nikinakinu (5:21)
9. Man vs Machine (3:22)
10. Before the Storm (1:27)
11. After the Storm (8:32)
12. Meditation on a Pedal Steel (1:46)
13. Lament for Lamont (4:53)
14. Pointe Vénus (7:18)
15. Mother's Love (5:35)
16. Epilogue - Three Tenors (2:22)