Jeremy Sawkins Organ Quartet

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Blues For Sera has such a relaxed, loping swing that you can’t help but exhale deeply in a contented sort of way, and think things aren’t too bad. A bass line played on organ pedals always fashions a different groove, and here the tap-dancing is done by Darren Heinrich, his feet and Toby Hall’s drumming making the music super-relaxed and yet insistently toe-tappin’. Joining the party are Jeremy Sawkins (guitar), Spike Mason (saxophones) and Heinrich (on the organ’s upstairs section). Even on the faster Shiftin’ or the funkier Funny Farm the playing has a breeziness: more like flying than digging in. On the Irish traditional She Moved Through the Fair the guitar and saxophone combine to bagpipelike effect, taking the listener to a very different, floating, misty world. www.johnshand.com.au