Danny bryant

Means Of Escape

JazzHaus

British blues guitarist returns.

The old music biz maxim ‘Don’t bore us, get to the chorus’ is often turned on its head by Hertfordshire bluesman Bryant, who regularly seems keener on getting to his solo on this, his eleventh studio album, than detaining us with verse-chorus pleasantries. That’s what his audience probably want too, and his playing here is as tearstained, passionate and intense as ever. It holds your attention even when the tempo slows to a positively morose level on Hurting Time, and barely rises above a plod on the title track.

He should perhaps consider varying the template more often,