Album Review: Nu-Jive: Live at the Perth International Jazz Festival from Troy Roberts
Album: Nu Jive: Live at the Perth International Jazz Festival Artist: Troy Roberts Label: Toy Robot Music Website: https://troyroberts.com/ https://troyroberts.bandcamp.com/album/nu-jive-live-at-the-perth-international-jazz-festival Nu-Jive, led by composer and saxophonist Troy Roberts and supported by guitarist Tim Jago, keyboardist Silvano Monasterios, bassist Eric England, and drummer David Chiverton, has released their first live recording, captured at 2022's Perth International Jazz Festival. Based in Roberts' hometown of Perth, West Australia, where he made his debut at the festival 11 years prior, the recording consists of two complete shows, performing tracks from the quintet's portfolio of studio albums. In Nu-Jive's fashion, the ebbs and flow in the melodic patterns have a spontaneous feel, demonstrated by the prancing keys of Monasterios, cresting and receding intermittently across "Tribes and Tribulations," creating space for Robert's saxo...