"Spiritual jazz in the truest sense: an exaltation!"
"Chamber music of infinite variety"
"Simply endlessly imaginative jazz"
"A magnificent celebration of freedom and creativity"
SAROST is a new trio comprising three veteran, virtuoso improvisors who have worked together in various combinations for over forty years,, this trio has an astonishing combined legacy having shaped and been a part of and still shaping the British Free Jazz/Improv scene.
Mark Sanders is a drummer/percussionist who has played with countless renowned improvising musicians in concerts and festivals all over the world in the course of a long career, including Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Derek Bailey, Roswell Rudd and Evan Parker, with Larry in a quartet with Howard Riley and as a trio with pianist Pat Thomas and played on over 200 vinyl and CD releases and is hugely in demand with visiting American musicians..
Paul Rogers plays an AAL 7 string bass of his own design. In addition to solo concert performances he has played with countless major musicians on the European and US Jazz and Improvised Music scenes for over 40 years including many combinations with Mark, with whom he recently recorded with Paul Dunmall and was a member of the influential group Mujician with Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall and Tony Levin. He also played with Larry in many groupings over the years, most notably the Keith Tippett Septet and Tapestry Orchestra and Louis Moholo's Dedication Orchestra.
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Larry Stabbins is a major figure in UK jazz and improvised music, so it’s great to see the 75 year old back in action after a period of rest. ….. a masterful performance….spiritual jazz in the truest sense: an exultation.
Stewart Smith The Wire Magazine
Unrestrained expression, searching disposition, soulful, powerful melody and experimental, adventurous spirit ……….and a magnificent celebration of freedom and creativity in free, yet very structured, spontaneous and directed music.
It’s a beautiful album and an absolute gem by three veterans:
Mehmet Krljic Jazz Nedeljom
Chamber music of infinite variety, dependent on the musicians who can bend genres beyond breaking point. …. the panoply of sounds that they execute is both exciting and innovative and also daring.
Jack Kenny Jazz Views Webzine
"Classic" saxophone-double bass-drums trio in an inspired, "free" and adventurous free vein …….Each of them alternates the driving force of the trio and determines its dynamic by ensuring exemplary legibility while giving the best of himself without hindering the momentum of his comrades.
A nice surprise from free-free jazz lit to free improvisation.
Jean-Michel VanSchouwberg Orynx-improv’andsounds
The music takes no prisoners ...displaying their amazing technique and experience. Impressive soloing and collective camaraderie of the highest intensity.
Adam Baruch The Soundtrack of My Life Webzine
What these three musicians do, when they come together, is simply make endlessly imaginative jazz ……. What stands out to me, ……. is the lyricism all three bring to the music, while at the same time sustaining the energy and sense of movement that needs to go with the genre.
Dominic Rivron International Times
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Highlight of the night came next- veteran sax man Larry Stabbins (looking remarkably trim and healthy for 75) and his trio of Mark Sanders on Percussion and Paul Rogers (playing and coaxing remarkable sounds out of his self-designed seven string bass). What followed was a set of undulating intensity, drawing gasps and whoops of appreciation from a now hyped-up crowd.
Louis Mohohlo-Moholo Tribute 100 Club
Kevin Whitlock Jazzwise Magazine
Then the inspired trio of Larry Stabbins, Paul Rogers and Sanders took a turn, Stabbins recalling that he connected with the music of Moholo and his compatriots when he shared a flat with Dudu Pukwana in London in 1971. These three have developed a fine understanding since their debut in Bath at the beginning of this year, the sax-led passages or their uninterrupted set having something of the flavour of the Chicago school typified by Fred Anderson. They conjure some majestic music from the air, Rogers marvellous custom bass ranging from filigree to sturm und drang, sometimes covering both in a few seconds, Stabbins hewing to melody but building to cathartic blasts that tapped into the feeling in the room toward the end.
Louis Mohohlo-Moholo Tribute 100 Club
John Turney UK Jazz News
The improvised music threesome then reaped the benefit of decades of experience in a seamless flow of musical ideas exchanged, shared and evolved in a perfect balance. Storms were whipped up and clarities discovered, looping riffs eventually devolved, anthemic melodies rose out of formless haziness … it was a joy to behold.
Tony Benjamin JazzWise Magazine
Leading the rapturous applause Promoter Nod Knowles described the trio’s set as “absolutely spectacular” and as “ridiculous” (in a good way of course!). It was difficult to disagree with him. This extraordinary set really was one of THE highlights of the entire Weekend and Rogers’ performance on that distinctive custom made bass was truly astonishing.A true virtuoso Rogers conjured an astonishing range of sounds from this custom built beauty, particularly with the bow as he created ringing overtones and cello like sonorities during the course of this spellbinding introductory passage
The Jazz Mann Webzine
The mighty trio of improv legends SAROST aka Mark Sanders (drums), Paul Rogers (bass) and Larry Stabbins (sax) was an anticipated highlight that lived up to expectations. Announced by Larry with “Welcome to the Old School” they unleashed a richly varied stream of spontaneous music that melded into new shapes and moods as they played off each other. Paul’s remarkable seven-string instrument allowed him to soar, grind, thunder and growl, while Mark’s deployment of percussion produced a soundscape all of its own. Running through it all, Larry’s precision delivery on soprano and tenor sax made a telling vocal contribution that both steered and followed in the flow of the improvisations.
Tony Benjamin B 24/7
