The hang drum featured prominently throughout the band’s debut album, its rich sound adding depth as well as driving the music forward
IN RECENT years the British jazz scene has been revived by new ideas. Dynamic and vibrant, it has broken out of the confines of niche, stale clubs, and opened itself up to youthful audiences. Portico Quartet, a London-based group, have been responsible for a large part of that change.
The band returned in 2009 with “Isla”, recorded at Abbey Road studios, an album that ten years on still feels innovative. “Paper Scissors Stone”, the opening track, features Jack Wyllie leading on the saxophone, complemented by the percussion. But in 2011 the band were forced to change tack when Nick Mulvey, their hang-drum player, quit the group to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter .
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