Miles Spilsbury - Light ManoeuvresDebut album from UK jazz saxophonist and composer Miles Spilsbury, featuring Carlos Nio. Produced by Slugabed. Light Manoeuvres is about warmth, generosity and openness. The music which would become Light Manoeuvres was sketched in fragments, but began to take shape in earnest during a period of living under the Marseille haze in the South of France. The specific character and opacity of the light in Marseille inspired the album title which imagines

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emblematic ‘Châlet’ nightclub (1962-2010) in Strasbourg

which is pure AOR / Balaeric vibes

Nick Ramm: Piano

Mario Rincon

but rather gets in you

the duo delivered the first of what would become a treasure trove of spiritual jazz releases with 1973's Message From the Tribe

gripping intent of 'Tio Rico'

being valued between 50 and 200 USD on Discogs at the time of writing

adding spine-tingling vocoder vocals

he turned the spotlight on Don Ray’s string and horns

after about eight months of living and practising in London