Andrew Linham

Andrew Linham: Weapons Of Mass Distraction

by Bruce Lindsay
December 31, 2017

Composer, saxophonist and bandleader Andrew Linham debuts his 17-piece Jazz Orchestra on Weapons Of Mass Distraction. “Jazz Orchestra" can be a warning sign of po-faced and serious “art" up ahead, but no such worries here. This is a Big Band in the best, big sound, big fun, sense of the phrase, performing 11 of Linham's compositions with all the energy and talent required to do them justice. Linham clearly enjoys inventing tune titles -each one seems to have ...