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Portico Quartet · 2007 · Album Knee-Deep in the North Sea

Context

First album by the Portico Quartet, recorded in February and August 2007 at Livingston Studios in London and released on 5 November 2007. The pieces were honed by playing on the street in front of the National Theatre; the record was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to British jazz, Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide). Among the origins and influences of British jazz: Traditional revival, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• News from Verona (2007)
• Knee-Deep in the North Sea (2007)
• Cittàgazze (2007)

Sources

• EN: Knee-Deep in the North Sea
• EN: Portico Quartet

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