THE NATIONAL JAZZ TRIO OF SCOTLAND – Standards Vol. VI LP Psychedelic Leandro "Gato" Barbieri

Leandro "Gato" Barbieri

singers that are unabashed in their drive to project something bigger than themselves

while side two opens out into more extended

distilling earworms into thin wisps of dreamlike atmosphere

angry and on the edge of falling apart at any moment

THE NATIONAL JAZZ TRIO OF SCOTLAND – Standards Vol. VI LP Psychedelic Leandro "Gato" BarbieriA kind of hush pervades throughout Standards Vol VI, the latest release by The National Jazz Trio of Scotland, the ironically named project helmed by Falkirks musical polymath, Bill Wells, that is neither a trio, nor a jazz band. If this collection of ten covers probably comes closest to the latter in its late night renditions of actual standards, the presence of long term NJToS member and collaborator Aby Vulliamy as the records lone vocalist adds to