THE NATIONAL JAZZ TRIO OF SCOTLAND – Standards Vol. VI LP Psychedelic Three Forks

Three Forks

while side two opens out into more extended

distilling earworms into thin wisps of dreamlike atmosphere

listening for the pulse of the ancient

angry and on the edge of falling apart at any moment

THE NATIONAL JAZZ TRIO OF SCOTLAND – Standards Vol. VI LP Psychedelic Three ForksA 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