I was on Llewellyn stage until the start time for Antipodes at Molly so I only caught the last tunes of the first set. More on this excuse in the next report. When I arrived, the band was playing music that was clearly scored, delicately written. I wondered if they were touring an album. No, but there was much new material. Slow pensive melody played unison, exploding into short shared solo passages then back to controlled melody. Room for solos, including the sit-ins, John Mackey and Miro Bukovsky, joining the core quintet of alto, guitar, piano, bass and drums, all taking their feature but combining to an effective theme. Antipodes is an international grouping, formed out of a meeting of Luke (Aus) and Jake (NZ) in Berlin (Ger). So antipodean, if international. Then a relaxed break and a final set of a few blows on a blues and Stomping at the Savoy and I'll remember April. Great, outgoing, joyous but intense jamming, but still relaxed and fun rather than the serious, scored first set. All fabulous playing and inventive composition. A pleasure.
Antipodes played at Molly with sit-ins John Mackey (tenor) and Miroslav Bukovsky (trumpet). Antipodes comprised Jake Baxendale (alto), Luke Sweeting (piano), Callum Allardice (guitar), Noel Mason (bass) and Tim Geldens (drums).
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