Rising vinyl

Julian Nicholas is a well-respected saxophonist based in Brighton who has been working across all manner of music for more than three decades. Now Cordial Recordings are looking back through his 90s works and giving them a fresh airing, starting with this exceptional album originally released on tape in 1992 as Mountain People. There's energy and subtlety in equal measure across the expanse of Rising, with 'Mountain People' in particular calling to mind the iconic refrains from Burt Bacharach's 'The Look Of Love'. Delicate but also incredibly kinetic, this is smooth jazz to ensnare your attention, wrought from the mind of one of the UK's finest sax players.