Tune Recreation Committee – The Future Is Now Soundtrack and Elvin Jones rounding out

and Elvin Jones rounding out the quartet

It’s a debut that doesn’t chase transcendence but still manages to find it quietly

just beats and bars

the album moves like a slow

The record pulls in an impressive cast: the Congos add smoky melodica and echo to “Not Gonna Follow

Tune Recreation Committee – The Future Is Now Soundtrack and Elvin Jones rounding outLed by trumpeter Mandla Mlangeni, Tune Recreation Committee brings together a sharp, open eared collective of Cape Town musicians digging deep into South Africas jazz lineage while pushing it somewhere resolutely forward looking. The Future Is Now moves fluidly through free jazz, highlife, American funk, Balkan folk, and underground club rhythms, driven by five fearless improvisers who listen as hard as they play. Its music built on communion and risk