Bleep

A change of scenery greatly influenced Matthew Halsall’s ninth album, made for wide pan shots of landscapes and feeling the breeze on your skin. An Ever Changing View continues the Gondwana Records founder’s mission in modern jazz, with compositions always in transit representing a blend of genres and locales. Short tracks of birdsong and piano keys strummed delicately like harps frame relaxed and expressive performances: rolling drums and lapping cymbals, trumpet, flute, and bass bathed in optimism, and an ensemble of mbira plucks bathed in optimism.