Artist: The Lazonby Group
Title: War All The Time
Cat Number: SLAMCD214
Year released: 1995
Format: CD & all digital platforms
Barcode: 5028386021421
One-time jazz project led by Lazerboy’s David Lazonby, who have produced a leftfield take on bossa nova, contemporary and avant garde jazz.
David Lazonby: saxophone
Eddie Roberts: guitar
Simon Russell: bass
Gene Velocette: drums
“Lazonby has already called his jazz album on SLAM ‘a bit shit’, but musical abstraction helps him escape the honeyed miasma of the Lazer Boy nursery. Powered by Gene Velocette – the late Xero Slingslby’s drum titan – ‘War All The Time’ is an oasis among the pointless professionalism of big-label jazz. The poignant babysound of Lazonby’s singing voice transfers well to his alto sax. Against the cool modal chordings of Eddie Robert’s guitar and Simon Russell’s poised bass the alto wriggles are fetching. The listening is easy, but not servile.” – Ben Watson, The Wire
All compositions by David Lazonby except for track 6, by Simon Russell.
Recorded at Beaumont Street Studio, Huddersfield, England 18 April 1994.
Recorded by Dave Creffield.
Mastered by Tim Turan.