Ruby Rushton - Two for Joy '2015

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Long awaited repress of the essential 2015 debut album from the Tenderlonious
led jazz outfit - Ruby Rushton Two For Joy. The album tore up the rule book at
the time and is a reflective, instrumental composition, nuanced by a fusion of
jazz, afro-beat, hip-hop and electronic influences.

Two For Joy perhaps came at a time when jazz wasnt cool, but was a triumph
nonetheless, fuelled by a love of Coltrane, Yusef Lateef and Fela Kuti to more
contemporary artists like Slum Village and Sa-Ra. Recorded way back in 2011, it
tore up the rule book reaching beyond traditional jazz and coffee table
conformity. The band was a quartet at the time made up of composer and 22a label
boss Ed Cawthorne (Tenderlonious) on Saxophone, Nick Walters on Trumpet, Aiden
Shepherd on keys and Yussef Dayes (Yussef Kamaal) on drums. The album fuses
jazz, Hip Hop, Afro-Beat and electronic music, captures the sound of London
today!

The album is filled with moments of ramped-up spell-binding energy, meditative
slow-build solos, and melancholic grooves. Recorded live in one day, Two For Joy
is the result of four friends coming together and expressing themselves in the
only way they truly can.

Tracklist:
1 01. Ruby Rushton - An Introduction (01:07)
1 02. Ruby Rushton - Room with a View (07:31)
1 03. Ruby Rushton - Trudi Mary (04:56)
1 04. Ruby Rushton - Where Are You Now?, Pt. 1 (01:24)
1 05. Ruby Rushton - Spritely Does It! (03:19)
1 06. Ruby Rushton - Two for Joy (04:17)
1 07. Ruby Rushton - Aidans Song (02:44)
1 08. Ruby Rushton - For Her (00:40)
1 09. Ruby Rushton - Where Are You Now?, Pt. 2 (02:35)
1 10. Ruby Rushton - Room with a View (Reprise) (07:19)

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