James Arben - tenor sax, flute, bass clarinet
Shirley Smart - cello
'Entanglement' released 2020 on FMR Records
" This is an astonishing set of improvised dialogues between cellist, Shirley Smart, and multi-instrumentalist, James Arben that belies the fact that it is possible to create such varied and complete music, in the heat of the moment, with no prior discussion or pre-set plan of how the pieces will evolve...." Jazzviews
..."wow! This is an incredible piece of work. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a free improvised duo album this much. The range of it is pretty astounding... Plotted out in a list, the stylistic variety seems completely improbable - abstraction, swinging jazz figurations, modal grooves, middle eastern inflections, contemporary classical music - but it all coheres remarkably, and it's always impossible to spot the proverbial 'joins'
Alexander Hawkins
Listen/buy 'Entanglement here

Quintet
James Arben - tenor sax/flute/bassclarinet
Shirley Smart - cello
Alex Hawkins - piano
Liran Donin - bass
Jon Scott - drums
Album coming in 2021!