Jazz Orient (aka Re-Orient, when they were signed to the ARC Music label) had not played together for 10 years, due to being busy with other projects, plus 2 years of the pandemic.

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Then one evening, by chance, they found they were all in Chris’s home city of Leicester - with instruments! So they went out for dinner at a chaat house on Leicester’s Golden Mile, and then on to his Aloft Studio. There they improvised 5 tracks - just like that. No plan or instructions. They just played.

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The magic was still there! Their 33 year, 7 album (and 1 single) association gave each of them an instinct or shared memory, for sensing what the other 2 might do at certain times. The tracks are in the order in which they were played. Then, as it was getting late, it was time Baluji & Linda had to go.

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But the Jazz Orient/Re-Orient journey continues...
 

Credits: released March 29, 2024, Chris Conway - piano, keyboards, acoustic 9-string guitar, voice, kalimba, Irish whistle, singing bowl, seed shaker, bells.​, Baluji Shrivastav - sitar, steel tongue drum, bodhran, voice, mouth percussion., Linda Shanovitch - voice, shaker.