Ill Considered

An exciting marriage between free jazz, afrobeat, and more.

Spontaneous music is both the hardest and the most beautiful to play. The same structure that can feel confining, can also hold everything together. The four musicians of the British group Ill Considered hold freedom in high regard. Almost no part of their concerts of recording sessions is planned out ahead of time. There are no agreements or deliberations, the music arises live in the moment – saxophone, bass, drums, and percussion erupting zealously. Where they stop, no one knows, and then the miracle comes, the music flows and keeps flowing, the ship keeps steady and reaches safe havens.

Time after time. At the root of the excitement Ill Considered’s music incites, is a remarkable mix of intense concentration and passion. Just like the diverse influences they marry in their work: free jazz à la Pharoah Sanders for instance, but also afrobeat, ethio jazz, and even distant hints of grime and dubstep. Captained by Idris Rahman’s fiery sax, the ideas keep flooding, and the band keeps zigging and zagging without leaking fervor. And they never lose that danceable beat, either.

Formation

Idris Rahman – tenor saxophone
Leon Brichard – bass
Emre Ramazanoglu – drums
Jason Yarde – saxophone