A key collaborator of Alfa Mist, Tom Misch and Jas Kayser, Jamie Leeming’s musical mastery has long since made him one of London’s most sought after jazz guitarists. His sophomore solo album, ‘Sequent’, features contributions from Laura Misch, Sly5thAve, Alfa Mist, Richard Spaven and Kaya Thomas-Dyke (who also painted the album’s beautiful cover art). Co-produced with Alfa Mist, and inspired by albums from the likes of Milton Nascimento and Egberto Gismonti, ‘Sequent’ is a constantly evolving twelve-track odyssey. Recorded live, using vintage production techniques, it captures the sound of musicians at the top of their game, locked into creating an enveloping tornado of sound. Exploring the very nature of change, the album’s tracks act as momentary windows into the ever-shifting nature of the compositions. Jamie’s vision for creating vast, sprawling arrangements is on full display, melding with analogue sounds and warm instrumentation, with the result being a truly enthralling, cinematic and emotive listening experience. ‘Sequent’ is a beautifully understated listen, led by majestic and elevational instrumentation and perfectly captured for full and unfiltered appreciation. Throughout the LP, fusion licks meet scattered drums, dancing together across great plains of tonal shifts, as it marches forward to a pace of its own making, showing that great things cannot be rushed. It’s a powerful body of work, one that surely will place Jamie shoulder to shoulder amongst his peers, and with other giants of the scene.
