Xero Slingsby and The Works

"Xero Slingsby is better than Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Jimi Hendrix, Duke Ellington and Count Basie put together.....'cause he's still alive!"
Orang Utango

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"un coup de force" Le Soir
"a saxophone playing tramp" The Guardian
Unicycling

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"a spotty man with a beard and beret" Nicholas deJongh The Observer
"Watch out for his return to these shores. Hes piping hot and destined for great things!" The New Statesman
Revenge of the Kerbstones

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"Find out who Xero Slingsby is!" New Musical Express
"Boser-Buben-Jazz-Mix, Frisch, Eklektisch, Live, Zitierand, Weiss, Rhythmisch" SPEX
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"To me, the eccentricity of Xero Slingsby seems closer to the true spirit of jazz music than a bunch of muesli-munching, polo-jumpered hip middle-aged cats sitting in a concert hall grooving to Oscar Petersons Greatest Hits." Don Watson Rendezvous
"A triumph of the Proletariat !" The Morning Star
Dearly Beloved - Xero Slingsby and the Works Live at Cafe Click

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"Xero's scorched alto sound, his booting lines and clamorous compositions as well as his understanding of music as event and spectacle, could well become the crucial lesson." Ben Watson Wire Magazine
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Shove It! (Cafe Click) - Xero Slingsby and the Works Live

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