Magda Mayas & Jim Denley - Tempe Jetz CD XX1984 and the latter with Mitty

and the latter with Mitty Collier

Cover Painting by Jeff Schlanger / musicWitness

The Cravats formed after a Stranglers show in Birmingham in 1977: they borrowed £400 from Shend’s mum and self-released their debut 7” Gordon in July 1978

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Magda Mayas & Jim Denley - Tempe Jetz CD XX1984 and the latter with MittyBerlin based pianist Madga Mayas and Jim Denley, an Australia based saxophonist, together on Tempe Jetz, combine their energies to create a haunting ephemeral work. The music works at nearly a subliminal level, and it seems that playing a barely functional clavinet is nearly dreamlike in its own right as Mayas turns this intentional instrument choice into an impressive array of sounds. Luxuriating in these textures, pulses, and reverberations, she