Under Ubi's Tree

Manchester Evening News

"Ubi's Tree is world music in the most positive sense. If it must be categorized, file under ‘Beautiful'."
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Jazzbreakfast

"but overall the lively rhythms, deep resonances and original palette of sounds offer a strong path to follow."
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Jazzman.com
"Thomson has created a very personal sound world and the resultant album exudes considerable warmth and charm."
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Songlines Magazine

"A feat of drums and percussion."
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Vortex Jazz
"It's all affectionately and effectively put together, and it's obviously a project close to Thomson's heart."
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The Guardian

"forthright bass-playing and engaging themes [that] rewards repeated listening."
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Vortex Online
"incorporates elements of jazz and various African traditional musics into an often mesmerisingly languorous whole"
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Simon Allen - percussion,berimbau,calabash,pandeiro
Adriano Adewale - percussion,concertina,dulcimer,bass harmonica,saw,waterphone
Nathan Riki Thomson - double bass,flutes,ilimba,kantele,iitungu

Guests include:
Antonio Forcione - guitars
Jenny Adejayan - double bass
Marit Lyngra - violin
Jan Hendrikse - arabic ney
John K Miles - bass flute

Recorded at Porcupine Studios, London
Mastered by Ben Turner at Finesplice
Engineered by Nick Taylor
Produced by Simon Allen