Lacuna - Talk On The Step

Messore is one of the UK's young legion of forward-looking musicians in his absorption of contemporary lyrical modes of jazz guitar and other idioms such as singer-songwriter rock and more global rootsy music. But he also stands out from the rest of the crowd with his engaging sound and understated refinement.Traditional jazz values are as important to him as the need to journey into the unknown. One of these being the desire to surround himself with experienced veterans of the music as well as his youthful peers. While the refreshingly uplifting Indigo Kid band from earlier in the year featured his mentor the great UK saxophonist Iain Ballamy, the five piece Lacuna features the graceful, influential Miles/Kenny Wheeler-influenced trumpeter Steve Waterman, another inspirational figure for Messore primarily as his tutor in jazz arrangements.