Theon Cross
Fyah
2019 - Gearbox Records: GB1550CD / GB1550 (LP)
https://store.gearboxrecords.com/collections/cd/products/theon-cross-cd
https://store.gearboxrecords.com/products/theon-cross
https://theoncross./album/fyah

* Theon Cross            : tuba
* Moses Boyd             : drums
* Nubya Garcia           : tenor saxophone (1-4, 6 & 8)
* Wayne Francis (Ahnansé): tenor saxophone (5 & 7)
* Artie Zaitz            : electric guitar (5 & 7)
* Tim Doyle              : percussion (5)
* Nathaniel Cross        : trombone (7)

https://www.theoncross.com/
https://www.mosesboyd.co.uk/
https://www.nubyagarcia.com/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wayne-francis-mn0001499778
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/artie-zaitz-mn0002586091
https://www.timdoylemusic.co.uk/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nathaniel-cross-mn0003680741

Recorded by Giles Barrett and David Holmes at Soup Studios, Limehouse, London,
England, United Kingdom, on 26th-27th January 2017 and 12th June 2018.

Reviews
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By Kitty Empire
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/17/theon-cross-fyah-review-extraordinary-tuba-sounds-solo-debut-sons-of-kemet

Despite boasting the gravitas of tectonic plates rubbing together, the tuba is
not usually a lead instrument. Fyah, though, is tuba don Theon Cross’s debut
solo album. The Sons of Kemet tubist alternates between rhythm and lead, and
when he’s not the star of the track, ensemble players circle around the
gravitational pull of Cross’s rumble-tone. Several instrumental voices are
familiar on Fyah, where a debt to Caribbean-adjacent south London sounds such
as calypso and drum’n’bass is palpable. Fellow hot-horn Nubya Garcia on tenor
sax and drum stalwart Moses Boyd figure extensively; honourable mentions, too,
to guitarist Artie Zaitz and alternate sax player Wayne Francis, also of the
famed Steam Down improv nights. [...]

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By Chris May
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/fyah-theon-cross-gearbox-records-review-by-chris-may.php

By Jackson Sinnenberg
https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/theon-cross-fyah-gearbox/

By Gareth Thomas
https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/04/18/theon-cross-fyah/

By Ian Mann
https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/theon-cross-fyah

By John Murph
https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/fyah

 Niko Fuchs (at)
https://radiofabrik.at/news/hoerenswert-theon-cross-fyah/

Dick Hovenga (nl)
https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/theon-cross-fyah/