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Live at Bird's Eye Basel was recorded in Switzerland in during a European tour supporting the release of Mareike's debut album, Metropolis Paradise.

Reviewer Peter Margasak says the album, "immediately grabs the listener."

Reviewer Peter Margasak says the album, "immediately grabs the listener."

Dave Sumner says, "Morris and Webber made the big band album of the year."

Will Layman says, "The band is given lots of room and lots of responsibility, and each member repays what Douglas asks of them."

Will Layman says: "Webber and Morris' expanded range of options breaks new ground while referencing a grand tradition."

Reviewer Ted Parkinson says, "Urban(e)’s strength is in Fahie’s subtlety where his arrangements are always true to his source material."

The album was included in Giovanni Russonello's list of ten outstanding albums from this year.

Writer Dan Bilawsky gives the album 4 1/2 stars!

John Shand calls it, "a Douglas album, with his love of mixing surging rhythms, angular lines and sections that float by like white clouds across a summer sky."

Bandcamp says: "Emi Makabe’s communion of modern jazz and Japanese folk makes for an auspicious debut."

The song features vocalist Sofia Rei as well as solos by trombonist Matt McDonald and alto saxophonist Michael Thomas.