Holy grail British jazz rarity Pendulum, the debut album by Mike Taylor Quartet, is finally reissued by Decca. Recorded at Lansdowne Studios with producer Denis Preston, the album features Taylor’s bold arrangements of standards on Side A—including a radical take on Dizzy Gillespie’s A Night in Tunisia—and original compositions on Side B. Taylor’s tragic early death at 30 cut short a pivotal figure in British jazz, whose life was marked by exceptional music, drama, and struggle. Pendulum (1966) has been meticulously remastered from original tapes using vintage analogue equipment for a rich, authentic sound.
