Steve Dyer - Multipolar Project Showcase at Hugh's Jazz Club

Dyer’s contemplative, yearning saxophone tone does signal a lineage from late-60s releases such as Kulu se Mama – a flavour often underlined by Sphelelo Mazibuko’s precise classicism on drums – but Multipolar is absolutely not American, copycat or retro.

Rather, where the spirit of Trane comes into the picture is in the album’s mood and philosophical underpinnings. For Trane, it was South Asian spirituality that provided a wellspring of inspiration; for Dyer it’s a deep exploration of ubuntu. The music’s world-view reaches beyond bland Africa-washing to a centering of shared humanity and rejection of commodification and the alienation of people from the land and the other living creatures of our earth - Gwen Ansell

Multipolar feels like a unified suite of stories, a vibrant blend of identities carried by Dyer’s unmistakable sonic spine - Brian Homer UKVibe

Dyer is a skilled composer and improviser, carefully pacing and building rather than rushing to a peak while his impressively wrought tone occasionally has a hint of Joe Henderson’s airy but steely beauty…Dyer strengthens any claim South Africa can make to a seat at the high table of contemporary creative music.

Jazzwise = Kevin le Gondre

Dyer’s is a voice of clarity, authenticity and quality, and this latest album has a focused unity about it that make it very special.In his compositions, Dyer has a particularly fine knack of making the groove of a band settle, it just becomes a great way of being. Sebastian Scotney - London Jazz

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