Top Five Matthew Herbert Albums
(An extraordinarily prolific British electronic, house, big band, jazz, and classical musician and composer with an experimental streak, Herbert releases his music under a variety of names, often through his own microlabels. Here are my five favorite releases with which he’s been involved, in order of preference.)
Bodily Functions by Herbert
Goodbye Swingtime by The Matthew Herbert Big Band
The State Between Us by The Matthew Herbert Big Band
A Nude by Matthew Herbert
Scale by Herbert
— January 29, 2021