Saxophonist Trevor Watts founded his Moiré Music project in the early '80s, and by the turn of the millennium there had been so many Moiré incarnations that it was hard to keep them all straight. A newcomer seeking an entry point to the Moiré discography could very well be perplexed and not know where to start. Well, how about here? Simply put, With One Voice, originally released in 1988 on Watts' Arc label and reissued 15 years later on FMR with a tremendous previously unreleased bonus track, is a stunning album, beautifully deep and harmonious, filled with joyous expression and a multi-layered groove stretching to the horizon and beyond. This is one of the finest lineups to realize Watts' vision for Moiré as a fabric of intertwining melodic and rhythmic lines rooted in creative jazz and inspired by African traditional musics. The nine-piece outfit heard here, recorded live at the Rye Festival in South East England on September 5, 1988, includes alto saxophonist Watts ably matched by Simon Picard on tenor, with the musical fabric stitched together by the rippling piano of Veryan Weston, the warm accordion of Richard Granville-Smith, the solid foundation of bassist Colin Gibson and drummer Liam Genockey, the circular rhythms of Ghanaian percussionists Nana Tsiboe and Kofi Adu, and finally, the ebullient wordless vocalizing of singer Liane Carroll, who also played keyboards on the date.

1		Themes for America No. 1
2		Need We Ever Say Goodbye
3		Themes for America No. 2
4		Themes for America No. 4

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