Si ritirò dalle scene una dozzina di anni fa con parole molto nette di rinuncia e disaffezione, ora torna a farsi sentire - e a far parlare di sé - contemporaneamente in duo (con Mark Sanders), in trio (con Sanders e Paul Rogers) e in quartetto (con Adrian Uttley, Jim Barr e Sebastian Rochford). Due etichette amiche, Jazz in Britain e Discus Music, accolgono con entusiasmo il suo ripensamento, pubblicandone quasi insieme i nuovissimi album Aurora e Cup & Ring: Larry Stabbins.
"I’ve been playing the saxophone and flute and writing music for a long time now. I mean, a really long time. I played a lot with Keith Tippett, in Centipede and lots of his other bands, with Peter Brötzmann - the Godfather of heavy tenor players - and in several of master percussionist Tony Oxley’s groups. I played in Weekend and formed Working Week with guitarist Simon Booth and we made lots of records and did a vast amount of touring. Since then I've had different projects of my own across the range of my interests from totally improvised small groups and solo performances to jazz rap, free-jazz techno-funk, psychedelic hip hop and freeish spiritual jazz. I sometimes feel the need to get away from music and do something else to recharge my batteries but it always draws me back. And I'm back to it again now. Fully recharged."
https://www.larrystabbins.com
https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/aurora
https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/cup-ring