Echoes of Henry Cow is a 2019 studio album by French jazz group, the Michel Edelin Quintet [fr], with narration by English musician John Greaves.
[1] Aymeric Leroy of Calyx, The Canterbury Music Website wrote in the album's liner notes that it should not be seen as a Henry Cow tribute album, but rather "echoes (much transformed during its long journey through time, space, memory and the mysterious twists and turns of the creative process) in [Edelin's] own musical inner world".
[6] After the release of Echoes of Henry Cow, the Michel Edelin Quintet promoted the album at several jazz festivals.
[5] In addition to drawing on the works of Henry Cow and Art Bears, the album also contains two Edelin compositions, illustrating the impact their music had on him.
Rather than being a tribute album, it is "a reimagining of sorts"; Henry Cow's "crushing avant-rock with its dense compositions and free-formed improv" is replaced by Edelin's "more relaxed yet technical challenging ... modern creative jazz.