Description

Vinyl LP

Acid Jazz present the second volume of their ‘Jazz
Sessions’ series with the first album from the Matt
Berry Trio, with Matt Berry joined by band members
Phill Scragg and Graham Mann on ‘Everything’s
Peachy’.
When not creating numerous indelible characters on
the screen, Matt Berry has forged a remarkable,
diverse and acclaimed career as a recording artist.
Following the widely lauded ‘Heard Noises’ (2025) and
a collaboration album with KPM, ‘Simplicity’ (2023), he
returns in yet another musical guise as leader of a
studio-based mid-century jazz adjacent trio.
‘Everything’s Peachy’ is a 12-part instrumental suite,
inspired by ‘the Sky King’ (American folk hero Richard
‘Beebo’ Russell), who stole a large aircraft with no
flight training, performing stunts and manoeuvres,
before crashing to his own demise and takes its name
from his response to air traffic control.
Conveying variously the chaos, nostalgia, regret and
acceptance of Russell’s maiden flight, it is an open,
freeform and flowing composition, drawing influence
from the electronic experiments of Miles Davis and the
melancholy of Satie, to create another moment of
musical beauty from Matt’s curious and ever-moving
musical mind.
The ‘Jazz Sessions’ series was conceived by Acid
Jazz founder Ed Piller as a return to the jazz roots of
the label. The first release came from former Style
Council drummer Steve White, with his first album as
leader, ‘Soul Drums’. Further releases will follow over
the next year.

Tracklisting

Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 1
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 2
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 3
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 4
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 5
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 6
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 7
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 8
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 9
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 10
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 11
Everything’s Peachy, Pt. 12