Dee Byrne is a British saxophonist, composer and improviser working in contemporary jazz, avant-garde and free improvisation. She lives in London.
Byrne is from Gravesend, Kent. [1] She now lives in London, [2] where she graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with a Masters in Jazz Performance in 2011. [2] She leads the quintet Entropi.
Liane Carroll is an English vocalist, pianist and keyboardist.
Jeffrey Lawrence Williams is an American jazz drummer, composer, and educator.
Ivo Michael Beale Neame is a British jazz pianist and composer. In addition to leading his own bands he is a member of several European jazz groups including Phronesis, the Marius Neset Quintet, and the Kairos 4Tet. He is a Professor of Jazz Piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Andre Canniere is an American trumpet player and composer. He is based in London, England, where he's lived since 2008. Canniere has toured throughout the United States and Europe, performing at Carnegie Hall, Birdland, the London Jazz Festival, the Hague Jazz Festival and the Rochester International Jazz Festival, among others.
Whirlwind Recordings is a London, UK-based independent record label established in 2010 by Michael Janisch.
Coalescence is an album by American-born, British-based trumpeter Andre Canniere. It was released on Whirlwind Recordings on 28 October 2013.
Forward Space is an album by American-born, British-based trumpeter Andre Canniere. It was released on Whirlwind Recordings on 23 January 2012.
Victoria "Tori" Freestone is a British saxophonist, flautist, violinist and composer. She has performed British jazz since 2009 as a band leader and sidewoman, known for her robust tenor sound and melodic invention. Her "Trio" albums, released in 2014 and 2016, were awarded at least 4 stars. The Guardian critic John Fordham described her first album In The Chop House as "an imposingly original sound". In 2017 Freestone was shortlisted for a Fellowship in Jazz Composition supported by PRS for Music Foundation, UK Arts Foundation. That year Freestone was also nominated in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2017 in the Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year category.
Zenith is a live album by the Sam Rivers Quintet, led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Rivers, and featuring tubist and euphonium player Joe Daley, double bassist Dave Holland, and drummers Barry Altschul and Charlie Persip. Consisting of a single 53-minute track, it was recorded on November 6, 1977, at Jazztage Berliner 1977, held at the Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany, and was released in 2019 by NoBusiness Records as volume 2 of the Sam Rivers Archive Series.
Ricochet is a live album by the Sam Rivers Trio, led by multi-instrumentalist and composer Rivers, and featuring double bassist Dave Holland and drummer Barry Altschul. Consisting of a single 52-minute track, it was recorded on January 12, 1978, at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco, California, and was released in 2020 by NoBusiness Records as volume 3 of the Sam Rivers Archive Series.
Olie Brice is a British double bassist, improviser and composer. He is bandleader of the Olie Brice Quintet, the Olie Brice Trio, and the Olie Brice Octet. Brice has been a member of the Nick Malcolm Quartet, Mike Fletcher Trio, Alex Ward Quintet, Paul Dunmall Brass Project, Loz Speyer's Inner Space, as well as collaborated with Dee Byrne, Tobias Delius, and Binker Golding.
Loz Speyer is a trumpet and flugelhorn player, composer and bandleader. His free jazz quintet Inner Space, and his fusion of Cuban music and jazz 6-piece Time Zone, have both been running since 2002.
Nick Malcolm is a trumpeter, improviser and composer. He is bandleader of the Nick Malcolm Quartet, playing jazz–free improvisation.
Alex Ward is a British clarinetist, guitarist and composer. He lives in London.
Michael Fletcher is a British woodwind multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and researcher who works in the fields of jazz and improvised music.
Outlines is an album by Dee Byrne, released on Whirlwind Recordings in 2023. The six-piece band consists of Byrne, Olie Brice, Nick Malcolm (trumpet), Tom Ward (clarinets), Rebecca Nash (piano), and Andrew Lisle (drums).
Real Isn't Real is an album by Nick Malcolm Quartet, self-released on Green Eyes in 2019. The quartet consists of Olie Brice, Alexander Hawkins, Ric Yarborough, and with vocals by Emily Wright, Marie Lister, Josienne Clarke, and Lauren Kinsella.
Moment Frozen is an album by Dee Byrne's Entropi, released on Whirlwind Recordings in 2017. The five-piece band consists of Byrne, Olie Brice, Andre Canniere (trumpet), Matt Fisher (drums), and Rebecca Nash (piano).
Life on the Edge is an album by Loz Speyer's Inner Space, released on Leo Records in 2017. The five-piece band consists of Speyer, Chris Biscoe, Olie Brice, Rachel Musson, and Gary Willcox (drums).
Rebecca Nash is a British jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. She has released her own music and played as part of Dee Byrne's Entropi ensemble.