Loz Speyer is a trumpet and flugelhorn player, composer and bandleader. [1] [2] His free jazz quintet Inner Space, and his fusion of Cuban music and jazz 6-piece Time Zone, have both been running since 2002. [3]
Stacey Kent is an American jazz singer from South Orange, New Jersey.
Liane Carroll is an English vocalist, pianist and keyboardist.
The Vortex Jazz Club is a music venue in London. It was founded by David Mossman in 1988.
Source Direct is an English drum and bass act from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Source Direct have released an EP, Controlled Developments (1997), an album, Exorcise the Demons (1999), as well as numerous singles, under both the Source Direct name and a number of aliases.
Jeffrey Lawrence Williams is an American jazz drummer, composer, and educator.
Universal Syncopations is an album by Czech jazz bassist Miroslav Vitouš recorded between 2002–2003 and released on ECM later that year.
Roller Trio are a British jazz-rock trio, who formed whilst studying at Leeds College of Music in 2011. In 2012, their eponymous debut studio album was nominated for the Mercury Prize alongside a nomination for the band as "Best Jazz Act" at the MOBO Awards that year. In performance, John Fordham of The Guardian described their preview gig for the Mercury prize [as having] "the same wild insouciance that has made their sound a howl of fresh air." DJ and broadcaster Gilles Peterson described their music as "Dark, menacing, bass heavy – the new sound of UK jazzzzzzz!" They are known for their "epic memorably singalong melody hooks and blistering riffs".
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.
Rob Luft is an English jazz guitarist and composer from London, United Kingdom. He has released three albums, Riser, Life Is The Dancer & Dahab Days, as a solo artist on British label Edition Records. His playing has also been documented on several albums released by the legendary German jazz label ECM Records, most notably on John Surman's critically acclaimed 2024 release Words Unspoken.
Moses Boyd is a British jazz drummer, composer, record producer, bandleader and radio host. His debut solo studio album Dark Matter (2020) was nominated for the 2020 Mercury Prize.
The Sun Ra Arkestra is an American jazz group formed in the mid-1950s and led by keyboardist/composer Sun Ra until his death in 1993. The group is considered a pioneer of afrofuturism. Since 1995 the Arkestra has been led by saxophonist Marshall Allen, an Arkestra member since 1958, who is supported by more than a dozen other musicians.
Tone Poem is the third full-length album by Charles Lloyd & the Marvels. The album was released on 12 March 2021 on Blue Note Records. The nine tracks include new Lloyd originals along with pieces by Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Leonard Cohen, Gabor Szabo, and Bola de Nieve.
Drifting is the second studio album by Norwegian saxophonist and composer Mette Henriette, released on ECM Records on January 20, 2023.
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.
Dee Byrne is a British saxophonist, composer and improviser working in contemporary jazz, avant-garde and free improvisation. She lives in London.
Nat Birchall is a British saxophonist, composer, and bandleader of the Nat Birchall Quartet and Nat Birchall Sextet. He lives in Derbyshire in the north of England.
Michael Fletcher is a British woodwind multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and researcher who works in the fields of jazz and improvised music.
Clave Sin Embargo is an album by Loz Speyer as Loz Speyer's Time Zone, released on Spherical in 2019. Accompanying Speyer are Martin Hathaway, Maurizio Ravalico, Dave Manington, Andy Ball, and Stuart Hall.
Guiding Spirit is an album by saxophonist Nat Birchall, released on Gondwana Records in 2010.
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).