The Independet wrote of trumpeter Bryan Corbett’s playing "It is not overstating it to say that following Guy Barker and Gerard Presencer, our next trumpet star has arrived" such has been his impression on the Brit-jazz landscape.
Generating momentum over a year’s worth of gigs and a triumphant set that positively shook the Glastonbury Jazz World stage, Will Quantic’s fuzzy-funk fuelled Orchestra have created some hypnotic grooves on their album Mishaps Happening (Tru Thoughts).
The rapport between these two senior Brit jazz virtuosi is something really special as Lowther’s astonishing tone finds limitless possibilities within the ceaseless flow of Mullen’s skyward improvisations, to create a beautifully balanced pairing.
Premiered at the 2005 London Jazz Festival, sample innovator Matthew Herbert’s Plat Du Jour mixed hundreds of food-based samples with spikey modern jazz composition made this one of the most original and disturbing crossover dance-meets-jazz projects of recent years.
Maverick and ever-changing composer, keyboardist and sample guru Matthew Herbert took the traditional big band model and spun it on its head using live sampling to create a mind-blowing battery of sound.
Pianist Katia Labéque established herself through a classical repertoire of a staggering 20 albums for a handful of major labels, performing in a duet with her sister Marielle, playing everything from flowery baroque to spiky 20th century works and improvisations.
Madrid based Radio Tarifa might just be a Spanish/North African answer to Weather Report.
Soul jazz singer Ola Onabule is proving himself something of a well kept secret as despite his credentials of performing a specially commissioned aria at the Royal National Opera last November, or his backing vocal duties for George Michael and kd Lang as well as touring with Dianne Reeves, Natalie Cole and Gladys Night, he remains something of an unknown in the mainstream.
The ex-Police guitarist Andy Summers has had a surprisingly successful solo-jazz career, producing consistently good albums that both demonstrate his love and knowledge of the music, but also his abilities as a re-arranger of the angular work of both Monk and Mingus.