Video of the Day: Solstice share album preview of Food For Thought ahead of live launch gig

Solstice is a collaboration between six like-minded bandleaders and composers who share a common love of contemporary jazz, fine food and wine – Brigitte Beraha (vocals), Tori Freestone (saxes & flute), Jez Franks (guitars), John Turville (piano & keys), Dave Manington (double bass) and George Hart (drums). The band are set to launch the album on Tuesday 28 September 2021 PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Soho, London

“We all have similar influences and have worked together in varying formats for many, many years, resulting in a unique blend,” explains Beraha. “The music on our new recording, Food for Thought, developed over a long period of time while touring our first album, Alimentation. We're all foodies and of course that had to come out in the titles and inspiration behind the music. The album also seemed to develop a psychological slant over time. The combination of both subjects has become even more relevant with the situation we find ourselves in presently when many are forced to pursue new interests at home, such as taking up a creative hobby like baking.”

Andy Robson wrote of the album in Jazzwise: “With each band member a leader and composer in their own right, it’s boggling how each player gets to own their own authority without laying the dead hand of dictatorship (compassionate or otherwise!) upon the others. Although this is a band that relishes complexity (check out the hall of mirrors patterning of Freestone’s broccoli-inspired ‘Familiar Fractals’) it’s never complicated for its own sake. Instead, Food for Thought invites you to taste and try, then definitely to buy.”

Watch the video below and for more info visit www.solstice-music.co.uk