Rosie Turton: Rosie Turton's 5ive

Rating: ★★★

Record and Artist Details

Musicians:

Johanna Burnheart (vn, v)
Rosie Turton (tb)
Ben Hayes (syn)
Maria Chiara Argirò (p, syn)
Luke Newman (v)
Jake Long (d)
Twm Dylan (b)

Label:

Jazz re:freshed

March/2019

RecordDate:

date not stated

Jazz re:freshed have established themselves as one of the engine rooms of the London scene in recent years. Through their weekly nights, festivals and recordings they’ve introduced players such as pianist Ashley Henry and saxophonist Nubya Garcia to a global audience. Indeed, it’s largely thanks to their showcases at South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas that there’s been so much US interest in what’s happening in London right now. This latest installment of their 5ives series, a recording platform for emerging artists, comes from Rosie Turton, a promising trombonist and composer who also plays with the septet Nérija. Her compositions are understated, grooving and in a spiritual jazz vein. ‘Stolen Ribs’, based on a Hindustani raga, opens with a wash of piano, percussion and splintered violin and features spoken word musings and some beautifully rough-edged vocals from Luke Newman. ‘Orange Moon’ is mournful with a latin lilt, and an excellent reworking of Herbie Hancock’s ‘Butterfly’, anchored by an infectious piano riff, has a hip-hop inflection. There’s an intoxicating feeling of dazed melancholy about the whole set, enhanced by the fragility of Turton’s melodies and some lovely solos from violinist Johanna Burnheart, full of sliding pitches. This isn’t a flashy, “look at me” debut, it’s a softly spoken “hello” and that makes it all the more compelling.

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