Tag Archives: Matthew Halsall

A MOBO-nominated trumpeter, composer, and innovator born and located in Manchester, Britain, Matthew Halsall pulls from modal and religious jazz, inspired by Alice and John Coltrane and Kilometers Davis, among numerous others. Additionally, he’s a DJ with passions that range between traditional jazz to modern experimental digital music. His 1st …

Experimental jazz piano trio GoGo Penguin were shaped in Manchester, England in 2012 by pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist Nick Blacka, and drummer Rob Turner. Blending melodic scenery with powerful skittering beats and digital elements, the music group produces a heady mix that owes as very much to Massive Strike and …

The Greg Foat Group’s exhilarating undertake modern jazz includes bold experimentation, adventurous instrumentation, and analog recording right into a sound informed as very much by soundtracks and collection music as by modal and soul-jazz. Shaped in ’09 2009 and led by pianist/composer/arranger/DJ Foat, the GFG contains best sessionmen Rob Mach …