Line-up:
Chris Hyde-Harrison – Double bass
Alban Claret – Guitar
Duncan Eagles – Tenor Saxophone
Matt Parkinson – Drum kit
About
Odd-time palpitations, Eastern tinged melodies and full-throttle improv make up the sound of London based band Estraven. Their debut album ‘Ignored Advice’ to be released in February 2022 features all original compositions that stem from bassist composer Chris Hyde-Harrison’s love of jazz, contemporary-classical and various world musics. In 2020 he was awarded Arts Council England’s DYCP grant to spend a year studying maqam (an Arabic modal music), this period of investigation has strongly influenced his compositional approach and can be heard interweaving through the new album.
Collectively the band share a love of modern jazz that includes the music of Ben Wendel, Ari Hoenig and Mark Turner.
“both adventurous and accessible, blending complex rhythmic ideas with an innate sense of melody” TheJazzMann.com
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