Three original and totally distinctive bands representing different aspects of the stunningly varied UK jazz and improvised music scenes.
RESOLUTE bring together free improvisation, grooves, ambience, poetry, spoken word, noise and contemporary jazz to produce fiercely original music. Gboyega Odubanjo: vocals, Raph Clarkson: trombone, FX, vocals, Phil Merriman: keyboards, Simon Roth: drums.
“The music runs the gamut from free jazz freakiness to warbling bloopy electronica…” – Thomas H Green, the arts desk
J-Frisco are an award-winning trio (Jazz North Introduces) featuring Lara Jones on soprano saxophone, Megan Roe on electric guitar, and Jemma Freese on keyboards and vocals; they create improvised genre-fluid soundscapes that are drawn from their emotions, and political and gender issues.
“ They are exactly what the world needs right now – the perfect mixture of crazy, talent, love, humanity and Jazz.” – Fiona Ross, jazzineurope.nl
The Arthur O’Hara trio draw on influences including Thundercat, Sons of Kemet and Kneebody to produce music that brings together jazz, funk and rock. Chelsea Carmichael – tenor sax, Arthur O’Hara – electric bass, Harry Pope – drums.“…explosive moments with a cooler minimalism” – jazzwise magazine