Fletcher Moss Park
on Fletcher Moss Park Halsall offers his most personal statement yet...

Fletcher Moss Park

Matthew Halsall

€ 26,95
  • LP
Label
Gondwana Records
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Description

Manchester based trumpeter, composer, arranger and band-leader Matthew Halsall is one of the rising stars of the UK jazz scene. His unique sound was brilliantly described as "Rain-streaked spiritual jazz from Manchester" by the Independent on Sunday and previous albums have found Halsall exploring the modal jazz of John and Alice Coltrane or paying heartfelt tribute to the hard bop of the late '50s and early '60s, but on Fletcher Moss Park he offers his most personal statement yet. 

Written and recorded over the last couple of years, Fletcher Moss Park is inspired by one of Manchester's most beautiful places. A rambling, multi-tiered park of walkways and dreamy gardens that offers the contemplative Halsall a place of peace and respite from the city, a meditative space to think and write in. The stillness and beauty of the surroundings have steeped into his beautiful compositions for this album. Elegant and sincere, Halsall's compositions draw on his love of spiritual jazz, modern dance music and even his work with the award-winning Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band earlier this year. 

Halsall who has recently been exploring his music in a stripped-back, electronica influenced, trio (featuring Taz Modi and Luke Flowers who also appear here) as well as the 12 piece Gondwana Orchestra has always favored an earthy honestly and direct communication over tricksy arrangements and it is this deceptively simple openness that gives his music such a unique flavour as the young composer and producer seeks to express his feelings and thoughts with his music.

Tracklist

A

  • 1.Cherry Blossom07:21
  • 2.Fletcher Moss Park05:45
  • 3.Mary Emma Louise06:36

B

  • 1.Sailing Out To Sea01:29
  • 2.Wee Lan (Little Orchid)02:31
  • 3.The Sun In September07:50
  • 4.Finding My Way08:17

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