Mammal Hands return with a new album Captured Spirits

Cult three-piece Mammal Hands have a new album out in September, their label Gondwana have revealed, and you can listen to energy laden 'Chaser' leading off the build towards release via the label's Bandcamp site. The trio, saxophonist Jordan Smart, …

Published: 15 Jul 2020. Updated: 3 years.

Cult three-piece Mammal Hands have a new album out in September, their label Gondwana have revealed, and you can listen to energy laden 'Chaser' leading off the build towards release via the label's Bandcamp site. The trio, saxophonist Jordan Smart, pianist Nick Smart, drummer and tabla player Jesse Barrett, around for about eight years, have an original sound that draws on electronica, minimalism and spiritual jazz. The new album was produced in a Manchester studio and features new band-written tunes. Mammal Hands photo via Bandcamp.

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Joshua Jaswon octet to debut

Saxophonist Joshua Jaswon's octet is to debut this autumn with Silent Sea, an album shaped around inspirations derived from contemporary British poetry including work by writers Jackie Kay, Maura Dooley and Rachael Boast. Joshua is a graduate of the …

Published: 14 Jul 2020. Updated: 3 years.

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Saxophonist Joshua Jaswon's octet is to debut this autumn with Silent Sea, an album shaped around inspirations derived from contemporary British poetry including work by writers Jackie Kay, Maura Dooley and Rachael Boast. Joshua is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and later studied at the Jazz-Institut, Berlin. The multi-national octet personnel are: Anna Serierse NL - Vocals; Joshua Jaswon UK - Alto and Soprano Saxophone; Marc Doffey DE - Tenor and Soprano Saxophone; Miguel Gorodi ES - Trumpet and Flugelhorn; Jan Landowski PL - Trombone; Johannes Mann DE- Guitar; Sidney Werner DE - Double Bass; Aarón Castrillo ES - Drums. Silent Sea will be released by the Ubuntu label at the end of October.