Matthew Halsall
Matthew Halsall is a trumpeter, producer and composer who is redefining spiritual jazz for the next generation. Over the course of nine albums, numerous accolades and his taste-making label, Gondwana Records, he’s become a vital voice in UK music with his lithe, limitless blend of jazz and deeply meditative influences that’s in tune with the natural world. His thoughtful and refined style draws on the foundations laid by greats like Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, but adds the sample-fuelled electronica that he first heard in clubs, as well as global percussive influences and his signature – what you might call – sparkle.
His new album ‘An Ever Changing View’ is out now on Gondwana Records (the label Halsall founded 15 years ago), and he will play a landmark show at The Royal Albert Hall in London on September 21st, followed by UK and EU tour dates.