Matthew Halsall - Salute to the Sun

Released 20th November 2020.

Composer, trumpeter, producer, DJ and founder ofGondwana Records,Matthew Halsallhas always worn many hats. But at the heart of everything that he does Halsall is first and foremost an artist and a musician. A trumpeter whose unflashy, soulful playing radiates a thoughtful beauty and a composer and band-leader who has created his own rich sound world. A sound that draws on the heritage of British jazz, the spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, as well as world music and electronica influences, and even modern art and architecture, to create something uniquely his own. A music that is rooted in Northern England but draws on global inspirations.

Salute to the Sunis his first album as a leader sinceInto Forever(2015) and marks the debut of his new band. A