Mathew Halsall
@ the PizzaExpress Jazz Club
31 March 2010
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Biography
26 year old trumpeter, composer, arranger, DJ,
producer and band leader.
Halsall picked up the trumpet at just 6 years old
after being taken to a jazz gig by his parents. From the age of
14 Matt has toured the world playing in France, Italy, Spain, Russia,
Holland, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Australia and America.
Composer, trumpeter, producer, DJ and founder of
Gondwana Records, Matthew Halsall has 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.
Released in November 2020, Matthew’s Halsall’s
“Salute to the Sun” was the trumpeter’s first
album since 2015’s “Into Forever” and marked the
debut of his new band. A hand-picked ensemble featuring some of
Manchester’s finest young musicians. The album drew its energy
from the band’s weekly sessions and was inspired by Halsall’s
love of nature. Lush and spiritual it received universal praise,
but Halsall and his band were frustrated that they were unable to
share their beautiful new sound live with an audience so in January
2021 they broadcast a very special concert film in aid of the charity
Mind, reaching a global audience in the thousands.
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