Michael Janisch Band + Henry Spencer's Juncture
+ Zhenya Strigalev's Never
@ the Rich Mix
14 November 2017

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Henry Spencer biography

Henry Spencer is a multi-award winning trumpet player, composer and bandleader.
He has performed, toured and recorded with many different bands and ensembles, including his own group, Henry Spencer and Juncture. As a result of his group’s debut public performance in 2011, Henry was awarded Winner of the Best Newcomer Award at the Marlborough Jazz Festival. In 2014 he was awarded the Emerging Excellence Award (Help Musicians UK).

Henry signed with UK/US label Whirlwind Recordings for the release of his debut album, The Reasons Don’t Change, in 2017. The album features his original compositions and his group, Henry Spencer and Juncture, with the addition of strings on some tracks. Made with multi-Grammy Award winner Dave Darlington in New York, the record has received fantastic press reviews across Europe and the UK.

Zhenya Strigalev biography

Possessing fire, grace and edgy attitude alto saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev is a young virtuoso forging an increasingly high profile international presence. In the eight years since graduating from London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Music in 2007, Strigalev has cut a dynamic path between the London and New York jazz scenes. He’s worked with some of today’s most forward thinking musicians and appeared at many world leading jazz festivals, performing extensively in Russia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, France and Britain. Now with five albums under his belt, Strigalev has reached a new level of artistic maturity on his superb new album “Robin Goodie.”