Like many of his generation, Manchester’s Matthew Halsall came to jazz after hearing a DJ drop a sample into the mix (in his case Pharoah Sanders’s You’ve Got to Have Freedom). Unlike most, Halsall went on to play himself, marrying the trumpet learned as a teenager to an ambient backdrop of electronica and percussion. With Alice Coltrane as his lodestone, his approach hasn’t much changed since, though it has evolved, adding players – an entire “Gondwana Orchestra” for two albums – meaning there’s a touch of deja entendu about this ninth release.
Tracing Nature
Water Street 8:18
An Ever Changing View 6:32
Calder Shapes 7:08
Mountains, Trees And Sees 5:06
Field Of Vision 1:16
Jewels 6:37
Sunlight Reflection 1:23
Natural Movement 5:09
Triangles In The Sky 6:47
