I’m pleased to announce that I will be releasing Effra my 4th album as a bassist, composer and bandleader early next year on Ubuntu Music. It’s a collection of all the music I’ve written in the last four years for my band of over a decade now. The word is often associated with the area of Brixton in South London which has been my home for almost as long as the band has existed. It began as the name of a now-underground river that runs through the area and has more recently been used as the name of a main road and two rival pubs, as well as a smaller road which the track in this trailer is named after. The album is an expression of my love for both my home and for playing jazz after a difficult period in previous years, and these pieces reflect all the personal journeys in that time.
It’s the first album of mine I’ve produced myself, and this is a trailer I made for it recently. The audio in the trailer is from The Effra Parade which was originally a commission for the Neoteric Ensemble that I’ve since rearranged for my own band.
Misha Mullov-Abbado double bass
James Davison trumpet & flugelhorn
Matthew Herd alto & tenor saxophones
Sam Rapley tenor saxophone & bass clarinet
Liam Dunachie piano
Scott Chapman drums
Recorded at Livingston Studios 11th-12th February 2024
Recorded & Mixed by Alex Killpartrick
Assistant engineers Kevin O'Reilly & Jake Reynolds
Mastered by Caspar Sutton-Jones at Gearbox Records 7th August 2024
Artwork by Rumney Design
Video footage by Will Hazel & Oli Robertshaw
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