LOZ SPEYER"S INNER SPACE
Loz Speyer - trumpet, flugelhorn
Dee Byrne - alto sax
Xhosa Cole - tenor sax
Larry Bartley - double bass
Gary Willcox - drums
Inner Space plays Jazz of a rare warmth and immediacy - compositions for improvisers with roots in both jazz and free improv. Speyer’s writing for the band creates space for the group to explore new areas and discover where the music might GO, while drawing deeply on the Jazz tradition, all the way back to New Orleans. Each piece evolves its own form, with these five distinctive musicians working it all out in the here and NOW.
The 2024 album “Live in Leipzig” is the first release by this particularly brilliant Inner Space lineup, featuring both Dee Byrne and Xhosa Cole on saxophones. The live concert recording presents the band in the heat of the moment, probing and exploratory, finding the groove at every point.
“The energetic chemistry that emerges on this album is often breathtakingly sure-footed - were they really making this up? A gloriously unified collaboration…” **** Tony Benjamin, Jazzwise
“Three recordings in 20 years for Inner Space… indicates a patient cultivation of their art. And the way that the group sound remains identifiable even though Speyer is the only player all the band’s incarnations have in common shows the value of a clear musical vision. That vision… is currently realised by a truly remarkable quintet.” - Jon Turney, UK Jazz News
Photo credit Ginny Koppenhol - Inner Space at Lancaster Jazz Festival 2024
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