NEWS & GIGS
Thurs 2 April - TUMBATARECO
The Royal Albert, 460 New Cross Road, SE14 6TJ
Fri 24 April - SPEYER'S SPACE TRIO
The Old Library, 116 New Cross Road, London SE14 5BA
Weds 29 April - Tony Bianco Memorial
Vortex Jazz Club downstairs bar - 6.45-8.30pm
11 Gillett Sq, London N16 8AZ
Tues 19 May - Loz Speyer's INNER SPACE
with special guest James Allsopp
Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Sq, Dalston, London N16 8AZ
Tues 16 June - Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra
16-piece band formed by Mark Wastell
CAFE OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, London E8 3DL
INNER SPACE album "Live in Leipzig"
Released 11 July 2023 on Spherical Records, and launched the same day at the Vortex Jazz Club.
To listen and buy CD or download, click on the image!
Inner Space
"The integrity they bring to the emerging free jazz push-pull structure of ’Space Music’ pilots the musicians further towards destinations unknown." - Philip Clark, Jazzwise ****
"Superb outing that effectively highlights the leader's jarring and perceptively constructed compositions."
Glen Astarita, All About Jazz ****
"Serious fun of the first order - recommended." Mike Butler, Metro
Time Zone
“An ensemble led by a trumpeter/composer who has absorbed the essence of Cuban music and distilled it quite cunningly into an improvisatory context, with no compromise to either culture… Gritty, graceful sounds with a dark-light intensity.” - Kevin Legendre, Echoes
“A fresh perspective on that [Cuban] heritage by way of his London-based ensemble’s taste for raw punky downtown improv via New York, all the way through to free-jazz elements. But the music’s convivial dance sensibility sourced from son, batá and salsa is always apparent... Cohesive and engaging.” - Selwyn Harris, Jazzwise
"Nobody writes world music quite like Loz Speyer, and he’s long deserved a bigger stage, and the resources to match."
- John Fordham, the Guardian