An electrifying evening of jazz with ACT artists: Michael Wolly Trio and the innovative sounds of Emma Rawicz’s INKYRA.

For pianist Michael Wollny, his trio with bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Eric Schaefer is the constant in a musical cosmos which is otherwise undergoing constant change. The three players are united by a musical vocabulary which is more or less inexhaustible, an outstanding sensitivity in their interplay and the ability to create new music of tremendous tension and dynamism in the moment.

Their newest album, Living Ghosts is like a fast-flowing river; the only way to experience it is to feel its intensity, to revel in its twists and turns, be carried along and to experience its sudden and unexpected depths.

INKYRA is a thrilling new project by Emma Rawicz which represents another ambitious departure from her previous music. Stylistically, Emma has drawn on her wide range of musical influences and inspirations from genres as varied as rock, fusion, singer-songwriter music all blended with her stylistic home of modern jazz. The result is an entirely unique set of new music, that can flourish in any performance setting, from concert hall to jazz club to multi-genre nightclubs to standing festival stages. 

The ensemble takes the form of a sextet, featuring UK heavyweights Gareth Lockrane, David Preston, Scottie Thompson, Kevin Glasgow and Jamie Murray (the band occasionally goes out as a quintet without flutes.) The band already has palpable chemistry with just a handful of shows under its belt, and each musician contributes a huge amount of their own personality and spirit, not least because the music was written specifically for these musicians.