Matthew Halsall - On The Go

Matthew Halsall is a trumpeter, producer and composer who is redefining spiritual jazz for the next generation. Over the course of nine albums, numerous accolades and his taste-making label, Gondwana Records, he’s become a vital voice in UK music with his lithe, limitless blend of jazz and deeply meditative influences that’s in tune with the natural world. His thoughtful and refined style draws on the foundations laid by greats like Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, but adds the sample-fuelled electronica that he first heard in clubs, as well as global percussive influences and his signature – what you might call – sparkle.

Originall released in 2011 On The Go was Halsall's love letter to the jazz of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s and drew insiration from the evocative sounds of Miles Davis soundtrack to the Louis Malle film ‘Lift To The Scaffold’ and the soulful hard bop recordings of Art Blakey and Max Roach, But while imbued with a sense of history, Halsall nevertheless brought a contemporary bounce to his music. Winner of BEST JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR at the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards, 2012, On The Go was remixed and remasters as a deluxe edition in 2016 featurin the bonus tracks Only You, Singing Everyday and Breathless.