October 14th: Loz Speyer's Time Zone
 
Loz Speyer’s TIME ZONE comes to Jazz on the Line, with music from the album “Clave Sin Embargo” and some new material - an unusual “deep fusion” of Cuban music and Jazz!

 
“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 Music Magazine
 
LOZ SPEYER’S TIME ZONE
Loz Speyer - trumpet, flugelhorn
Martin Hathaway - alto sax, bass clarinet
Sabino de Bari – guitar
Mark McQuillan - double bass
Anmol Mohara – drums
Satin Singh – congas
 
Speyer’s concept for Time Zone’s music grew out of a decade of living between London and Santiago de Cuba - studying the roots of Cuban music, collaborating and performing there with local musicians, and starting an Anglo-Cuban family... Elements of the vast musical culture of Cuba reappear transformed and mutated in his own compositions, charged with the emotional urgency and delicious irony of bridging two far removed worlds “with no compromise to either culture”.

 
The compositions are played with passion and commitment by this fine band - six musicians with the right spirit, breadth of experience and sense of humour needed to play these unusual forms and do them justice. Time Zone takes the audience on a journey of the heart!

 
“A fresh perspective on that 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
 
“He is more than simply a trumpeter blowing a wonderfully powerful horn, but a socially conscious artist making a somewhat angular statement… You would be hard-pressed to find music so vibrant and viscerally energetic than the eight pieces on Clave Sin Embargo.” - Raul de Gama, Latin Jazz Network (Canada)