Iain Ballamy’s new album Riversphere, released late 2025, is a fluid, textural exploration between improvisation and composition. Featuring performances by Rob Luft, Conor Chaplin, Corrie Dick, Laura Jurd and introducing Charlie Ballamy.
…The cross-generational lineup and captivating ideas of Riversphere, his first solo release in years, testify to exactly why he has stayed there for 40 years. In their 20s, Ballamy and pianist/composer Django Bates frequently joined forces as two mavericks, skilfully respectful of the classic jazz tradition while adventurously and often mischievously transforming it. They were key figures in a gifted UK generation that created some of the sparkiest European jazz of the 1980s and 90s, most influentially in…
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