Loz Speyer

Loz Speyer's Inner Space: Live in Leipzig

by Glenn Astarita
September 8, 2024

Loz Speyer, a British trumpeter and composer known for his inventive blend of jazz traditions and free improvisation, leads the quintet Inner Space through its inaugural release. With a background spanning a wide range of influences within the jazz realm, Speyer channels these into compositions that allow each band member room for dynamic improvisation. In Live in Leipzig, recorded in the historic city during a well-received concert, Speyer's ensemble delivers a set marked by a delicate balance between ...

Loz Speyer's Inner Space: Life on the Edge

by Glenn Astarita
April 13, 2017

Trumpeter Loz Speyer leads his British quintet through a multifaceted progressive jazz exposition during these eleven compact and concisely stated works. You won't detect any filler materials or over-extended improvisational jaunts on this superb outing, that effectively highlights the leader's jarring and perceptively constructed compositions. Leo Records proprietor Leo Feigin provides some insight into the band's chemistry stating that, “Ever since the end of the '60s and the timeless recordings by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, I have ...

Trevor Warren: Disassembler

by Chris May
August 30, 2005

A lyrical and gently trippy album in which Trevor Warren--previously best known as leader of the world/jazz band Deva--brings together free improv, groove, and rock with music from India, the Middle East, and Africa. It whispers rather than shouts, and the prominent access-all-genres presence of saxophonist Mark Lockheart and drummer Seb Rochford gives it something of the flavour of Polar Bear in that group's more reflective moments.

Warren took the title Disassembler from Eric Dexler's book on nanotechnology, ...