Pre-empting the future release of BBC Sessions Vol. 2 – Maida Vale: The End of an Era on BBE Music, this Norma Winstone concert is an absolute must-have for any jazz fan.
Released as a vinyl LP, the recording captures vocalist and composer Norma Winstone performing with a group of contemporary and emerging musicians, including her sons Leo Taylor on drums and Alex Taylor on vocals, alongside world-renowned tuba player Oren Marshall, pianist and composer Elliot Galvin (Shabaka Hutchings, Emma-Jean Thackray), and saxophonist Mark Lockheart (Robert Wyatt, Radiohead).
As BBE Music celebrates 30 years as one of the UK’s—and the world’s—most innovative and influential Black music record labels, this collaboration with Gilles Peterson is a fitting partnership to curate, release, and highlight music from his groundbreaking BBC Sessions, recorded at the globally renowned Maida Vale Studios.
To feature a concert by a legend such as Norma Winstone—who has worked with everyone from Joe Harriott to Michael Garrick to Ian Carr’s Nucleus across a career spanning more than 50 years—is clearly a deeply personal moment for Gilles, who described the Maida Vale performance as “possibly the biggest highlight of all my years at the BBC.”
Released on BBE Music as a five-track vinyl LP, Gilles Peterson Presents Norma Winstone Live at Maida Vale comes in a gatefold sleeve featuring photographs from the session and sleeve notes by acclaimed music and culture writer Emma Warren.
Tracklist:
1. Edge Of Time (Live at Maida Vale)
2. Azimuth (Live at Maida Vale)
3. The Tunnel (Live at Maida Vale)
4. Sirens' Song (Live at Maida Vale)
5. 2081 (Live at Maida Vale)
