Emma Rawicz, tenor sax // Elliot Galvin/Rasmus Sørensen, piano // Kevin Glasgow/Freddie Jensen, bass // Asaf Sirkis, drums/perc
Her debut CHROMA - featuring a prominent quintet - all of whom are established figures on the UK scene. You can hear the energy and inner urge of Emma Rawicz personality in the music: Groove-driven, clear, striking, sometimes with associations to UK jazz heroes like Django Bates, Bill Bruford or Emma Rawicz's teacher Tim Garland, sometimes with psychedelic-spherical elements that evoke memories of British art rock, then again warm, intimate and with a haunting tone. CHROMA, Greek for color, shows the full spectrum of an artist who has long outgrown newcomer status. Again Jazzwise Magazine, "Emma Rawicz is ALREADY the real deal!"
But with her latest release, the fusion-adjacent Inkyra, Rawicz comes in full-bloom, an artist with a great vision and voice that uplifts the spirit and taps the soul. […] When Rawicz solos on tenor saxophone, the tune lifts into the stratosphere. She shows off her serious chops in building a soaring improvisation that, at its conclusion, left this listener saying, Whew! ****
Inkyra is also Editor’s choice online
