Loz Speyer's INNER SPACE
post-bop free jazz contemporary jazz
Influences: Ornette Coleman, Bobby Bradford
Loz Speyer leads a quintet of trumpet/flugelhorn, two saxophones, bass, and drums playing original compositions that blend jazz tradition with free playing. Speyer's writing creates structured vehicles for collective exploration, with soloists like the gifted British saxophonist James Allsopp mining motivic improvisation in the manner of Ornette Coleman, generating fresh melodic ideas that keep the music perpetually alive.
Personnel:
Loz Speyer (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Dee Byrne (alto saxophone)
James Allsopp (tenor saxophone)
Larry Bartley (double bass)
Gary Willcox (drums)
Upcoming gigs
- Tue 19 May — 19:45 — Loz Speyer’s INNER SPACE with James Allsopp at Vortex Jazz Club