Mali Sheard
contemporary jazz post-bop
Influences: Paul Desmond, Brian Blade, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Mali Sheard is a London-based saxophonist (soprano and alto) and composer whose melodic, lyrical writing draws on Paul Desmond and Jobim, with a lively, eclectic band sound. Her debut album Hayfever features field recordings of birdsong and rain from her childhood Hertfordshire forest, woven into the compositions. She came up through Tomorrows Warriors, was mentored by Binker Golding and Gary Crosby, and studied on scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music.
Personnel:
Mali Sheard (soprano and alto saxophone)
Keira Chakraborty (flute)
Kyle Osborne (piano)
George Balmont (bass guitar)
Luke McCarthy (drum kit)
Upcoming gigs
- Thu 15 Oct — 18:45 — Mali Sheard at Vortex Jazz Club