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Some of the UK's brightest emerging jazz musicians converge on the 大象传媒 Introducing stage at this year's Manchester Jazz Festival. Hosted by Jez Nelson at the Band on the Wall club, the night features four bands from around the country. Leeds-based piano player Laura Cole and her ensemble, Metamorphic, bring together jazz and folk in multi-layered grooves, interspersed with freer explorations of texture. Bristol quintet Moonlight Saving Time re-interpret music by some of the great jazz composers with a sound that harks back to 1970s Latin jazz-fusion, but brought up to date with contemporary hip-hop and Afro-Cuban influences. There are also hip-hop tinges to Dominic J Marshall's piano trio, while the music of London quartet Twelveheads, led by drummer Peter Ibbetson, has an angularity reminiscent of the New York downtown scene.

大象传媒 Introducing gives unsigned, undiscovered or under-the-radar bands the chance to upload their music and get it played on 大象传媒 radio. The bands featured in this programme were selected to appear at the Manchester Jazz Festival by Jez Nelson, Gilles Peterson and Jamie Cullum.

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton & Chris Elcombe.