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Some of the UK's brightest emerging jazz musicians converge on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ 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.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Introducing gives unsigned, undiscovered or under-the-radar bands the chance to upload their music and get it played on ´óÏó´«Ã½ 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.