Sam Newbould - Homing (2024) [Hi-Res]

Inspired by - and named after - his temporary adoption of a homing pigeon from Poland, as well as his own reflections on building a life abroad, saxophonist, composer and bandleader Sam Newbould presents Homing. Combining humour with sadness, drama with banality, and virtuosity with simplicity, Homing is Newbould’s most personal and unapologetically bold musical statement yet.

‘Unlike the homing pigeon, my feeling of home isn’t tied to a particular place anymore, and the album is inspired by that process of building a new feeling of home,’ Newbould elaborates. Blending in talent and some of Europe’s finest young improvisers, Newbould presents his tertiary offering with a solid sense of both melody and humour.

Celebrated for his uninhibited approach to writing both in his native UK and in The Netherlands where he lives, Newbould brings along a celebrated group of musicians, each bandleaders in their own right, to present eleven original compositions packed with musical storytelling, now further embellished with vocals and clarinet.

Sam Newbould - alto saxophone, clarinet, voice
Bernard van Rossum - tenor saxophone
Xavi Torres - piano, wurlitzer, synthesizer
Jort Terwijn - double bass, electric bass
Guy Salamon - drums, percussion

with

Beth Aggett - vocals