Misha Mullov-Abbado - Effra (2025)

Award-winning, London-based jazz bass player, composer and arranger Misha Mullov-Abbado is a musician who combines great imagination with raw talent and a clear vision. A BBC New Generation Artist and with three critically acclaimed albums on Edition Records under his name, "Effra" is his fourth album as a bandleader and is a collection of all the music he has written in the last four years for his band of over a decade now. The word is often associated with the area of Brixton in South London which has been his home for almost as long as the band has existed. It began as the name of a now-underground river that runs through the area and has more recently been used as the name of a main road and two rival pubs, as well as a smaller road which one of his tracks is named after. The album is an expression of Misha’s love for both his home and for playing jazz after a difficult period in previous years, and these pieces reflect all the personal journeys in that time.

MISHA MULLOV-ABBADO double bass
JAMES DAVISON trumpet & flugelhorn
MATTHEW HERD alto & tenor saxophones
SAM RAPLEY tenor saxophone & bass clarinet
LIAM DUNACHIE piano
SCOTT CHAPMAN drums