Biography

Rachel Musson is a saxophonist, improviser and composer living in London, UK. She is involved with a variety of improvisation projects, including a trio with Hannah Marshall and Julie Kjaer, a duo with vibraphonist Corey Mwamba, and a trio with Mark Sanders and John Edwards. She has released two albums under her own name, one featuring Liam Noble and Mark Sanders (Tatterdemalion, Babel Records), and one featuring her ensemble Skein (Flight Line, F-ire Recorded Music). She also plays with the London Improvisers Orchestra and Alex Ward’s Quintet and Sextet, and has performed with a diverse range of musicians on the fluid European improvising scene, including Alcyona Mick, Han Bennink, Liam Noble, Gail Brand, Eddie Prevost, Olie Brice, Federico Ughi, Mary Halvorson, John Russell, Adam Linson, Sebastian Rochford,  Louis Moholo-Moholo, Pat Thomas, among many others.

‘a skilful tenor saxophonist whose soundworld links Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall, Ingrid Laubrock and Pharoah Sanders,’ John Fordham, The Guardian.

Photography by Peter Gannushkin (Downtown Music Gallery)

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Rachel Musson

New Voices 2014