Matthew Halsall
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Biography
Born in Manchester, England on September 11, 1983, Matthew Halsall is a jazz trumpeter, composer, producer, DJ, and label owner, having founded Gondwana Records in 2008. Halsallâs playing style is influenced by classic 1960s British jazz and transcendental, spiritual, and modal artists such as Pharoah Sanders, Miles Davis, and Alice Coltrane. He founded his own label, Gondwana Records, and released his debut album, Sending My Love, in 2008. He followed that up with his sophomore release Colour Yes (2009). Matthew Halsallâs third album, On the Go (2011), was a huge success, earning Gilles Peterson Worldwide Winners Award and a nomination for Best Jazz Act at the 2011 MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards. His 2012 album, Fletcher Moss Park, was followed by two albums credited to Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra: When the World Was One (2014) and Into Forever (2015). In 2017, he collaborated with vocalist Dwight Trible on the album Inspirations. Matthew Halsallâs album Oneness was released in 2019 followed by Salute to the Sun (2020). Three years after the release of Salute to the Sun, he released An Ever Changing View (203), which found him experimenting more and delving even further into deeply meditative music. Alongside his own releases, his Gondwana label has issued albums by Portico Quartet, GoGo Penguin, Bonobo, and others.
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- What the World Needs Now Is Love by Matthew Halsall
- I've Found Joy
- I've Been Here Before
- Freedom Song
- Dear Lord by Matthew Halsall
- Saltwater by Matthew Halsall
- Tryin' Times by Matthew Halsall
- I Love Paris by Matthew Halsall
- Reflections
- Colour Yes
- The Move
- Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair by Matthew Halsall
- Blue Nile by The Gondwana Orchestra
- Deep River by Matthew Halsall
- It's What We Do
- Ai
- Journey in Satchidananda by The Gondwana Orchestra
- Jamais Vu by Matthew Halsall
- Sachi
- Harmony with Nature
- Joyful Spirits of the Universe
- This Time
- Canopy & Stars
- Breathless
