https://www.classical-music.com/features/recordings/the-best-jazz-albums-released-in-2021-so-far/
Silent Sea selected by BBC Music as one of the best jazz albums released in 2020/21

Saxophonist Composer Band Leader
Many thanks to BBC Music Magazine for awarding Silent Sea a 5-Star Review!
I’m very happy to be able to share with you recently published 4-Star reviews for Silent Sea in Jazzwise Magazine, The Scotsman and The JazzMann.
All reviews for the album can be seen in full in the PRESS section of the website
Thrilled that TWO(!) tracks from Silent Sea are featured in this week’s Jazz In Europe New Releases Spotify Playlist. And that the album’s opening track Maurice was chosen as the lead-off track for the playlist 🙂
Check out the full playlist via the link below:
Sadly, but not surpisingly, our album release tour due to take place this week is cancelled. A massive shout-out to all the amazing musicians who would have been involved: @annaserierse @ellahohnenford @dimabondarev84 @miguelgorodi @andrej_ugoljew @marc_doffey_music @juliusgawlik @igorosypov @aacastrillo #sidneywerner
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And really looking forward to playing the music in safer times 🙂
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#silentsea #joshuajaswon #jazz #cancelled #octet
The debut album from the Joshua Jaswon Octet, Silent Sea, has now been released worldwide!
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It’s available to listen to on all major digital platforms and CD purchase is available through Amazon
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More information can be found on the dedicated Silent Sea, Press, Listen and Watch pages
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Anna Serierse NL – Vocals
Joshua Jaswon UK – Alto and Soprano Saxophone
Marc Doffey DE – Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
Miguel Gorodi UK – Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Jan Landowski DE – Trombone
Johannes Mann DE – Electric Guitar
Sidney Werner DE – Double Bass
Aarón Castrillo ES – Drums
The full-show from Sarah Chaplin’s Jazz London Live radio programme is now available to listen to online. It was a pleasure doing the interview with Sarah last week, where we speak about the upcoming album Silent Sea, and played through out the broadcast are amazing recordings from Warne Marsh, Sonny Stitt and Chick Corea!
Very pleased that the title track to our upcoming album Silent Sea was pre released on Spotify last week and has already gained over 4,000 streams by 3,000 different listeners! We’re thrilled that it was also chosen to feature on the official Spotify Editorial Playlist Jazz X-Press
Very excited that the title track to our upcoming album Silent Sea was broadcast on Japanese Radio this week. Many thanks to the legendary broadcaster Toshio Matsuura for reaching out and playing the track.
Thrilled that over the past few weeks @jazzfmuk have played tracks from the upcoming album on three different shows!
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Jez Nelson played the full-length 10-minute(!) version of Extinction on the excellent Sunday night Something Else programme.
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Helen Mayhew played the composition Maurice on her outstanding True Brit programme.
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And Chris Phillips also played the composition Maurice on the awesome Saturday night The Blueprints show.
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All the compositions are from our upcoming album release Silent Sea on Ubuntu Music.
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Featuring awesome playing and solos from @annaserierse @marc_doffey_music @jan.lando @aacastrillo @jojooooooooooooooooooooooo @miguelgorodi #sidneywerner
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Album release date is 30th October 🙂
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#joshuajaswon #silentsea #jazzfm #somethingelse #ubuntumusic #annaserierse #marcdoffey #miguelgorodi #aaroncastrillo #janlandowski #radio
Very exciting that Silent Sea is being featured on Jazzwise Magazine’s Video of the Day Feature! Watch the full-length album trailer here:
The first pre-release single from our upcoming album Silent Sea is now available to hear on Spotify and all major digital platforms.
This track features awesome solos by @marc_doffey_music and @jan.lando alongside @miguelgorodi @annaserierse @aacastrillo @jojooooooooooooooooooooooo #sidneywerner
Stunning cover artwork by @cecile.bidault
Full Album Release Date 30th October – keep posted 🙂
Really excited that the debut album from the Joshua Jaswon Octet is going to be released on Ubuntu Music later this year!
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The music sets the texts of contemporary British poems by Jackie Kay, Maura Dooley and Rachael Boast to originally composed music and features these awesome musicians:
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Further info about the album can be found in the PRESS section and more content to come out soon 🙂
Really looking forward to playing this week at Jane Doe Bar in Neukölln with Nick Costley-White on Guitar, Vincent Niessen on Double Bass and Jesus Vega on Drums. This is the second installment of our jazz series at the venue and the first was a real blast!