Saxophonist Composer Arranger
Very happy that Jazzwise Magazine has announced the album launch through featuring our collaborative video with film makers Anna Maguire and Emily Bailey on their Video of the Day series. The film can watched via the link, with further info about the collaborative process on the YouTube page.
https://www.jazzwise.com/news/article/video-of-the-day-joshua-jaswon-octet-share-swirl-and-gather-from-new-album-polar-waters
A few weeks to go until Polar Waters is released and awesome to have been played by Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio 6. The album’s opening track Swimming in Winter was aired for the first time and either side of us were She Can’t Love You by Chemise and Tiya Mowa by Bokani Dyer.
Check out the show here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lrds
Landfill, the third and final pre-release single from our upcoming album Polar Waters is now available to stream. This is a through composed piece, featuring solos from Andrej on trombone and myself on alto.
Listen on all digital platforms here:
https://orcd.co/0w22qjn
Swirl and Gather, the second pre-release single from our upcoming album Polar Waters is now available to stream. The music develops through an extended improvisation with Anna Serierse on vocals and myself on alto and the composition is inspired by Claire Cox’s poem Seasick.
Listen on all digital platforms here:
https://orcd.co/mrpjyaq
Deception Island, the first pre-release from our upcoming album Polar Waters is now available to stream. Johannes Mann and Marc Doffey are featured soloists and it’s awesome to be able to share the first part of this project.
The composition is inspired by Catherine Fauld’s poem Deception Island, whose travels to the antarctic and arctic have informed her work.
Listen on all digital platforms here:
https://orcd.co/aojmzxk
Thrilled to have the following four dates confirmed for our winter tour of Germany:
03 / 11 / 2020 Joshua Jaswon Octet @ Bb Jazz Club Berlin
04 / 11 / 2020 Joshua Jaswon Octet @ Urban Jazz Exchange Hamburg
05 / 11 / 2020 Joshua Jaswon Octet @ Linden Jazz Session Hannover
06 / 11 / 2020 Joshua Jaswon Octet @ Blaue Fabrik Dresden
Anna Serierse NL – Vocals
Joshua Jaswon UK – Alto and Soprano Saxophone
Miguel Gorodi UK – Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Marc Doffey DE – Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
Andrej Ugoljew RU – Trombone
Igor Osypov UA – Guitar
Sidney Werner DE – Double Bass
Aarón Castrillo ES – Drums
So enjoyed playing my European Masters Final Recital with these amazing musicians:
Die Internationale Oktett spielen eine neue ‘Long-Form’ Komposition von Joshua Jaswon, um das Thema Klima-Wandel
Das Konzert zeigt eine Zusammenarbeit / Kollaboration mit Jazz Musikerinnen und Musiker aus Deutschland, England, den Niederlande, Russland, Spanien und Norwegen.
Joshua Jaswon UK – Alto and Soprano Saxophone
Marc Doffey DE – Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
Anna Serierse NL – Vocals
Miguel Gorod ES – Trompete und Flügelhorn
Andrej Ugoljew RU – Posaune
Johannes Mann DE- Gittare
Sidney Werner DE – Kontrabass
Amund Kleppan NO – Schlagzeug
Georg-Neumann-Saal, Gebäude des Jazz-Instituts Berlin
Looking forward to playing this evening’s concert in Norway @ Dokkhuset Trondheim with the other fantastic musicians on the European Jazz Masters Programme.
We’ll be playing original compositions featuring:
Andrej Ugoljew (tbn)
Joshua Jaswon (as)
Jonathan Nagel (acb)
Aarón Castrillo (dr)
Pere Antoni Buosa Abellan (b)
Anna Serierse (voc)
Julius Windisch (p)
Tyge Jessen (tpt)
Jonas Leon Jacobsson Røsten(p)
Lukas Zabulionis (ts)
Really looking forward to playing this evening’s concert in Berlin with the other fantastic musicians on the European Jazz Masters Programme.
We’ll be playing original compositions featuring:
Agatha Ciurkot (p)
Andrej Ugoljew (tbn)
Joshua Jaswon (as)
Jonathan Nagel (acb)
Aarón Castrillo (dr)
Pere Antoni Buosa Abellan (b)
Anna Serierse (voc)
Julius Windisch (p)
Tyge Jessen (tpt)
Camilla Battaglia (voc)
Jonas Leon Jacobsson Røsten(p)
Lukas Zabulionis (ts)
Georg Neumann Hall, Jazz Institut Berlin, DE
Joshua Jaswon 