Misha Mullov-Abbado Band

James Davison (trumpet)

Matthew Herd (alto sax)

Sam Rapley (tenor sax)

Liam Dunachie (piano)

Misha Mullov-Abbado (bass)

Scott Chapman (drums)

The Misha Mullov-Abbado Group is made up of some of the finest, multi-award-winning musicians in London, and under Misha’s direction the group performs his original compositions and arrangements with a broad variety of influences. The band has performed at King’s Place, the Barbican Centre, the Elgar Room as part of the BBC Proms Lates series, and has played at many of UK’s jazz venues. Having been signed to Edition Records the group released its debut album “New Ansonia” that was included in “Best Jazz Albums 2015” of both The Telegraph and BBC Radio 3. The band released two more albums; “Cross-Platform Interchange” (2017) and “Dream Circus”(2020), the latter produced by fellow Edition Records bass player and bandleader Jasper Høiby.

The band’s repertoire is influenced by a broad spectrum of music in the classical, jazz and pop genres as well as folk traditions from around the world, particularly from South America. The music contains chorale-based and contemporary-classical styles that are influenced by Bach and Brahms right through to Stravinsky and Bartok and beyond, and jazz musicians such as Bill Frisell. Misha’s music is also heavily based on swing, funk and other groove-based styles influenced by Avishai Cohen, Ray Brown, Gareth Lockrane and Jasper Høiby, as well as pop giants Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire.

A recent CD review said: “sophisticated and complex in places, but also with infectious enthusiasm and fun, with wholesome, catchy tunes and grooves abounding.”