Finn Peters: flute, alto saxophone
Dave Okumu: guitar
Nick Ramm: piano
Tom Herbert: bass
Tom Skinner: drums

About the project
Finn's quintet brings together kindred spirits with similar contemporary popular sub-cultural, improvisation and global music influences: they are the members of the eclectic band Jade Fox: keyboard/pianist Nick Ramm, guitarist David Okumu, bassist Tom Herbert and drummer Tom Skinner. Finn has a strong awareness of the balance between improvisation, electronics and contemporary techniques throughout this finely honed acoustic jazz debut. He's one of the best purveyors of the unfairly maligned jazz flute in the UK as well as having a clean, rich-bodied sound on the saxophone. Melodically speaking, the thematic material is often reminiscent of music from western classical right through to eastern folk forms, African and Brazilian. While the significance of rhythm is paramount and demonstrated with patterns deriving from West African music through Afro-Caribbean, and Brazilian music while Finn pulls no punches in his seamless adaptation of contemporary groove music and electronics to an organic, acoustic environment.

Press:
"brilliant!"
DJ Gilles Peterson

"...a work of poise and maturity"
Jazzwise Magazine

"...a welcome return to full-on jazz for a gifted exponent"
The Guardian

"…the blazing definition of a seriously heavy player"
Straight No Chaser

"Calling it acoustic jazz with world, groove, minimalist and electronic spins gets close. But whatever labels you choose, it's vibrant and exciting music, performed by an empathetic band."
Chris May, All About Jazz

"...the sound of Peters's quite outstanding flute playing, that can veer from Dolphy's bold agitated lateral thinking to the gorgeously broad, hypnotic tonalities of Hubert Laws, should be enough to convince even the cynics that his is a voice in British jazz to be reckoned with."
Kevin Le Gendre, Jazzwise, August 2006

Recordings
Su-Ling, September 2006, Babel, BDV 2664.