Groove Travels is the highly anticipated new album from British trumpeter, arranger and composer Gerard Presencer, featuring the Danish Radio Big Band.

Groove Travels is set to be a defining album both for Gerard and for new Big Band conceptions. This new release is without doubt his most ambitious and well-executed solo recording to date and will happily stand alongside the leading voices in contemporary big band music.

Phronesis have built a formidable reputation over the last decade as one of the most powerful and energetic small ensembles on the European jazz scene. Known for their virtuosity, roller-coaster live performances and telepathic group interplay, the trio have commanded impressive media attention and established a substantial fanbase on a global level. Following six critically acclaimed trio albums, the band have now completed their most ambitious recording to date with the release of The Behemoth. Consisting of ten new arrangements of compositions from their back catalogue by Julian Argüelles, commissioned for their tenth anniversary, this remarkable, vibrant new album featuring the Frankfurt Radio Big Band is rich in colour and bursting with spirit and creativity.

Saxes: Lukáš Bořek, Marcela Mádlíková, Frederick Barr, Rostislav Fraš, Silvie Šírová, Nela Dusová, Anežka Smotlachová
Trombones: Přemysl Tomšíček, Zdeněk Borecký, Martin Houserek, Jan Ptáček, Tereza Drvotová
Trumpets: Miroslav Hloucal, Václav Hloušek, Jaroslav Kohoutek, Richard Hora
Piano: František Krtička, Ľubomír Šrámek, Patrick Kerrsen, Keyboards: Patrick Kerrsen Vibes: František Krtička, Bass: Josef Fečo, Vocal: Aleš Benda
Drums, percussions: Gary Rissmiller, Ronald Bogart
Conductor: Neil Wetzel 

Arild Andersen: double bass; Tommy Smith: tenor saxophone; Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

Michael Formanek’s Ensemble Kolossus:
Saxophones/Woodwinds: Loren Stillman (alto sax); Oscar Noriega (alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet); Chris Speed (tenor sax, clarinet); Brian Settles (tenor sax, flute); 
Tim Berne (baritone sax) 
Trumpets: Dave Ballou, Ralph Alessi, Shane Endsley, Kirk Knuffke (cornet) 
Trombones: Alan Ferber, Jacob Garchik, Ben Gerstein, Jeff Nelson (bass trombone, contrabass trombone) 
Marimba: Patricia Brennan Guitar: Mary Halvorson Piano: Kris Davis
Double-bass: Michael Formanek Drums: Tomas Fujiwara

Conductor: Mark Helias

Jan Garbarek: saxophones; Paul McCandless: oboe; Gary Burton: vibraphone;
Pat Metheny: guitar; Scott Colley: double bass; Danny Gottlieb: drums

SWR Big Band 
Helge Sunde: conductor
Michael Gibbs: conductor, arranger