Saxophonist Brian Molley releases his fifth album, Journeys, on Friday 7th February.
Journeys features Molley's internationally acclaimed quartet in collaboration with the Asin Langa Ensemble from Northern India and was recorded in a custom-built studio in the heart of the Western Rajasthani desert.
Molley's quartet first performed alongside Asin’s group at RIFF in Jodhpur in 2015 as part of an extensive tour in India. The two groups blended perfectly, fusing Molley’s compositions with traditional Indian folk songs, and were rapturously received. A second collaboration during an extended trip to Rajasthan for Molley's group from Scotland, resulted in Journeys.
A former Jazzwise magazine One to Watch, Molley formed his quartet in 2012. Their enthusiastically received debut album, Clock was released the following year and was described by BBC Radio 3 as ‘a well-crafted and classy debut’.
Subsequent albums have included Colour and Movement, from 2017, Modern Traditions, from 2021, and 2022's Indo-European fusion collaboration with Indian percussionist Krishna Kishor, Intercontinental.