Good morning, happy Friday!
Today the new album The Defector is launched! After years of work and collaborations we're really proud of this record and it's fantastic to receive great early reviews!

"masterpiece" - Jazz in Europe

"It’s big music that demands a big setting - major festival stages and theatres beckon" - Jazzwise ★★★★

"An ambitious album that fully succeeds" - The Jazz Mann ★★★★

"New heights. He climbs very close to the summit here with The Defector. The result, in a word, is intense." - All About Jazz ★★★★

Now available:

Special limited edition Vinyl & CD and digital album download here.
Listen/stream everywhere online here.

The Defector was made with 2 Platinum-selling producers; Paul Whalley and Jon Kelly (credits include; Michael Jackson, Kate Bush, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Beautiful South, Richard Ashcroft) and composer, George Stevenson (commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra).

Follow Henry Spencer on the new Bandcamp site
- Bandcamp is a great way to support artists directly.

London Album Launch Performance

October Performance Dates

(SOLD OUT) 5 October The Spin, Oxford, UK
*18 October 606 Club, London, UK *Album Launch Performance

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“Considered one of the great talents of the British jazz scene...drawing a high level of recognition. Listen to Spencer’s genius”
★★★★★ InMusic (Germany)

Touching jazz, rock and minimalism, he combines “spectacular technique” (The Guardian), intense, evocative outlets with intimate, heart-felt, lyrical melodies.

Henry Spencer is a multi-award-winning trumpeter, bandleader and composer. His band tours regularly.

The Band
Henry Spencer - Trumpet/Compositions/MD
(Winner Emerging Excellence Award, Best Newcomer Marlborough Jazz)
Ant Law - Guitar
(Tim Garland, Jason Rebello, HLK)
Matt Robinson - Piano
(BBC Radio 3, Yamaha New Jazz Sessions)
Andrew Robb - Bass
(Winner of BBC Radio Scotland Jazz Musician of the Year 2009)
Jamie Murray - Drums
(Beat Replacement, JZ Replacement, Tim Lefebvre, Zhenya Strigalev)