Jasmine Myra Horizons LP (Transparent Clear Vinyl)

Jasmine Myra is a saxophonist, composer and bandleader, based in Leeds. Part of the bustling, creative, cross-genre music scene in Leeds (she attended Leeds Conservatoire), Jasmine has surrounded herself with some of the best young talent in the city. Her original instrumental music has a euphoric and uplifting sound, influenced by artists as diverse as Kenny Wheeler, Bonobo, Olafur Arnalds and Moses Sumney - artists whose music shares an emotive quality that you can also hear in Myra's compositions.

Myra's sublime writing and arrangements, combined with her consummate control as a bandleader and highly developed creative instincts, make this album as spiritually evocative and auspicious as it is ambitious musically. This is one of the year's best jazz album debuts.