INGRID LAUBROCK SLEEPTHIEF

Tenor and soprano saxophone player Ingrid Laubrock has the ability to sound calm and raw at the same time, much like her former tutor Dave Liebman. Within a short timeframe this London based talent has played with many groups and crossed many genres, from Latin, dance and soul to free jazz. These divergent styles are combined by the trio Sleepthief. ‘Liam Noble is a strongly rhythmic pianist, Rainey a drummer of great intricacy and subtlety, with Laubrock building from breathy melodies up through anguished yelps, terse single notes and outbursts of dazzling fluidity’ (The Wire). ‘One of the most gifted young musicians in Britain today’ (Penguin Guide to Jazz).