Matthew Halsall

Matthew Halsall is an English jazz trumpeter, composer and producer from Manchester. His music belongs to the spiritual jazz line of Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, with harp, percussion and long modal pieces. In 2008 he founded Gondwana Records, which began with his own debut and went on to release Portico Quartet, GoGo Penguin, Hania Rani and Jasmine Myra. Halsall's debut Sending My Love came out in 2008, followed by Colour Yes (2009), On the Go and Fletcher Moss Park (2012).