Biggest Tip! ATA Records proudly presents the new album by Work Money Death, A Portal to Here. This is the first WMD release since the tragic passing of guitarist Chris Earl Dawkins in early 2025 - and every note here carries the weight of that loss, transformed into sound, into prayer, into music that heals.

The Leeds-based collective continues its deep excavation of the post-Coltrane cosmic terrain - that vast spiritual territory mapped out by Pharoah Sanders on Thembi and Karma, by Alice Coltrane on Journey in Satchidananda, by the Impulse! and Strata-East catalogues of the late 60s and early 70s. WMD have always been masters of the slow hypnotic build, of the meditative groove that expands outward into infinity. Tenor saxophonist Tony Burkill - a well-kept secret of the British jazz underground for three decades - channels the gutsy, bruising lyricism of Gato Barbieri and the transcendent wail of Sanders himself, while the rhythm section of bassist Neil Innes and drummer Sam Hobbs locks into those deep, propulsive grooves that make your body move and your spirit soar.

New to the WMD sound is Sorcerers keyboardist Johnny Richards, whose piano work draws on decades of jazz history - McCoy Tyner's modal cascades, the tender touch of the Impulse! session players - filtered through a distinctly 21st century sensibility. Alice Roberts on harp brings the spirit of Alice Coltrane directly into the room - those shimmering, transcendent arpeggios that open doors to other dimensions. The brass and woodwind contributions from Ben Powling (baritone saxophone), Richard Ormrod, Kev Holbrough & Steve Parry add those Sun Ra-esque horn section lifts - those moments when the whole ensemble rises together and the music becomes pure joy, pure light.

Four tracks. Four extended improvisations recorded with the spontaneity and spiritual intention that defined the great sessions of the New Thing era. "Pain Becomes Prayer And The Prayer Becomes A Song" - the title says it all. "A Dance For The Spirits" - mesmeric percussion, layered horns, the collective trance. "Brother Earl" - a direct tribute to Chris, his musicality, his creativity, his presence. "Sometimes It's Death" - because sometimes it is.

This is spiritual jazz as testament and tribute. Music for healing. Music for remembrance. Music for transcendence.