New Jasmine Myra concerts

Enthused by Jasmine's new EP, I decided to check YouTube in order to see whether there were any new videos. Apart from some "shorts", there were two new concerts uploaded:

• A performance at Jazzahead 2026, recorded for Radio Bremen and uploaded at the end of August 2026. This features an eight piece band: Jasmine Myra (as), Rianna Henriques (fl, ts), Joel Stedman (fl, b-cl), Ben Haskins (g), Jasper Green (p), Alice Roberts (harp), Sam Quintana (db), George Hall (dr). Joel Stedman returns in place of Arran Kent. 
• Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2026 that was uploaded a few days ago. Here there is a slightly reduced six piece band: no Alice Roberts and no Rianna Henriques. This leads to some rearrangement of parts: for example, the opening to 'Still waters' is played on piano and not flutes.

As these performances are from 2026, it's not surprising that they are promoting 'Where light settles'¹, and as I'm not particularly enamoured with this album, it's no wonder that I'm not overwhelmed by these two concerts. The Jazzahead concert is only about 28 minutes long so everything played comes from the latest album, whereas the CapeTown concert is slightly over an hour long and includes material from the earlier albums. The 'Where light settles' pieces are quite soporific, and whilst this can be suitable for home listening, it's debatable whether this is the sort of material to be played live - possibly putting the audience to sleep.

Jasmine continues to look different everytime I see her:

As a beginner saxophonist, it was interesting to watch Jasmine's finger movements.

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Tide/turn

Yesterday evening, out of the blue, I received a few emails about a new EP - four pieces - by Jasmine Myra called "Tide/turn". One can either order a vinyl record or WAV files from Gondwana, so of course I went for the WAV files, costing a mere 22 NIS. This was the better option for a few reasons -

• I could listen to the music immediately
• I don't have a record player
• Even though I ordered a cd copy of  'Where light settles¹, I never received it. When I enquired about my order, I was told that "the warehouse that Gondwana uses refuses to send product to Israel". 

So much for the customer always being right. I was quite hurt by this decision although I did not allow this hurt to affect my appreciation of 'Where light settles' - although I don't like it very much. I was reimbursered for the cost of the cd, so the end result was that I downloaded the tracks legally and for free,

By return mail I received a link to downloack the tracks and I'm listening to them now. One doesn't listen to most of Myra's for virtuoso saxophone playing but rather for intriguing melodies and arrangements, and this EP definitely has both. There's quite a bit of flute but not that much saxophone in all the tracks. There is much piano and no drums but there is muted percussion in the opening track, "Reverie".  The Kenny Wheeler track played live in Zurich 2024² appears here; it's entitled "Peace by peace". There's a longish guitar solo in "Boundless as the sea". 

It's been raining almost non-stop for the past 14 hours and this moody music is quite a suitable accompaniment.

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