Woody Shaw, Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American virtuoso trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and band leader, described by NPR Music as "the last great trumpet innovator".

Shaw is regarded as one of the great jazz band leaders and innovators of his generation. Born with a photographic memory and perfect pitch, he was considered to have been generations ahead of his time.

Founded in 2015, Stoney Lane is an inventive, independent artist-led record label, growing out of a whole host of musical inventions, collaborations, experiments, friendships and performances, centered around the city of Birmingham, UK. We focus on distinctive and exciting new music and people that we love, venturing wherever the music takes us – often with jazz at its core, yet crossing the eclectic worlds of improvisation to contemporary classical, electronics to world and roots-inspired music.

Stoney Lane supports and develops exceptional young UK musicians, alongside internationally touring and established artists, whilst releasing only a select number of albums each year as we strive to maintain the artistry, adventure and surprise of our records. We still produce lovely physical releases on both CD and vinyl, from limited edition hand pressings to experimental artwork and original design, alongside properly-nurtured HQ audio.

Already the Stoney Lane catalogue is home to recordings featuring the exceptional and thriving talents of Chris Mapp, Hans Koller, Mike Fletcher, Percy Pursglove and Sara Colman, to young musicians burgeoning from Birmingham and beyond, including Alex Woods, Ben Lee, Jonathan Silk, Mark Pringle, Xhosa Cole and Young Pilgrims, to leading lights Arve Henriksen, John O’Gallagher, Stan Sulzmann, Steve Swallow and the NDR Bigband. 

We produce an ongoing live programme of Stoney Lane artists at London's King's Place, and also run the official Cheltenham Jazz Festival record store for the six days of the festival each spring.  In 2020, we co-produced Around The Houses, an online jazz festival and musicians' fundraiser soon after the onset of the pandemic, with dozens of online performances, podcasts and four new commissions premiered with Jazzwise, bringing tens of thousands of views from over 30 countries worldwide.

2023-24 sees the adventurous new Stoney Lane Live series launching in Birmingham, supported by Arts Council England, bringing prominent UK, US and European artists to the city, spanning the musical roots weaving through jazz, improvisation, flamenco, Arabic, Eastern European and Indian music, alongside three new commissions, collaborations with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Flatpack Film Festival and Birmingham City University, and a strong line of musicians from the city playing and recording alongside visiting international artists.

Forthcoming 2023 releases include saxophonist Paul Dunmall’s Big Band recording; a beautiful new duo project from vocalist Sara Colman and pianist Rebecca Nash; the debut from guitarist Steve Banks; young pianist Dave Ferris featuring US guitarist Peter Bernstein; and the long-awaited Far Reaching Dreams of Mortal Souls suite from trumpeter Percy Pursglove.

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Award-winning Scandinavian/British jazz trio Phronesis have the ability to excite, inspire and move people in a way that few bands are able to do. Formed in 2005 by Danish double-bass player Jasper Høiby, their charismatic live performances have prompted the UK’s Jazzwise Magazine to describe them as “one of the most exciting bands on the planet today!” and the trio have toured festivals and jazz clubs worldwide from the USA & Canada to Australia, Brazil, Morocco and across Europe. 

In October 2015 he band recorded their sixth album ‘Parallax’ at the legendary Abbey Road studios in London, which was released on Edition Records on 8th April 2016.

The trio celebrated their tenth anniversary at Sendesaal Frankfurt and the London Jazz Festival in Nov 2015 with a special project for which UK composer/arranger Julian Argüelles created innovative arrangements of the trio’s compositions for performances by the Frankfurt Radio Big Band alongside Phronesis.

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