Musician/Improviser/Trumpeter/Composer/Producer

Composer-performer Laura Jurd's unique voice as an improvising trumpet player is at the heart of everything she creates. Her music celebrates and innovates the rich traditions of jazz and folk music, digging into something primal and earthy, whilst taking twists and turns that prove Laura to be one of the UK's most distinctive composer-performers in contemporary music.

As a composer she has collaborated with the London Sinfonietta, the Festival of New Trumpet Music, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the Ligeti Quartet to name a few. She has performed throughout the UK, Europe and beyond with Mercury-nominated band Dinosaur and under-her own name, having played the likes of North Sea, Montréal and Molde International Jazz festivals to name a few. 

“Jurd seems unconcerned by transient fashions or enrolment in any kind of scene, and pursues a private muse that draws on jazz, folk traditions from Europe and the Middle East, and the harmonic language of Stravinsky – yet her work is always spiritedly accessible, and often suggests wordless songs” - John Fordham, The Guardian.

Vocalist, composer, arranger, songwriter.

Ida Vermehren træder ind på scenen med en ægthed og styrke, som føles som et ekko fra en tid, hvor musikken handlede om mere end bare hits. Hun trækker på traditionerne fra folk og americana, men giver dem et nyt, frisk twist, hvor guitarens rige teksturer spiller en central rolle. Vermehrens lyd er lige dele skarp og drømmende, hendes stemme en klar, gennemtrængende kraft, der ubesværet bevæger sig gennem komplekse fortællinger. Hendes tekster er poetiske, men jordnære, altid med en skarp kant og en overraskende vinkel. Sangene emmer af en længsel og en oprigtighed, som bringer minder om en tid, hvor sangskrivere som Joni Mitchell og Crosby, Stills & Nash satte dagsordenen. Det er musik, der både forfører og udfordrer – akustisk, men aldrig blødt. Råt, men aldrig uovervejet. Ida Vermehren viser os, at der stadig findes nye ting at sige med en guitar og en stemme, og at sangskrivningens gyldne tidsalder endnu ikke er forbi.

Danish jazz composer, arranger, trombone player and bandleader

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