"Is Binker Golding the new Sonny Rollins? The new Coltrane? Or both?” – MOJO

Binker Golding is a musician of manytalents: skilled composer, educator at Tomorrow’s Warriors, frequentcollaborator with top musicians from the London jazz scene, and last but notleast, one of the most impactful saxophonists of our times.

Born and raised in North London,Binker has recorded and performed regularly with the city’s finest; Zara McFarlane, Moses Boyd’s Exodus, Sarah Tandy, and Maisha amongst others. He haslearned from and played alongside many great saxophonists including SteveWilliamson, Jason Yarde, Denis Baptiste and Gilad Atzmon. An all-roundermusician, he is the Musical Director of the Tomorrow’s Warriors Youth Orchestraand has composed concert repertoire and conducted the Nu CivilisationOrchestra.

The saxophonist broke new ground withhis free jazz duo Binker & Moses. The pair scooped up a MOBO award fortheir debut album ‘Dem Ones’ (2015) as well as two Jazz FM awards and a ParliamentaryJazz award. Their subsequent album ‘Journey To The Mountain Of Forever’ wasvoted #1 Urban Album of the Year by MOJO magazine in 2017 (beating Loyle Carnerand Kendrick Lamar.) The inimitable line-up behind the album includes thelegend Evan Parker, tabla player Sarathy Korwar, and drummer Yussef Dayesamongst others. Their memorable album launch performance at Total RefreshmentCentre became the live album ‘Alive in the East?’.

Not one to pigeon-hole himself,Golding’s latest experimental project with Elliot Galvin produced the livealbum ‘Ex Nihilo’, which duly stretches the boundaries of improvised music andwas described by The Evening Standard as “smashing convention and revelling inraw avant-gardism.”

Golding’s new album “Abstractions ofreality past & incredible feathers” was recorded at Abbey Road, mixed bythe legendary James Farber (Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, Brad Meldhau), andmastered at Gearbox Records. The record features a distinctive quartet with JoeArmon-Jones on piano, Daniel Casimir on double bass, and Sam Jones on drums.Golding’s quartet project promises to make waves as it maps a path between themore through-composed jazz fusion of previous decades and the hip hop/brokenbeat-influenced sound of the contemporary London jazz scene.

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“Somewhere between Sam Rivers and GeorgeColeman” – Richard Williams, The Blue Moment

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