One Year by Tom Arthurs’ trio who will follow up by playing London and Bristol dates after release was partly inspired by the films of Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986).  Trumpeter composer Arthurs is with his fellow Englishman pianist Richard Fairhurst and the Finnish percussionist, Markku Ounaskari. 

Arthurs writes: “I was deeply impressed by how Tarkovsky edited his masterpiece Mirror [1975].  He had no story, no plan, no storyboard. He just shot a lot of material and then, for two years, he had these clothes lines in his house and was putting together the scene into different forms until he had the movie.” 

Tom, who has lived in London and Berlin in more recent years and was a BBC New Generation artist in 2008-2010, is beginning a new phase of his career in Switzerland at the Hochschule der Künste, Bern, as artistic leader of the jazz and contemporary music department. 

Upcoming trio dates, introducing the album project and marking its release, will include London and Bristol appearances, the first at Pizza Express Jazz Club, London  on Saturday 10 March at 1.30pm followed on Sunday 11 March in the evening at St George’s, Bristol playing acoustic. On Ozella.  Vinyl + CD link