Julie Sassoon Quartet - Inside Colors

“Sassoon is a fascinating original, her piano world inhabited by Keith Jarrett’s lyricism and driving hooks and Steve Reich’s minimalism … This is music that splices lyrical shapeliness with bursts of take-no-prisoners abstraction, but Sassoon’s sensitivity to that balance is as alert here as her listeners have come to expect.” – John Fordham / The Guardian

Whoever immerses themselves in the music of British pianist and composer Julie Sassoon will be rewarded with nothing less than an adventure, with sounds that can be lyrical and gentle, abstract and edgy, full of twists and turns, mysterious and unpredictable, yet highly accessible. Listeners are drawn into a world that offers more than one level of perception. ‘Voyages’, the latest album by Sassoon's renowned quartet, was nominated for the German Record Critics' Award for good reason.

Born in Manchester and based in Berlin since 2009, Julie Sassoon is known for taking her audience on exhilarating and unpredictable journeys - whether solo, ‘Inside Colours Duo’ with saxophonist Lothar Ohlmeier, her duo with drummer Willi Kellers, her quartet or with other ensembles. What makes Sassoon's music so appealing is that this woman's musical thought processes are far removed from convention, that her imagination is always seeking new paths, new forms of expression.