Daniel Casimir

• LIMITED DOUBLE 180 GRAM VINYL

London-based composer/bassist, Daniel Casimir returns with his solo debut album Boxed In, a dynamic collision of pulsing modern jazz and orchestral instrumentation.

Featuring Casimir's quintet of fellow British jazz luminaries, including Nubya Garcia, Moses Boyd, Al MacSween and James Copus, the album astutely bridges traditional and contemporary jazz forms enveloping strings, woodwind & brass arrangements.

Boxed In represents Casimir's debut set of compositions written for orchestra. Despite his interest in writing for orchestra while studying jazz and classical music, attending conservatoires and completing a masters degree at Trinity Laban, he was never given the opportunity or choice to fulfil his aspiration. Casimir notes that as only one of two black musicians in his study cohort the normalisation of the situation made it almost easy to miss its inherent injustice.

QUINTET PERSONNEL:

• Daniel Casimir - Double bass
• Al MacSween - Keys
• Nubya Garcia - Tenor Saxophone
• James Copus - Ttrumpet

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Safe (Part 1)
• A2. Boxed In

• SIDE B
• B1. New Waters
• B2. Your Side
• B3. Safe (Part 2)

• SIDE C
• C1. Get Even
• C2. Safe (Part 3)
• C3. Into the Truth

• SIDE D
• D1. The Truth
• D2. Rewind the Time
• D3. Outro