Binker Golding: Meet the Jazz FM Award-winner

Born and raised in North London, saxophonist Binker Golding has recorded and performed regularly with the city’s finest; Zara McFarlane, Moses Boyd’s Exodus, Sarah Tandy, and Maisha amongst others. He has learned from and played alongside many great saxophonists including Steve Williamson, Jason Yarde, Denis Baptiste and Gilad Atzmon.

The saxophonist’s most recent album 'Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers' is a departure from his previous work, featuring a new quartet and with a greater emphasis on harmonic and melodic development.

It was recorded at Abbey Road, mixed by the legendary James Farber (Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, Brad Mehldau), and released via Gearbox Records in September 2019.

The musicians on it form a distinctive ensemble: Joe Armon-Jones on piano, Daniel Casimir on double bass, and Sam Jones on drums.

Together, through Binker’s original compositions and arrangements, the band map a path between the more through-composed jazz fusion of previous decades and the hip hop/broken beat-influenced sound of the contemporary London jazz scene.

Binker won Instrumentalist of the Year at the Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA, and was also nominated in the public vote for Album of the Year, missing out to Yazz Ahmed for 'Polyhymnia'.

See the highlights for the Jazz FM Awards 2020 with OANDA:

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