Rites & Revelations
Laura Jurd (trumpet & bandleader)
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
For Rites & Revelations Jurd has gone back to basics in some sense composing her own simple folk-like themes but with a bold, raw and darkly explosive new sound when performed by her new quartet....
Rites & Revelations
Laura Jurd (trumpet & bandleader)
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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
For Rites & Revelations Jurd has gone back to basics in some sense composing her own simple folk-like themes but with a bold, raw and darkly explosive new sound when performed by her new quartet....
About
Mercury nominated trumpet player and composer Laura Jurd releases second solo album Rites & Revelations. Heavily influenced by folk music and pulled toward Celtic traditional music, Laura draws on her English and Scottish roots and is blessed with the collaborative powers of Martin Green & Ultan O'Brien. The album culminates a journey of exploration for Laura, rich with renaissance song, earthy drones, lilting jigs and highly ornamented ballads, Rites & Revelations is a personal renaissance.
Contents and tracklist
1. Offering
2. Step Up To The Altar
3. Praying Mantis
4. Lighter & Brighter
5. Life
6. You Again
7. St James Infirmary
8. Bide Your Time
9. What Are You Running Towards?
10. Back To Life
Spotlight on this release
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Laura Jurd - Rites & Revelations
17th Oct 2025
In a blend of folk, grunge and avant-garde, the trumpeter unveils her new album after returning to the jazz world for the first time since becoming a mother.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2025
November 2025
For Rites & Revelations Jurd has gone back to basics in some sense composing her own simple folk-like themes but with a bold, raw and darkly explosive new sound when performed by her new quartet. In this context Jurd is at her most Miles-ishly penetrating on trumpet while Ultan O'Brien's violin/viola and Martin Green's accordion tend to defy the more conventional folk music clichés, with their use of quivering drone and avant-garde sonic effects.
