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Listen! presents Laura Jurd

8.30pm performance

Presented by: Listen!

0	CAMBRIDGE: Unitarian Hall
P	Saturday 1st November, 2025
N	8:00pm

Event information

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

FIREWORKS
Cambridge Fireworks Night will be taking place on Midsummer Common between 6-9pm on the same night. The area is likely to be much busier than usual, and there will be road closures and parking restrictions in place. So, please allow extra time to get to our concert.
See Cambridge Corn Exchange website more details: https://www.cornex.co.uk/events/fireworks-night

BAR
We won't be running a bar tonight, but you're welcome to bring your own drinks. Please take your empties home with you!

Laura Jurd - trumpet
Cori Smith - viola
Ruth Goller - bass
Corrie Dick - drums

One of the most distinctive voices in jazz and improvised music today, Laura Jurd's unique approach to the trumpet is celebrated in the work that she creates. Laura's love of folk traditions can often be heard in her music, alongside a background in classical composition. The result is a melodic world full of compelling twists and turns, whilst retaining a grounded sense of familiarity.

In the past couple of years, Laura's love of traditional music has deepened having played alongside the likes of Irish fiddle player Ultan O'Brien and English accordionist Martin Green (one third of super-group Lau). This autumn sees Laura returning to the stage, presenting her astonishing new album, "Rites & Revelations" due for release in October 2025. The music takes the listener on a journey of ritual and catharsis, propelled by the world-class rhythm section of Ruth Goller - bass and Corrie Dick - drums, alongside strikingly-brilliant folk violist Cori Smith.

"Jurd seems unconcerned by transient fashions or enrolment in any kind of scene, and pursues a private muse that draws on jazz, folk traditions from Europe and the Middle East... her work is always spiritedly accessible, and often suggests wordless songs”
- John Fordham, The Guardian

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Photo: Celie Nigoumi