Jelly Cleaver has had an incendiary rise over the last year; She has received the Steve Reid Award, is a Serious Take Five artist, was nominated for an Ivors Composer Award, and has been called “the next artist to make an impact on the London Jazz Scene”

In the excitement and movement of the London jazz scene,her EP takes the neglected elements of ballads and beauty, allowing other emotions to enter the music. The ballad is a timeless form in jazz history explored by all the greats, but it’s added to with subtle modern techniques to reflect our timeless but modern problems. It pays tribute to artists like Pharaoh Sanders, Alice Coltrane and Dhafer Youssef, as well as taking inspiration from her contemporaries such as Moor Mother and Angel Bat Dawid. These are songs about loss, love, and the universe.

Jelly Cleaver
“Forever Presence”

Tracklisting:

1. Forever Presence: Pt. 1
2. Forever Presence: Pt. 2
3. Prayer For Rojava
4. We Have Known Love
5. Black Line