Acclaimed SA composer, producer and bass player Ross McHenry has unveiled his latest jazz masterpiece in The Outsiders.
The eight-track LP is set for release on November 10 and is the result of two years of work, which kicked off in New York in 2015 and saw New Zealand drummer Myele Manzanza and fellow Adelaide talent Matthew Sheens eventfully join McHenry at Chapel Lane Studios in SA.
“This album is the first album where I have actively written with a sense of cultural identity in mind,” McHenry said.
“I didn’t intend to create this trio with people who inherently understand the themes I was trying to achieve with this project, infact the group came together almost by chance.
“Luckily for me, it turned out that when we all got in a room together to record music, I found that Sheens and Manzanza understood and felt acutely what I was talking about.”
Check out a taste of the upcoming project below.
