Our tenth studio recording celebrating our thirtieth birthday, The Sun is Free to Flow with the Sea, is available now on general release. For the best listening experience we recommend you go to the record company, NMC, and either purchase a CD or a super high quality FLAC-24 download to immerse yourself in all the…
To prepare for the upcoming release of The Sun is Free to Flow with the Sea, on 23rd June, we’ve put together a little teaser trailer to raise the excitement levels! To purchase, download or stream, click here To get the chance to hear this live, come along to World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens for…
Containing ten new works for brass and with all except one work commissioned by Onyx Brass, The sun is free to flow with the sea is a celebration of not only our reaching the grand old age of 30, but also of the ethos of the group from its inception three decades ago. We are…
For Onyx, it is a very happy new year indeed. We are thirty years old and have decided to celebrate. As a birthday present to ourselves, we have commissioned some fabulous new music for brass. The year starts with us recording these for the NMC label and then our concerts will feature them as the…
Six months ago in July 2020 we recorded a virtual concert for JAM on the Marsh:Virtual in Hythe. Included in the programme was the first movement of Kenny Wheeler’s One for Five and we are pleased to have uploaded the full version to YouTube for for everyone to watch.
This piece was the whole genesis of the Onyx Noir jazz disc, produced by NMC Recordings, it served as inspiration for the other eleven composers featured to contribute. Should you be interested in hearing the second movement or indeed the whole disc, click here.
A huge thank you goes to Ed Armitage and all the team at JAM for allowing us to use this recording on our YouTube Channel.
In less than a week our live recording for JAM on the Marsh: Virtual is broadcast. Here’s a little teaser for you. Catch the whole concert here on Saturday August 8th at 730 and for one month afterwards on their YouTube Channel
