Melodies rooted in jazz but taking in the band’s wider love for soul, folk, and Latin music, and played with the verve and precision of some of the UK’s leading performers.

The band Monsterosa emerged from a lockdown project to write new songs and instrumentals for five jazz musicians based on Italo Calvino’s Marcovaldo collection of stories.

The songs follow a man trying to recapture country life in an urban setting, and the music follows the joy in each moment of possibility he finds: for sleeping outdoors, or gathering firewood, or eating well.

London Jazz News praised the album as “a beautiful jazz collection.”“The band are terrific…crystalline vocals convey the joy and poignancy of these tales…the whole ensemble play with a deftness and sensitivity”

Rebecca Hollweg Vocals

Graeme Wilson Saxophone

Paul Cavaciuti Drums

Andy Hamill Double Bass

Mike Outram Guitar