Jasmine Myra

Jasmine Myra (given name Jasmine Whalley) is an alto saxophonist, flutist, composer, and bandleader based in Leeds, England. Her music, deeply rooted in jazz, ranges across post-bop and modal music, crossover classical, and contemporary instrumental. Bring to Light, her crowd-funded 2019 debut EP, showcased her core quintet crisscrossing post-bop, electronica, and hip-hop with influences ranging from MF Doom and Soweto Kinch to Kenny Wheeler. 2022's Horizons -- billed to Jasmine Myra -- showcased an organic jazz octet appended by harp and string quartet, and appeared on Gondwa...