Since the release of his 2008 debut, Sending My Love, Manchester-based trumpeter and composer Matthew Halsall has worked through his influences, album by album, in pursuit of an original voice. Fletcher Moss Park – named after a peaceful oasis of parkland in Manchester’s urban bustle – develops the idea still further. Pieces like the title track and Cherry Blossom use gentle rhythms, simple bass hooks and spacious themes to create understated, introspective moods that owe as much to Erik Satie as they do to Miles Davis.

• A1 Cherry Blossom
• A2 Fletcher Moss Park
• A3 Mary Emma Louise
• B1 Sailing Out To Sea
• B2 Wee Lan (Little Orchid)
• B3 The Sun In September
• B4 Finding My Way