Celebrating 10 years of Late Night Jazz in the Elgar Room, with the freshest sounds on the London jazz scene.

Collocutor is the brainchild of saxophonist Tamar Osborn. The project grew from her wish to write the music that wanted to be written, rather than focus on a particular audience or context.

As such, the compositions draw inspiration from many genres, ranging from jazz, Afrobeat, Indian classical and Ethiopian roots to polyphonic choral music and minimalism – the link being primarily modal music with a transportive effect.

“Really good collective…Ethiopique, little bit spiritual jazz and banging.
Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 6 Music