Huw Warren - This is Now!

The 2005 winner of the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation proves he's worthy of the accolade with an Arts Council of Wales commissioned project fusing jazz and new music in what's billed as a "unique, eclectic and compelling exploration of modern Wales".

This is Now! (Nawr!) is performed by an all Welsh ensemble with new text in Welsh by Aled Jones Williams, freestyle rap from Nobsta Nuts, and the virtuoso improvising of guitarist John Parricelli.

Forthcoming performances:

Weds 5 April - Tabernacl, Machynlleth

Thurs 6 April - Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Friday 7 April - Vortex Jazz Club, London

Look out too for Gower Boy, another new project in which Huw explores his Welsh roots.

For more details, see www.huwwarren.com