Welcome to the world of the TWILIGHT JAGUAR
Looking forward to touring and releasing my new album ‘Hurricane Bells’ this week. We are playing the Drill in Lincoln on Friday October 16th CLICK HERE. On Saturday we play at the Turner Sims in Southampton CLICK HERE
Hear Byron on Radio 4 as part of the “Tale of two trumpets’ drama by Sylvia-Anne Parker. The production won the 2026 Imison Award for best original script. CLICK HERE
"Hairs sprung up on the back of my neck, and the audience screamed with appreciation"
- Resident Advisor
‘Trumpeter Byron Wallen, a British Don Cherry for his nomadic world-musical assimilations…’
- The Guardian
"Byron Wallen sometimes suggests an absorbing fusion of the fragmentary lyricism of late period Miles Davis and the spiky euphoria of Don Cherry. Just as frequently he will seem closer to Asian or North African music, or reveal an informed appreciation of some of the earliest trumpet pioneers in jazz."
- The Guardian
"Powerful, beautifully performed, touching and astonishingly varied debut album . . . superb and challenging from start to finish."
- Echoes on Sound Advice
"A fascinating set of his own pieces reflecting the influence of various strands in the evolution of black music."
- Jazz UK
