Season of the Song: Ribbons Album Launch (Rebecca Nash + Sara Colman) + Bridget Walsh

Beauty, intimacy and creativity comes to the fore in this exquisite combination of singer Sara Colman and pianist Rebecca Nash, performing as a quartet alongside Henrik Jensen (double bass) and Jonathan Silk (drums).

Rebecca and Sara’s long-standing relationship has honed a musical intuition that produces the misleadingly easy sounding but musically adventurous story-telling of all good singer-musician relationships.

During the summer of 2020, when the world was turned upside down, they took up residence in a house in the forest for ten days with only each other and some chickens for company and set about writing music. Centred around a song they wrote together called Ribbons, this collection of new works and arrangements celebrates the joy of musical partnership, of friendship and collaboration.

Built on a foundation of jazz, their songs straddle singer-songwriter, folk and classical music with glimpses of formative influences such as Joni Mitchell and British jazz pianist John Taylor. The Night Traveller is a dark re-imagining of the classic standard Never Will I Marry, Noble Heart, a soulful search for ancient truth and Turning Over Stones, a modern tale of being torn between two choices: knowledge or ignorance.

Ribbons:

“Here I go again in search of beauty elusive,

my spirit demands this – impossible!

Always lessons learned and wisdom earned,

Confessions worn like ribbons”

“ …. At the vanguard of innovative and compelling new music.” Downbeat Magazine

Rebecca Nash Bio

Having firmly established herself as a pianist within the UK, Rebecca Nash is now garnering an international reputation for her distinctive sound, full of artistry and heart. 

With acclaimed releases on Whirlwind Recordings—including Peaceful King and the recently commissioned Redefining Element 78— Rebecca’s music presents a new compositional voice of increasing clarity whilst also echoing influences such as John Taylor, Bill Evans, Debussy and Michael Tippett.

Rebecca leads her own piano trio— Aurum which features Henrik Jensen on double bass and Dave Smith on drums. She also collaborates with singer-songwriter Sara Colman (Ribbons, Stoney Lane Records) and trumpeter/producer Nick Walters (Sarsen Drift, DOT Records). 

Performance highlights include a 2025 UK Showcase at Jazzahead! in Germany, EFG London Jazz Festival, The Southbank Centre, Ronnie Scott’s, Turner Simms (solo), Love Supreme, and BBC Radio 3’s J to Z. 

“One of the freshest most creative talents in the UK at this present time” *****UK VIBE

Sara Colman Bio

Sara Colman is an award winning British jazz singer and songwriter and Recording Artist-in-Residence at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Inspired by her love of classic songwriting, Sara is a warm and natural storyteller, known for her instinctive improvisational energy and captivating vocal performances.

Sara’s most recent albums What We’re Made Of and Ink On a Pin: A Celebration of Joni Mitchell, released on Stoney Lane Records, were met with international acclaim.

Sara’s current projects are all focussed on new original music and they include:

Ribbons with the pianist Rebecca Nash – Ribbons Vol.1 (releasing November 2025)

TreyJa vocal trio with Clare Wheeler and Tara Minton.

Sara Colman Chamber Music –  Spring 2026

“…unfailingly beautiful, richly expressive voice.” **** Jazzwise

Henrik Jensen Bio

Henrik Jensen is a Danish double bassist and composer based in Frome, Somerset.  He moved to London in 1997 to study at The Musicians Institute and later the Royal Academy of Music. 

Henrik leads Followed By Thirteen— his quartet, having releasing Affinity in 2020 to widespread acclaim. In 2024, Henrik unveiled his trio album Above Your House featuring Esben Tjalve and Dave Smith, showcasing his evolving compositional voice and dynamic interplay. Henrik also appears in Rebecca Nash’s piano trio project Aurum (premiered April 2025), alongside Nash and Smith. 

Henrik regularly collaborates with notable artists including Iain Ballamy, Michael Blake, Gareth Williams, Steve Banks and Gene Calderazzo.

Jensen is thoughtful, richly cordial and attractively Charlie Hayden-like on the bass” John Fordham, The Guardian

Jonathan Silk Bio

Jonathan Silk is a Scottish drummer, composer, and bandleader based in Birmingham. He has released two albums with his own big band and string orchestra (Uncouth, and Fragment) to critical acclaim and worked with world-renowned composers Vince Mendoza and Maria Schneider as well as a host of other nationally and internationally renowned musicians. Jonathan also leads his own quartet— Forj. Awards include BBC Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year and the Yamaha Jazz Scholar Award.

New music that is truly orchestral in its scope. An artistic triumph for Jonathan Silk The Jazz Mann

Bridget Walsh Bio

With an international tour résumé spanning everything from Glastonbury’s Hell Stage to New Zealand’s National Jazz Festival, Bridget Walsh is a playful and genre-expansive artist, hellbent on leaving the world better than she found it. For fans of James Blake, Radiohead, Little Dragon and more, Bridget is an experimental vocalist and fearless front-woman of London band 10:32 with Lyle Barton, Radovan Brtko and Isobella Burnham. Drawing from an upbringing in hiphop and house music, a master’s degree in jazz performance and a DIY punk mentality, Bridget’s live sets hold people together in a pocket of space and time, energising audiences to move back out into the world with a little more hope, a little more spark and a little more kindness. 

World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is proud be a host venue once again at EFG London Jazz Festival 2025.