Music: Dee Byrne’s Outlines

Dee Byrne – alto sax, Nick Malcolm – trumpet, Tom Ward – clarinets, Rebecca Nash – piano, Olie Brice – bass, Andrew Lisle – drums

Dee Byrne has a powerful and innovative sound on alto sax, and is a very creative and original composer. Her album Outlines was released on Whirlwind Recordings in June 2023 and was included in ‘Best Jazz on Bandcamp, July 2023’ and ‘Best of Jazz UK 2023‘ Spotify playlist, with radio play on Jazz FM and BBC Radio 3. The six piece line-up includes local heroes Nick Malcolm and Rebecca Nash.

The band played a sold out show at the Bath Jazz Weekend January 2025 and received some great reviews:

… a contemporary approach to small band, collective, free-wheeling improvisations. Her layered and pulsing themes, driven along by the energy of Olie Brice’s bass and Andrew Lisle on the kit, prepared the ground for some formidable and expansive soloing, not least from Byrne herself – Mike Collins, UK Jazz News

Saxophonist Dee Byrne’s Outlines sextet swung effortlessly from harmonic chorales to free blowing anarchy and back – Tony Benjamin,
Bristol 24/7

I wasn’t the only audience member to enjoy this thrilling blend of composition and improvisation with Byrne’s evocative, colourful and intelligent writing given colourful voice by a supremely talented sextet of hand picked collaborators – Ian Mann, The Jazz Mann