Jazz Recording of the Year 2025
ARQ has received Presto Music Jazz Recording of the Year for their 2025 album SEMA4.
The award was collected by Alison, alongside Emma Perry and Claire Martin of ECN Music, recipients of Jazz Organisation of the Year. As ARQ are ECN artists, this was a really lovely occasion for everyone!
Earlier this year, Alison was interviewed by Presto Music about the new album. You can read the full interview here.
Sema4
The new album from The Alison Rayner Quintet, recorded at the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston, East London. Released March 2025.
‘ARQ sounds as fresh and vital as ever; these musicians are making some of the best music of their careers’
★★★★½thejazzmann.com (Jan 2025)
Mingling folk-dance vitality, high-energy soloing, ambient spaciness and episodes of poignant tenderness’
A masterclass in musical storytelling and collective expression – full of emotion, nuance, and shared human experience’
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