Rosie Turton

Cited by The Guardian as ‘One To Watch’ and nominated for Jazz FM’s ‘Breakthrough Act of the Year’, trombonist, composer and producer Rosie Turton continues her rise since releasing her debut ‘Rosie’s 5ive’, with Jazz Re:freshed. Rosie’s music tells the tales of meditative soundscapes and improvisations, crafting intimate soundscapes which guide the listener between acoustic and electronic universes.

This year sees the release of maar, a collaborative album with vocalist Miryam Solomon. maar is an exploratory improvised conversation between voice, modular synthesizer and trombone. Contemplative, textural, and at times fragile, it leans into the ambivalence of sense making; a space of searching, resolving, unraveling, and finding each other again. Cited by many as ‘beautiful and ethereal’, it has been featured on Worldwide FM (Valentine Comar), and supported on the radio by Zakia (BBC Radio 6), Hannah Peel (BBC Radio 3), Soweto Kinch (BBC Radio 3), John Gómez (NTS), and Tony Minvielle (Jazz FM).

In 2023, Rosie released Wandering Wondering, a self-produced EP which was hailed by Bandcamp as one of the ‘Best Jazz on Bandcamp August 2023’, praising its new creative direction and soothing sonic balms.
Her earlier project, Expansions and Transformations: Part I & II, explored themes of impermanence, and showcased Rosie’s growing unique voice as a composer and producer. It was championed on the radio by Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum, and Iggy Pop.

Rosie’s musicality is unbound by genre: from collaborations with collective Nérija (Domino Record Co.) to performing and recording with Nu Civilisation Orchestra, Zoe Rahman, Camilla George, Soweto Kinch, Nwando Ebizie, and Thom Yorke.

Rosie was commissioned by Open City in 2023 to compose a suite of music in response to the architecture and local of community of South Norwood Library, and was performed at the library by Rosie and her band.

In 2021, Rosie was commissioned by Tomorrow’s Warriors to compose a piece of music for their next generation of musicians. A Joyful Sound was performed as part of IAMWARRIOR at The Jazz Cafe, London, in 2021 and 2024.

Rosie also composes and performs under the modular synthesizer alias, Nomieye. Rooted in ambient worlds and meditative textures, Nomieye weaves together modular synthesizers, field recordings, and echoes of the natural world to create slowly unfolding sonic landscapes. It is music that breathes: shaped by intuition and always in motion.

‘A leading light on London’s new jazz scene’ – The Guardian

‘Turton showed a captivating delicacy and nimbleness in her very memorable tunes‘ – London Jazz News

‘This music is the reprieve for whatever life is beating you senseless with‘ – Dave Sumner, Bandcamp

‘A really great and innovative recording from one of the most talented rising stars among not just the London scene, but all of jazz‘ – Beat Caffeine

‘Rosie Turton’s trombone shapes the spaces surrounding us, softening the edges and making the texture of everyday life sing’ – Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis

‘Rosie Turton & Miryam Solomon began improvising at the end of a recording session, and their alchemy continued as they recorded maar, an engaging set of undulating modular synthesizer, trombone and voice‘ – A Closer Listen