Chris Biscoe saxes and alto clarinet Alcyona Mick piano Larry Bartley bass Winston Clifford drums Chris Biscoe writes: Jazz has always been a music about people and places, the connections, the routes (and roots) between, the meetings and the getting away. When I recorded some of the repertoire from my band Mingus Moves I realised how many of Charles Mingus compositions are dedications to musicians, friends and family, lovers and political enemies, not forgetting one toilet-trained cat. The CD was Profiles of Mingus, and this became the working name for the band. The Profiles Quartet draws on this tradition, expanding it to include compositions by other jazz greats, and something of the travel which is so significant a part of the life of working musicians. Tunes for the quartet include Thelonious Monks Jackie-ing (written for his niece Jackie Smith) and Monks Dream, Eric Dolphys Miss Ann and his portrait of Monk, Hat and Beard. Teenies Blues, another family dedication, was written by Oliver Nelson for his little sister. Its impossible to leave out Charles Mingus, who is represented by Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (for Lester Young), Pussy Cat Dues (that bemused looking cat perched on a Manhattan apartment toilet seat), and Fables of Faubus, the great satirical composition dedicated to Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas. Migration and travel appear too, with Billy Strayhorns Take The A Train, and Goin to Chicago, not the familiar blues but Mike Westbrooks multi-faceted composition. Chris Biscoe came to prominence in the late 1970s, with Mike Westbrooks Brass Band. He has toured and recorded extensively in the USA and France, and in the UK. Chris is a founder member of Way Out West, the west London jazz collective which has presented over 800 concerts since 2004. Chris Biscoe crosses musical boundaries in his playing, from cool on baritone sax with Allison Neale, post bop with Tony Kofi, contemporary jazz with Liam Noble, through to free and improv jazz with various bands. Alcyona Mick is a pianist working at the forefront of the London Jazz scene Recently nominated for a Parliamentary Jazz Instrumentalist Award, she is a member of the London Jazz Orchestra and many other UK bands. She has toured and performed worldwide. As a composer she has a Masters in Composing music for film from the National Film and Television school. She has written and produced music for many independent short films, documentaries, animation and silent cinema. She won an award for Best Soundtrack at the Anima Mundi International Festival, Brazil. World class ingenuity the Guardian Alcyona Mick is an unusual powerhouse of a talent MOJO Larry Bartley is a bassist and composer who has been a staple of the London and international jazz scene as a side man and as a leader. Excellent bassist with a distinctive Mingus-like drive to his propulsive bass lines . Time Out Larry taps into a vast pool of different types of music to create a unique project that deserves to be applauded. Jean Toussaint Drummer You can understand why Bartley is so much in demand on the London jazz scene . BBC Drummer Winston Clifford is a powerhouse behind the kit for a wide variety of great bands, led by the likes of Gwilym Simcock, Monty Alexander, Stanley Turrentine, Benny Golson and Courtney Pine. A master of a huge array of drum techniques, Clifford is constantly inventive, immersed in a stream of consciousness yet with ears wide open to hints, suggestions and prompts from his playing partners. He regularly plays around the kit with his bare hands for softer timbres, another card to play in the constant search for dynamic expression and imaginative phrasing. Jazz at Progress is presented in association with Jazz in Reading [https://jazzinreading.com/].