IDST

IDST: Seven Dials

by Chris May
June 6, 2009

As the youthful sextet IDST demonstrates, exciting developments in British jazz are not confined to London, nor do all British jazz musicians succumb to the lure of the capital (or not immediately anyway). IDST was formed in 2007 in the Yorkshire city of Leeds in northern England, where it continues to be based, and its players are informed by a distinctly regional cultural tradition. The group has, however, come to the attention of London based movers and shakers like ginger ...