🌈Composer.JazzTrb.published by ricordi.Albums: Music for Bosch People, ilolli-pop, Happy Music for Orchestra “most joyous sound Iv heard in ages”NewYorkTimes
London, England
Joined October 2017
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#MusicforBoschpeople @nmcrecordings @BhamRecordCo PLease check out these BOSCH tracks that mean so much to me!
"Surfing the crest of their exuberance is an extraordinary experience." @thewiremagazine
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A fun end to Friday: Here's the score follower video of @alexpaxtonyeah's Car-Pig, performed by @ZubinKanga. Happy weekend! youtu.be/UN0tplIypCI #CyborgSoloists
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Very excited about this one — my @lsostlukes debut — on Nov 4. I’ll be joined by the fab @figureensemble for my favourite Bach Cantata (BWV 199) plus new works commissioned for this project by @aaaaglrr, @alexpaxtonyeah and @oliverleith. DREAM GIG. ❤️
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Congratulations to composer @alexpaxtonyeah who has won the 'New in Italy' award as part of the 'Franco Abbiati' Music Critics Awards for his piece 'Spit Crystal Yeast-rack, dripping', performed in Padova last October as part of Barco Teatro's Scatola Sonora music series.
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Alex Paxton and the London Sinfonietta after his fabulous Scrunchy Touch Sweetly to Fall, which was very scrunchy (and much else besides)
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Internationally acclaimed, award-winning British composer, producer & jazz trombonist Alex Paxton presents new album 'Candyfolk Space Drum' 🍬 🪐
Out 3rd April via Jonah Records, available on limited edition CD + digitally
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An exuberant wonderwork infused with dance music, electronic music, jazz and a children's choir, inspired by cartoons, pirate radio ads, internet age fragmentation & more
@alexpaxtonyeah
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Lovely arc of a programme from Riot Ensemble: joyous sonic assault from Anna Meredith, maximalist madness from Alex Paxton, and a drifting cool-down from Eden Lonsdale:
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Podcast Monday brings an expedited expanded edition of last night's "best of 2025" program, with @SteveReich @TimBerne @AlexPaxtonYeah @TrioMediaeval @Eleanor_Alberga @BRMuse @AJS_music and more. Plus @WayneHorvitz's Pigpen reunites at @TheRoyalRoom.
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I Care If You Listen album of the year round-up: I nominated @alexpaxtonyeah Delicious and yes, it's delicious. Enjoy! @schottmusic @RayfieldAllied icareifyoulisten.com/2025/12…
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We are delighted to announce that future works by British composer and jazz-trombonist Alex Paxton will be published by Schott Music! 🎶🍓
His energetic, genre-blending music—described as “unbridled joy… full of pulsating energy”
@alexpaxtonyeah @RayfieldAllied
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✨ New at Southbank:
The London Sinfonietta returns with three unmissable concerts! From Takemitsu’s meditative soundscapes to Adams, Davies & world premieres, step into music, silence & everything in between. 🎶🎫
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On Monday 1 December, award-winning composer and jazz trombonist @alexpaxtonyeah will be giving a <speaks> talk entitled 'Delicious music'. Join us online!
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Happy birthday to @AlexPaxtonYeah, born in Manchester on this date in 1990. We've spent time on Flotation Device with new Delicious album from @NewAmRecords, which opens this podcast in a brash, high-pitched way that feels a bit ironic for a trombonist!
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Described by BBC Magazine/Ivor Novello British Composer Awards as "highly innovative...of exceptional creative imagination and musical energy, packed with life force unlike anything else", @alexpaxtonyeah will be with us on Monday for <speaks>
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On Monday 1 December, award-winning composer and jazz trombonist @alexpaxtonyeah will be giving a <speaks> talk entitled 'Delicious music'. Join us online!
music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-12-0…
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Now in podcast format, our tribute to the uniquely versatile drummer @JackDeJohnetteMusic. Plus @Meredith_Monk's latest album, Cergio Prudencio at 70, @AlexPaxtonYeah on @NewAmRecords, @Zappa's unusual Fall '75 band, @ChesSmith1, Aquaserge and more.
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Congratulations @alexpaxtonyeah as his album Delicious achieves the No.1 spot on @thewiremagazine's Modern Composition best albums of 2025 list
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Engrossing shimmery wah-wah exuberant piece by Alex Paxton greatly improved my mood. What was the wavy green percussion instrument @alexpaxtonyeah ? Great stuff @londonsymphony
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Aquifer (2024) with @Thomas_ades conducting @londonsymphony this Sunday - in good company of @alexpaxtonyeah World Builder, Creature (2024; UK premiere), Poul Ruders Paganini Variations (2000) (w. @seanstshibe) and @JeanJCSibelius Symphony No. 3 (1904-07)!
#adventuresinmusic
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Mary Halvorson joins us on Flotation Device tonight for an interview and a survey of her latest albums with Sylvie Courvoisier, Ches Smith and her own Amaryllis sextet. Plus Braxton, Bley, @WetInkEnsemble, @AlexPaxtonYeah and more.
Sunday 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm
ALT Photo credits: Mary Halvorson and Anthony Braxton by Peter Gannushkin, Carla Bley by Klaus Muempfer, Mary Halvorson with Guild Artist Award Archtop by Steve DiBenedetto, Clone Row (Liberty Ellman, Mary Halvorson, Nick Dunston, Ches Smith) by Chase Pierson, Shaun Robert via the artist, Anthony Braxton: Composition No. 355, Amaryllis sextet (Nick Dunston, Adam O'Farrill, Patricia Brennan, Jacob Garchik, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara) by Ernest Stuart, Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson by Caroline Mardok, Mary Halvorson and Jamaaladeen Tacuma via the artists, Wet Ink Ensemble (Ian Antonio, Erin Lesser, Sam Pluta, Alex Mincek, Kate Soper, Eric Wubbels, Josh Modney) via the artists, Thumbscrew (Michael Formanek, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara) by Amy Touchette. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at htt