About

I’m Ralph Wyld, vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer. My album Subterranea, released on Edition Records in 2016, was described as an “outstanding debut” by Mojo magazine. I also have a duo called Imprint with cellist and composer Cecilia Bignall, and we’ve recorded some music.

Since 2012 I’ve enjoyed playing with the “queen of psychedelic Arabic jazz”, Yazz Ahmed. We’re touring her new album, A Paradise in the Hold, at the moment, and also exploring an exciting new duo format.

I specialise in the adventurous and unusual fringes of contemporary British jazz. As such I play, or have played, a lot of odd time signatures and crunchy harmony with projects like Luke Bainbridge’s Surface Tension and Miguel Gorodi’s Nonet. I also play with spiritual jazz flautist Chip Wickham, and acid-jazz legends James Taylor Quartet.

For a formal biography for websites and programmes, click here. My photo above is available in high quality here. For any other enquires please get in touch