Walking Distance – Peter Somuah

Walking Distance is the third album by trumpeter Peter Somuah under the ACT Music label, a work that consolidates his position as a bridge between West African tradition and the contemporary European jazz scene.

The record features an international quintet composed of Anton de Bruin (keyboards), Jens Meijer (drums), Marijn van de Ven (bass), and Danny Rombout (percussion). This lineup allows for a timbral exploration that spans from hard-bop and funk-fusion to influences from Arabic music and Ghanaian highlife.

Through compositions that alternate between the rhythmic energy of pieces like "Voyage" and the introspection of "A Turn," the album proposes a discourse on global connectivity and the everyday experiences of migration and settlement.