Mark Wade Trios latest album "True Stories" is full of great inspiration and references to the past. The album shows the breadth of his musicality and inventive compositional style. The original tracks found on his 2022 album True Stories were inspired by a wide range of influences, drawing on themes from composers such as Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Igor Stravinsky. The result is a unique expression of jazz linking past to present. "Mark Wade has come of age as a leader. We hear more bass on this album, more complexity in arrangements and more confidence to explore, improve and work around ideas, motives and themes. Mark is brave, explorative and uses the longer numbers to develop ideas without becoming introspective." - Sammy Stein The trio is within the modern jazz landscape with fluid and responsive interplay that gives the music and ease and precision. Mark Wade - bass, Tim Harrisson - piano, Scott Neumann -drums