Adult Jazz

Leeds-based alternative/indie quartet Adult Jazz first came to light in 2014 with their debut album, Gist Is. Members Harry Burgess, Tim Slater, and Steven Wells all grew up in the same area of Guildford, Surrey before moving to Leeds for university, where Burgess and Slater trained as teachers. Wells joined the pair a year later, when they would form the early version of the group. Adult Jazz would complete their line-up with Tom Howe, whom the three existing bandmembers met through a mutual friend. The writing process for Gist Is took around four years; then they recorded it at a family friend's recording studio in Edinburgh at a cost of £25 per day. In 2014 Adult Jazz released their first single, Am Gone/Springful, a two-track precursor to the album. Gist Is was released in the summer of 2014 on their own label, Spare Thought.