Biography

At the forefront of Bristol’s contribution to the pulsing UK jazz scene come Run Logan Run, an alchemical fusion of surging polyrhythms and screaming guttural saxophone. Guided by the searching and fearless tone of founding member Andrew Neil Hayes’s horn, the band has earned a reputation for explosive live performances, full of raw power and visceral energy. The project continues to evolve a line-up that has featured many of the city’s most innovative musicians, including drummers Dan Johnson and Matt Brown, producer Riaan Vosloo, and vocalist Annie Gardiner.

Following the release of 2022’s Nature Will Take Care Of You and subsequent 2023 UK tour, Hayes put the live show on hiatus and embarked on a journey of reflection and exploration in the studio.

“I was desperate for time and space to create new sounds, free from the restraint of expectation”.

He emerges in 2025 reinvigorated with a bold new vision and a brand new clutch of boundary pushing collaborators, including vocalist BB.JAMES, producer Jonathan Wolf and drummer Ryan Thrupp.

As Paul F Cook said in his recent review for Joyzine,

“Run Logan Run do not go gently into the night... this band could easily bring down the wall of Jericho. [They] go beyond your expectations of genre; live they are spellbinding and exhilarating. Go and see them play live, go and see them play live, go and see them play live, go and see them play live.”

The project has toured the UK extensively, sharing stages with the likes of Colin Stetson, Melt Yourself Down, Shabaka Hutchings, and The Bad Plus, and have performed at many European Jazz Festivals. In 2019 they received the Montreux Jazz Talent Award and in 2020 were invited back to Switzerland as fellows of the Montreux Jazz Academy to play a special concert with John McLaughlin and members of Snarky Puppy. They've also worked with Danalogue & Betamax (The Comet Is Coming), Riaan Vosloo (Nostalgia 77), Dilip Harris (Brownswood / Ninja Tune) Matthew Bourne (Leaf Label) and Ill Considered.


Run Logan Run gratefully acknowledges the support of PRS Foundation, Arts Council England, Help Musicians UK and Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation.