Hilary Seabrook - writer, podcaster, musician

It was a pleasure to interview trumpeter Muneer Nasser for Harmonious World back in March 2023, and then to review his book in August the same year. The combination of accomplished musician and fascinating historian and writer on telling his father’s story is engaging and now Muneer has released his latest quintet album: ‘ Blue House Session ’. This album takes Muneer and his trumpet around the musical world and there’s something for everyone, from originals to covers, such as Miles Davis’s All Blues and the standard Polka Dots and Moonbeams . Recorded in the summer of 2023 with a stunning band that allows the trumpeter to shine alongside the others: Elijah Easton (tenor sax), Allyn Johnson (piano), James King Jr (bass) and John Lamkin III (drums). Alongside his trumpet, Muneer grabs the flugehorn from time to time, and he almost seems more at ease on the slightly larger and more mellow horn. Muneer’s musical talent comes from a lot of hard work, but also, genetically, via his bass-p...

A day spent wandering around Norfolk turned into hours of research for my writing. There are two novels and a collection of short stories on the way - as well as the non-fiction Harmonious World: Musicians in Lockdown - and today was a useful source of research and inspiration.

In the hunt for literary and musical inspiration, I took a trip to Norfolk, on the East coast of the UK. It worked. We stayed in some beautiful hotels and visited some fascinating places. The next stage is writing and playing to transform some of that inspiration into reality.  With Richard at Ickworth Hall The gorgeous Ickworth Hotel Autumn in East Anglia Oxburgh Hall A fake door in Oxburgh Hall Norwich’s Cow Tower Inside Norwich Cathedral