Bloom, the ACT debut of pianist and composer Bill Laurance as leader, marks the transition from the smallest possible form of musical interaction to a large-scale, broadband format: Following the internationally acclaimed ACT release Where You Wish You Were in duo with multi-instrumentalist and Snarky Puppy bandmate Michael League, Laurance now teams up with Manchester-based 18-piece string orchestra The Untold Orchestra and creates a work of convincingly epic pro-portions. Combining Bill Laurance’s classical sensibilities with jazz, pop grooves, and powerful orchestral synchronicity, Bloom runs the gamut of emotions and moods.

Recorded live in May 2015 at Union Chapel in London, this powerful album showcases the very best of Grammy-winning keyboardist and Snarky Puppy founding member Bill Laurance's solo catalogue. Laurence is accompanied by his Snarky Puppy bandmates Michael League on electric and upright bass and drummer Robert Sput Searight, with contributions from percussionist Felix Higgenbottom, a full string section and a French horn player. This is a truly great contemporary jazz piano concert with nods to modal jazz icon Bill Evans, post-Coltrane giants McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock and the fusion of Joe Zawinul and Chick Corea.