London-born saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Nubya Garcia has shared new track “Set It Free” featuring Richie. The new track follows earlier singles “Clarity” and “The Seer” from her forthcoming new album, Odyssey, which arrives September 20th, 2024 on Concord Jazz.

“Set It Free,” featuring vocalist Richie Seivwright of KOKOROKO, conveys “the feeling of letting go” and “the sense of being confident and not apologizing for your greatness.”

Odyssey is, as the title suggests, an epic journey. Garcia invited other brilliant Black women musicians to join her on this adventure, namely: esperanza spalding, Richie Seivwright, and Georgia Anne Muldrow. Odyssey is produced by Garcia and returning collaborator Kwes.

Describing Odyssey, Garcia says:

It represents the notion of truly being on your own path, and trying to discard all the outside noise saying you should go this way or that way.

Musically, the album finds Garcia orchestrating strings for the first time and the result is a soundscape that traverses Jazz, Classical, R&B and Dub. It follows Garcia’s Mercury Music Prize-nominated 2020 debut, Source.

Garcia has collaborated with brands such as Lululemon, Paul Smith, Labrum, Nicholas Daley and Burberry, and as a composer, her original music has been placed with Apple TV (Ted Lasso), OWN Network (Cherish The Day), FX TV (Atlanta), EPIC GAMES (Fortnite), and on multiple podcasts (including the theme tune for Anika Noni Rose’s Clio award-winning podcast Being Seen).