A JAZZ composer with an interest in unusual instrumentation is to include Morecambe in his debut tour of seven new compositions he has written.

Ahead of four northern dates with the Inner City Ensemble, jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader Chris Potter will première at shows in Manchester, Warrington, Morecambe and Bradford

The shows are part of the second edition of the Jazz Directors Series this April.

The compositions, with pieces entitled ‘Come When The Nights’, ‘It Never Can Be Mine’ and ‘We Wear The Mask’, have been written and arranged specifically for the Inner City Ensemble – ten of the UK’s most exciting young jazz and crossover musicians, handpicked by Potter following an open call for participation.

In addition to performing new compositions, the ensemble will perform pieces composed for Potter’s acclaimed Underground Orchestra album ‘Imaginary Cities’, released on ECM in 2015.

Using unorthodox instrumentation, this incarnation of the Inner City Ensemble will feature two bass players, string quartet, vibraphone and marimba.

It consists of musicians who have played in a diverse mixture of classical and jazz settings including Manchester Camerata, BBC Symphony Orchestra & National Youth Symphony and Jazz Orchestras.

They have also been involved in collaborations with Jasper Høiby, Elliot Galvin, Bill Laurance and BBC Young Musician Jazz Award finalist Tom Ridout.

In preparation for the four dates, the ensemble will learn and rehearse new compositions for five days with Potter at Manchester’s historic Band on the Wall venue.

The Jazz Directors Series is a two-year residency and touring project which brings together emerging UK professional jazz musicians with an internationally revered jazz director.

Each tour is a collaboration between Band on the Wall and four independent jazz promoters based across the North of England.

The band play The Hothouse on April 15.