Her septet will be playing a mixture of music from her album Where Rivers Meet as well as some of the piano player and composer's other original jazz tunes.

Where Rivers Meet finds Rahman collaborating with her brother, clarinettist Idris Rahman, to create some unique, jazz-inspired interpretations of Bengali music.

The idea for this project first came to Rahman when she transferred some of her father's old worn-out cassettes on to CD when he was in hospital and needed something to listen to. Intrigued by the music that she says she had previously only ever heard him humming in the kitchen, Rahman realised that there was a whole world in the unexplored part of her heritage.

"Being born and brought up in England (with an English mother and Bengali father) I'm very English culturally, so I felt that I needed to spend some time catching up on Bengali culture, music and language before it was too late and my Dad couldn't share it with me," she says.

The pianist Rahman is joined on the album and at the Sheffield concert by her brother and regular trio partners drummer Gene Calderazzo and bassist Oli Hayhurst, with guest artists percussionist and tabla player Kuljit Bhamra, violinist Samy Bishai and Bengali vocalist Gaurob.

They are playing on Friday (Oct 10) at the Millennium Hall, Polish Centre on Ecclesall Road where tonight (Oct 3) Sheffield Jazz presents the Chris Laurence Quartet.

The band combines Chris Laurence's prestigious reputation in jazz and classical music with the cream of established stars from British contemporary jazz. Frank Ricotti, one of Britain's top vibes players, joins John Parricelli and Martin France – both at the forefront of the scene since their time with Loose Tubes in the Eighties. The quartet formed to play compositions by Kenny Wheeler and other musicians Chris has worked with over the years.

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