BASHO
MUSIC ARTIST TOURS 2008
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GWILYM
SIMCOCK
SOLO
PIANO
DUO WITH JOHN TAYLOR
TRIO GWILYM SIMCOCK PIANO, PHIL DONKIN BASS, MARTIN FRANCE DRUMS,
SEXTET plus
STAN SULZMANN SAX, JOHN PARRICELLI GUITAR, BEN BRYANT PERCUSSION
At just 26 Gwilym Simcock has already established himself as one of the greatest pianists that this country has ever produced. His outstanding playing and compositional skills have moved him into the forefront of the British Jazz Scene. This year will see amongst other great performances a major composing commission for the Proms on August 9th when Gwilym takes to the stage with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
“No young musician outside the pop world has moved as fast into the upper reaches of his profession as Simcock” 11/11/2007 Stuart Nicholson, Observer
“If
this is just the beginning, the coming years defy imagining”. 16/11/2007
John Fordham, The Guardian 4 Stars****
“a superb statement of intent”. 21/11/2007 BBC Music Magazine, Gary Booth, Five Stars*****
“This is immaculate, airborne jazz, and almost supernaturally beautiful”. 18/10/2007 Alan Brownlee, Manchester Evening News
NORMA
WINSTONE NEW TRIO ALBUM ON ECM
NORMA
WINSTONE VOICE, GLAUCO VENIER PIANO, KLAUS GESING REEDS
TOURING OCTOBER/NOVEMBER (other dates may be available)
World-renowned jazz singer Norma Winstone launches her second album “DISTANCES” with Italian pianist Glauco Venier and German saxophonist Klaus Gesing in March 2008 on the prestigious ECM label. The group will be touring in the autumn of this year to promote the album. Like the first album (released in Europe on the Universal label), the music is a collection of intriguing and original works, ideal for chamber music settings and festivals.
'In my music there has to be communication. I always try to be part of the group sound, not the singer that has to be accompanied', says the British vocalist Norma Winstone.
www.bashomusic.co.uk/CHAMBERJAZZ.pdf
CHRIS
LAURENCE QUARTET
CHRIS LAURENCE BASS, FRANK RICOTTI VIBES, JOHN PARRICELLI GUITAR, MARTIN
FRANCE DRUMS
Chris Laurence has been the driving force behind many projects across all musical styles – classical, jazz, rock and film music. Despite his vast experience and huge reputation, Chris has never released an album under his own name. His first CD “New View", on Basho Records in 2007! This features long time collaborators Frank Ricotti on vibraphone, John Parricelli on guitar, Martin France on drums and very special guest singer Norma Winstone. The compositions featured on the album are all by musicians Chris has worked with over the years including Steve Swallow, Joni Mitchell, John Surman & Kenny Wheeler.
"a superb album, initially easy on the ear, yet revealing fresh subtleties each time it's played" Chris Parker Vortex website
www.bashorecords.com/laurence.htm
NEON
STAN SULZMANN SAX, GWILYM SIMCOCK PIANO, JIM HART VIBES
NEON is a new collaboration led by legendary UK saxophonist Stan Sulzmann featuring two of the hottest stars on the UK jazz scene, pianist Gwilym Simcock and vibraphonist Jim Hart. This is fresh, vibrant, exhilarating, uplifting, melodic music of the highest order played by three virtuosi. Neon’s first album “Here to There” will be launched on Basho Records in the Spring of 2008 and the band will be available for dates throughout the year. This is a great band for festivals, clubs and music venues whose aim is to reach beyond the conventional jazz audience. The line-up works in a variety of settings including acoustic spaces such as churches and has been extremely well received by audiences so far.
TIM
WHITEHEAD’S NEW STANDARDS QUARTET
TIM WHITEHEAD SAX, LIAM NOBLE PIANO, OLI HAYHURST BASS, MILO FELL DRUMS
“British saxophonist Tim Whitehead not only suggests a little of Sonny Rollins' brusque lyricism at times (as well as plenty of John Coltrane's headlong energy) but also the living legend's inviting inclination to spin long improvisations off simple, even cheesy, song hooks. The big bonus is an absolutely inspired performance from Liam Noble, whose piano links touch on Keith Jarrett's songlike phrasing and McCoy Tyner's thunder - except that his playing all over this set supplies a constantly changing stream of personal variations on those methods, and plenty more”. John Fordham, The Guardian
JULIAN
SIEGEL TRIO
JULIAN SIEGEL REEDS, GREG COHEN BASS, JOEY BARON DRUMS
TOURING AUTUMN (other dates may be available)
"Dazzling"
Observer
“This latest trio project seems once again to have struck gold"
Jazzwise
“Kept an awestruck audience on tenterhooks” JazzUK
“Musical bliss” Birmingham Post
The trio arose from a major commission from the Cheltenham International
Jazz Festival in 2006 and based on the success of this concert, toured
the UK in early 2007. The tour proved hugely popular with both audiences
and press and resulted in a live recording, which will be released on
Basho Records in the spring. To celebrate the release, the trio will be
touring again, for a limited period only.
www.bashomusic.co.uk/juliansiegeltrio.pdf
MICHAEL
GARRICK SEXTET REUNITED
Michael
Garrick (piano), Norma Winstone (vocals), Henry Lowther (trumpet/ flugelhorn),
Art Themen (saxophones), Dave Green (bass), Trevor Tomkins (drums)
TOURING 2008 Michael Garrick will be 75 next May 2008, and to celebrate his birthday year he is getting back together with this all-star sextet for an ongoing tour, beginning in February 08. "When the Big Audit is completed, Britain will find itself in trouble for not having disclosed a national asset on the scale of Michael Garrick ..." from THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ ON CD [Richard Cook & Brian Morton]
www.bashomusic.co.uk/MICHAELGARRICKSEXTET.pdf
DARYL
RUNSWICK IN DROVES
HIS NEW ONE MAN SHOW
‘... a genius called Daryl Runswick’ Sir Andrew Davis
In Daryl
Runswick in Droves, Daryl does everything. And for him, everything means
one hell of a lot. No-one has straddled the jazz, pop and classical worlds
as he has. Famed composer, arranger, performer, singer, pianist, bass
player, guitarist, broadcaster, producer and teacher, he has appeared
with everyone from Elton John to Pierre Boulez to Ornette Coleman to Simon
Rattle to Sarah Vaughan. His music has been played by the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, in the opera house, and by the Mercury Award and Grammy nominees
Zero7. Now Daryl Runswick in Droves brings a lifetime of varied experience
and two dozen different skills to bear in a completely new kind of music.
Throughout his multiple careers Daryl has been moving toward a synthesis
of the improvising skills of jazz with the more complex structures of
contemporary concert music: and
here it is – a radical new sound world with massive musical and
emotional range.
www.bashomusic.co.uk/daryl.pdf
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