Neil Yates
“…a Miles-ish mid-register tone wiyh slides elisions and buttery trills that evoke a Celtic vibe, yet are a unique sound all their own.” Jazzwise
Trading a very successful career as a London jazz and session musician for the freedom of life in a small caravan touring festivals in Britain and Ireland Yates found a way to embrace his own cultural heritage and broaden the jazz vocabulary. Described as “a true musical polymath” his music is a fresh and unforced new sound in jazz, deriving melodic and rhythmic intensity from Celtic music.
Yates was Chosen for Serious Productions/Jerwood Foundation’s “Take 5 Initiative” 2006 and winner of the Jazz Services “Promoter’s Choice” Award 2006/07. Not only is Neil Yates a formidable and gifted improviser, he is also a master of texture with one of the purest, most beautiful brass sounds in British Jazz.
- Neil is currently recording ‘Sketches of a Northern Town’ due for release in 2009.
- He has also recently recorded with Dave Stapleton on Catching Sunlight.
