Edition / Jazzwise Sampler CD – AVAILABLE NOW!
EDITION / JAZZWISE COVERMOUNT CD
The UK’s leading jazz magazine, Jazzwise Magazine will be including a FREE Edition Records compilation CD in their April issue and will be available in the shops at the end of March. Fore more details on the CD please see below.
SPONSORS:
Burning Red – www.burningredstudio.co.uk
IODA – www.iodalliance.com
Westbury Music Ltd – www.westburymusic.net
System’54 Saxophones – www.system54.com
Harmonia Mundi – www.harmoniamundiuk.wordpress.com
TRACK LISTING:
1. Bloor Street - Martin Speake
2. Pursuit - Tom Cawley
3. Birdbrained - Ivo Neame
4. Noonian Song – Chris Montague
5. River Deep Mountain High – Barry, Greenwich and Spector
6. Images – Dave Stapleton
7. Bitter Pill - Audun Allingsen
8. The Reluctantly Politicised Mr James – Spin Marvel
9. Beneath Rioja Skies – Paula Gardiner
10. The Grind – Kevin Figes
11. Iolo’s Dance – Geoff Eales
12. Long Way Gone – Mark Lockheart
MORE DETAILS:
TRACK 1
Title: Bloor Street
Album: Bloor Street EDN1019
Artist: Secret Quartet
Martin Speake (alto sax)
Nikki Iles (piano)
Duncan Hopkins (bass)
Anthony Michelli (drums)
In March the Secret Quartet released ‘Bloor Street’, their long-awaited follow-up to “Secret” [2002], confirming their reputation as one of the most formidable quartets on the international jazz scene. Featuring 9 beautifully crafted originals by Speake, Iles and Hopkins – three individually distinctive voices with a shared sense of how the Secret Quartet’s music should sound. This exceptional record stands up to comparison with Martin Speake’s exceptional ECM debut, “Change of Heart”. It has ‘classic’ written all over it. www.myspace.com/secretquartet
TRACK 2
Title: Pursuit
Album: The Other Place EDN1018
Artist: Curios
Tom Cawley (piano)
Sam Burgess (bass)
Joshua Blackmore (drums)
Led by pianist and composer Tom Cawley, Curios just get better and better. Winner of ‘Best Band’ at the last BBC Jazz Awards, they are a trio in their prime. With several years together and two acclaimed albums under their belt already, they share an empathy and collective insight that makes them one of the most brilliant piano trios in the world. The Other Place marks the next leap forward in a remarkable creative journey that shows no sign of slowing. www.curiosmusic.com
TRACK 3
Title: Birdbrained
Album: Caught in the Light of Day EDN1016
Artist: Ivo Neame Quartet
Ivo Neame (piano)
Jim Hart (vibes)
Jasper Hoiby (bass)
James Maddren (drums)
Released to huge critical acclaim from the likes of the Guardian and Mojo in Nov 09, Caught in the light of Day demonstrates Neame’s brilliance as a pianist, composer and bandleader. Listen to it once and you’ll be impressed. Listen twice and its gifts will begin to unfold. Featuring 7 breathtaking originals by Neame, this record is about interplay, about having something new to say and finding new modes to say it – this record is all that and much more. www.ivoneame.com
TRACK 4
Title: Noonian Soong
Album: Troyka EDN1014
Artist: Troyka
Chris Montauge (guitar / loops)
Kit Downes (organ)
Joshua Blackmore (drums)
In 2009 Troyka released an album that shook the UK Jazz scene. They created such a buzz that everybody was talking about them. Their live shows at the London Jazz Festival exceeded all expectations that confirmed their promise and reputation. They appeared in the Jazzwise top 10 albums of 2009 and took part in the British Jazz celebration live at Ronnie Scotts live on Radio 3. With Cheltenham Jazz Festival and new recordings to come things will only get better and better. www.myspace.com/troykaband
TRACK 5
Title: River Deep Mountain High
Album: Don’t Think Twice
Artist: Tamco
Tammy Payne (vocals)
Jim Barr (bass)
Neil Smith (guitar)
Dan Moore (Organ)
Dylan Howe (drums)
Led by singer Tammy Payne (Smith And Mighty, Jukes) and bassist Jim Barr (Portishead, Get the Blessing) Tamco states their influences as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan to Wayne Shorter, Hermeto Pascoal and Miles Davis yet have captured a sound of breathtaking orginality. ‘Don’t Think Twice’ is a truly beautiful album and with this set, Tamco look set to launch a truly remarkable journey of discovery through their own interpretations of songs by some of the greatest songwriters. www.myspace.com/tamcouk
TRACK 6
Title: Images
Album: Between the Lines
Artist: Dave Stapleton Quintet
Dave Stapleton (piano)
Ben Waghorn (sax)
Jonny Bruce (trumpet)
Paula Gardiner (bass)
Elliot Bennett (drums)
Since releasing their last highly successful album ‘The House Always Wins’, the Dave Stapleton Quintet have wowed audiences throughout the UK and across Europe and have received 4 and 5 star reviews in the France, Germany and in the UK. Described by the Guardian as “a real UK Jazz revelation” DSQ are as compelling and powerful live as they are on record, and bring to Stapleton’s exceptional and distinctive compositions an intensity that recalls those great Blue Note and Riverside recordings of the early sixties. www.davestapleton.com
TRACK 7
Title: Bitter Pill
Album: Night Creatures
Artist: Audun Automat
Jørgen Mathisen (sax)
Eivind Lønning (trumpet)
Erlend Slettevoll (fender Rhodes)
Audun Ellingsen (bass)
Ole-Thomas Kolberg (drums)
Norwegian bassist and composer Audun Ellingsen has been at the forefront of Jazz in Norway over the last few years as well as studying at the Leeds College of Music has toured extensively throughout Europe with the likes of Sphinx, Frøy Aagre & Offbeat, Kenny Wheeler, Tomasz Stanko and Bobo Stenson. His debut album Night Creatures, an album influenced by his love of 70’s European free jazz and early ECM albums, will looks set to recognise Audun Automat as one of the finest outfits on the European scene. www.audunellingsen.com
TRACK 8
Title: The Reluctantly Politicised Mr James
Album: Spin Marvel 2
Artist: Spin Marvel
Martin France (drums)
Tim Harries (bass)
Terje Evensen (sound-audio editor)
Nils Petter Molvaer (trumpet)
John Parricelli (guitar).
Led by Martin France, one of the UK’s most prolific and busiest drummers, Spin Marvel released their debut album in 2005 to huge critical acclaim in Europe, Scandanavia and also here in the UK. Their new album, Spin Marvel 2 not only captures the essence of the first album but takes a giant leap forward and looks set to firmly establish Spin Marvel as one of the most innovative bands currently on the European scene. www.spinmarvel.com
TRACK 9
Title: Beneath Rioja Skies
Album: Hot Lament
Artist: Paula Gardiner
Paual Gardiner (bass)
Lee Goodall (sax, flute)
Mark O’Connor (drums)
As well as heading up the Jazz course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, Paula Gardiner is one of Britain’s most lyrical and melodic bass players. On Hot Lament her music is as warm, as attractive and as subtle as anything you will hear, with an authority and maturity of vision that surpasses so much that calls itself Modern Jazz. Hot Lament is vibrant and forceful, a sheer masterclass in the Art of the Trio. www.paulagardiner.co.uk
TRACK 10
Title: The Grind
Album: Circular Motion
Artist: Kevin Figes
Kevin Figes (sax)
Jim Blomfield (piano)
Riaan Vosloo (bass)
Tim Giles (drums)
In 2008, Bristol based, Kevin Figes released his debut album Circular Motion to critical acclaim whoose music has a lightness and freshness that is evident of his musical background. Circular Motion is one man’s vision of his music, a highly personal record but also a group performance where each member is abel to demonstrate remarkable levels of empathy and sensitivity to each other. This is lyrical and melodic music with a strong rhythmic sense fired by a shared love of Jazz. www.kevinfiges.co.uk
TRACK 11
Title: Iolo’s Dance
Album: Master of the Game
Artist: Geoff Eales Trio
Geoff Eales (piano)
Chris Laurence (bass)
Martin France (drums)
Master of the Game is a rare kind of album these days. Pianist Geoff Eales’ new record will delight and inspire in equal measure fans of Esbjörn Svensson or Brad Mehldau or those who check for Bill Evans or even Bud Powell. Old virtues and values filtered through a modern sensibility? It doesn’t matter how you put it. What matters is the music and these eight tracks played with passion by Eales and his trio of Chris Laurence and Martin France have a lot to tell you. www.geoffeales.com
TRACK 12
Title: Long Way Gone
Album: In Deep
Artist: Mark Lockheart’s In Deep
Mark Lockheart (sax)
Dave Priseman (trumpet)
Liam Noble (piano)
Jasper Hoiby (double bass)
Dave Smith (drums)
In Deep is a record of great originality and integrity. It was described by the Manchester Evening News as “a record posterity may come to regard as the key record of the second golden age of British jazz. It’s the command and authority of Lockheart’s saxophone that first strikes home and then the sheer quality of the writing hits you. And with the power, confidence and commitment of his group you know In Deep is the finest realisation yet of Mark Lockheart’s talents. www.marklockheart.co.uk
