REUBEN FOWLER - BETWEEN SHADOWS
‘Between
Shadows’ is the debut album by award-winning trumpeter and composer Reuben
Fowler. This is an album of huge ambition, delivered impeccably by an artist
with a vision to match. Here is a young musician with plenty to say as both a
player and a composer. He’s technically strong; equipped with a beautiful,
round trumpet tone. As a composer he’s highly developed in orchestration with a
vast understanding of harmony and instrumentation. However what‘s most
impressive is his boldness and maturity in bringing together an ensemble of
world-class musicians to create an album of huge breadth and poise. Featuring
some of the most renowned and revered musicians in British jazz - including
Stan Sulzmann, Jim Hart and Guy Barker (who conducts) - as well as US trumpet
star Tom Harrell, Fowler's ensemble echoes the brilliance and invention evident
in some of the great British big band leaders.
ALEXI TUOMARILA TRIO - SEVEN HILLS
Seven
Hills is the new trio album from Finnish born Alexi Tuomarila, an artist on the
verge of becoming one of the most important young pianists & composers on
the European Jazz scene. Following numerous first prize awards at various
international jazz competitions throughout 2003, he signed to Warner Jazz
France releasing two albums that brought worldwide attention and critical
acclaim from the international press, fans and musicians including fellow
pianist Brad Mehldau, who is quoted as saying, "I'm definitely excited
about the future of this piano player".
KENNY WHEELER / NORMA WINSTONE / LONDON VOCAL PROJECT - MIRRORS
Kenny
Wheeler and Norma Winstone have been at the forefront of European Jazz scene
collectively for the last 5 decades gaining the admiration and reverence from
all generations of musicians and fans. With the release of ‘Mirrors’, a suite
of music composed by Kenny Wheeler set to poems by Stevie Smith, Lewis Carroll
and W.B. Yeats, they are joined by the London Vocal Project, a 24 piece choir
directed by the inimitable Pete Churchill. Featuring some of the renowned and
celebrated musicians in British Jazz including pianist Nikki Iles, saxophonist
Mark Lockheart, bassist Steve Watts and drummer James Maddren, Mirrors is vast
in conception and world class in its execution.
~ editionrecords.bigcartel.com
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