Award-winning bassist Daniel Casimir and vocalist Tess
Hirst, are set to release their debut album ‘These Days’ on the 1st November
via pioneering London-based record label, jazz re:freshed.
Following the success of Casimir’s critically acclaimed 2017
debut EP 'Escapee', which featured Hirst on vocals and fellow rising stars on
the scene, Moses Boyd, Joe Armon-Jones and Shirley Tetteh, ‘These Days’ is
inspired by the duo’s London surroundings, as charged observations are
delivered via thought-provoking lyricism, neo soul and modern jazz. Across
twelve tracks, Casimir and Hirst fuse traditional jazz sounds into beautifully
composed compositions, narrating their way through a political and cultural
landscape.
A regular fixture on the UK jazz scene, Casimir (a former
Birmingham Conservatoire student) has provided his heavy weight upright sound
for the likes of Julian Joseph, Jason Rebello, Benet Mclean, Lonnie Liston
Smith, Nathan Facey, Shane Forbes, Chihiro Yamanaka, Ashley Henry, David
Lyttle, Nubya Garcia, the Clark Tracey Quintet (Meantime, Jubilation), Tom
Harrison (Unfolding in Tempo), Jasmine Power (Stories and Rhymes), Camilla
George and Art Blakey Jazz Messenger saxophonist, Jean Toussaint. Tess Hirst is
a natural story-teller who's lyrics are uncompromisingly honest and layered.
Hirst takes her own personal experiences wider offering a voice to a
generation's struggles.
In what promises to be an evolving collaboration, Daniel
Casimir and Tess Hirst have already received radio support from BBC Radio 3,
BBC Music Introducing and Jazz FM, along with coverage in the London Evening
Standard and Jazzwise magazine.
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