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The Bird and The Bee A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates |
23rd August 2010 Blue Note |
| Making sublime, sophisticated pop music can be tougher than it sounds. The Bird and The Bee, the duo of singer Inara George and multi-instrumental/Grammy-nominated producer Greg Kurstin, know this not only from the experience of composing original material for their previous full-lengths, The Bird and The Bee (2007) and Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future (2009), but also occasional forays into the catalogs of other songwriters. Having previously put their stamp on the Bee Gees’ “How Deep Is Your Love,” and the standards “Tonight You Belong To Me” and “Autumn Leaves,” for Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates the pair devotes almost an entire album to the songs of two artists that hold a special place in their hearts.
www.thebirdandthebee.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Bill Charlap & Renne Rosnes
Double Portrait |
23rd August 2010 Blue Note |
| It is with no small dosage of irony that highly acclaimed jazz pianists Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes close their dynamic new duo piano album with the timeless standard “Never Will I Marry.” Marry, they have, and happily marry, they do—in musical terms—on Double Portrait, a high point in their respective careers, and the first recorded example of what must be considered one of the finest and most empathetic piano duos in jazz history. Double Portrait is a work of significance and depth, but also flows with the casual and organic quality of musicians with an uncommon simpatico, in life as well as in art. www.bluenote.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Lionel Loueke
Mwaliko |
23rd August 2010 Blue Note |
| Originally from the small West African nation of Benin, guitarist Lionel Loueke has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past several years. In 2008 and 2009, he was picked as top Rising Star guitarist in Down Beat magazine’s annual Critics Poll. His sophomore release for Blue Note, Mwaliko, follows up 2007’s acclaimed Karibu with a series of searching, innovative, intimate duets with Angelique Kidjo, Esperanza Spalding, Richard Bona and Marcus Gilmore. Loueke also includes three new tracks featuring his longtime trio with Massimo Biolcati on bass and Ferenc Nemeth on drums www.lionelloueke.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Jason Moran & The Band Wagon
Ten |
23rd August 2010 |
| In 1999, the same year that Jason Moran released his debut recording Soundtrack To Human Motion, the prodigy pianist and composer also joined New Directions, a band made up of young stars from the Blue Note roster that went on tour in celebration of the label’s 60th anniversary. At the core of New Directions was the genesis of a rhythm section—with Moran, bassist Tarus Mateen, and drummer Nasheet Waits—that would go on to become one of the most enduringly creative piano trios in jazz. Ten years later, the trailblazing trio—which Moran has since dubbed The Bandwagon—headed into Avatar Studios in Manhattan to record Ten, the most assured and focused album of Moran’s acclaimed career, a snapshot of a mature band with a decade of shared musical experience from which to draw. www.bluenote.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Kit Downes Trio
Golden |
7th September 2010 |
| 2010 Barclaycard Mercury Prize – An Album of the Year BBC Award-winning, 24 year old pianist/composer, Kit Downes is one of European jazz’s brightest emerging talents. A key member of the bands Troyka and Golden Age Of Steam his own music draws on inspiration from a multitude of sources from Ravel to Ornette Coleman, film music to Nick Drake and Bill Frisell to David Attenborough, Downes’ impressionistic pictures of people and places drive a work of real depth and earthy beauty. His trio is at the very forefront of the contemporary jazz scene Golden is an inspired nomination for the prestigious Barclaycard Mercury Prize as Downes endeavors both to celebrate the classic jazz piano tradition as well as develop it, without ever being tempted to abandon the music he loves. Click here to download the press release www.kitdownes.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com or sian@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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José James and Jef Neve For All We Know |
13th September 2010 Impulse |
| For All We Know is the release from the masterful and uber-cool vocal interpreter, José James and noted Belgian pianist Jef Neve. Described by James as "a labour of love" all but one of the tracks were recorded in one spontaneous session following a chance performance together for a Belgian TV show. No producer, no overdubs and no retakes. Their collaboration has produced a sterling collection of jazz standards and marks the first signing to the iconic Impulse label in over a decade.
Click here to download the press release For further information please contact julie@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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TAMCO Don’t Think Twice |
20th September 2010 Edition Records |
| ‘Don’t Think Twice’ is the powerfully evocative debut album from Bristol-based vocalist, Tammy Payne, and her new project Tamco. Born out of late night whiskies and a shared love of ‘50s and ‘60s jazz the band features some of Bristol’s most creative and innovative musicians, maverick bassist Jim Barr (Portishead, Get The Blessing), guitarist Neil Smith (Liftmen), keyboardist Dan Moore (Andy Shepperd) and drummer Dylan Howe (Nick Cave, Damon Albarn, Portishead and Robert Wyatt).
Watch TAMCO on YouTube www.editionrecords.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Killer Shrimp Whatever Sincerely; Tales from the Baltic Wharf |
18th October 2010 33 Records |
| Killer Shrimp is the collaboration of two of Europe’s leading jazz musician’s trumpeter Damon Brown and saxophonist Ed Jones. Following their acclaimed 2006 debut, the pair introduce producer/engineer, Joe Leach as their “Sound Gardener” to reconstruct raw material using the studio as a compositional tool. Their dazzling compositions take in funk, reggae, rock and drum’n’bass, with Brown adding vocals to two tracks. Improvisers to the core, Killer Shrimp’s expressive, powerful playing is akin to the hard bop swing tradition of the 50’s, yet ultimately, it is the thoroughly contemporary approach that makes this ensemble inventive, engaging and exciting. Featuring Mark Hodgson on bass and Alyn Cosker on drums plus guests, bassist Geoff Gascoyne and Cinematic Orchestra's drummer, Luke Flowers.
Click here to download the press release. For further information please contact julie@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Jon Thorne Danny Thompson Watching The Well |
18th October 2010 Naim Edge |
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Perhaps best known for his work with Lamb and Lou Rhodes, Manchester based double-bassist and composer Jon Thorne is renowned as a passionate, energetic and highly skilled performer. His 20 year career has seen him work across a broad range of the music spectrum including Lamb, Trilok Gurtu, Robert Fripp, Donovoan, Robert Miles, Guy Barker, Badly Drawn Boy, Lou Rhodes, James Yorkston, King Creosote, Martha Tilston and more. Watching The Well is a 12-part suite in three movements for double bass and orchestral ensemble, written by Thorne as a feature for and celebration of his mentor and friend Thompson. The music draws on ECM inspired European jazz, classical, electronica and folk influences.
www.naimlabel.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Finn Peters Music of the Mind |
25th October 2010 Mantella Records |
| A truly unique project, Music Of The Mind is where art and science meet. It is the culmination of a two year project working with renowned scientist Dr Mick Grierson utilizing pioneering Brain Interface technology that allows musicians to literally think music into being. From mapping his brainwaves in a variety of different ways, Peters has created music that falls somewhere between Kraftwerk and Sun Ra and draws on influences from ‘60s sci-fi funk, and the avant garde disco of Arthur Russell. See Tour Dates (click-through) for details of the Science Museum launch where members of the public can try the technology for themselves.
Click here for short documentary on the Music on the Mind from the masterminds behind the project. Click here to download the press release. For further information please contact julie@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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Gwyneth Herbert Clangers & Mash |
1st November 2010 Naim Edge |
| Gwyneth Herbert is an artist who continues to redefine (and defy) our expectations. A singer-songwriter with one foot in the jazz world and one somewhere in the future, with pierrot-dotted eyes, polka-spotted shoes and swanny whistle in hand she may appear as whimsical as a Bonzo Dog, but writes beautiful melodies and has a poet’s grasp of the world around her. Her song-writing has been compared to Lennon and McCartney, Ray Davies and Janis Ian, while musically her influences range from the junk yard clunk of Tom Waits to the banging drum ‘n’ bass of Hackney’s pirate stations. Clangers & Mash is an inspired mini-album of old stuff, out takes, bedroom ditties and ace new stuff. Lovely.
www.gwynethherbert.com For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com | ||
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