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| Jonathan Gee with Joseph Lepore and Nasheet Waits ~ The New York Trio | |
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Forged in the furnace that is the New York City jazz community, this latest incarnation of award-winning pianist Jonathan Gee's trio concept features Joseph Lepore (heard with Greg Osby and Rosario Guiliani) on bass, and Nasheet Waits (heard with Jason Moran, Fred Hersch, Andrew Hill), on drums. The unique blend of Gee's very personal melodic and rhythmic world with the intense creative complexity of Waits' drumming and the elastic drive and artistry of Lepore makes this definitely one not to be missed! We See Charlie W's (live) |
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| Gee Gallo Minetto ~ The Italian Trio | ||
In
the summer of 2003, Jonathan was invited to perform at the Appenine
Jazz Festival in Italy, accompanied by two of the young turks of
Italian jazz: Danilo
Gallo on bass and Alessandro
Minetto on drums. It worked! The gig was a great success; a
band was born. Immediately, a ten date autumn tour and a five date
spring tour, both around Italy, were secured; a recording session
was booked for the end of each tour at the Artesuono studio of Stefano
Amerio.
The trio all write for the band and have different writing conceptions which complement each other. Jonathan Gee has said that the composing concepts of Danilo and Alessandro bring out strengths in his playing that are different to those from his own pieces. |
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Jonathan
Gee, Danilo Gallo, Alessandro Minetto. |
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Danilo
has a slightly darker Venetian quality to his harmony and Alessandro
has a fine melodic almost 'thoughtful Brazilian' feel to his tunes.
This is a trio who can touch base with Monk, Herbie Hancock and
Paul Bley, but in their own music create their own world.
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| The trio's first album, Cream of Mandarins, was released by Artesuono in November 2004. |
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| The Scandinavian Connection: Northern Star People | ||
| Jonathan
has been working for a number of years with Finnish trumpeter Mika
Myllari. They have toured in Finland and performed for a week at
the Pori Jazz Festival. In 2005 they made their third consecutive
appearance at Helsinki's April Jazz Festival and performed as the
Northern
Star People project at the 2008 London Jazz Festival, where
they launched their first album, View from the Pocket. |
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| The Fusion Trio | ||
| At
the core of Jonathan's fusion project are jazz/fusion/pop bass maestro
Sylvan Richardson Jr., and hip hop uber-drummer, Richard Spaven.
The band features the classic '70s fusion of Herbie Hancock, Jaco
Pastorius and Stevie Wonder, along with thrash funk versions of
Jonathan Gee originals. They can be heard regularly at Matt
& Phreds in Manchester. |
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| The Jonathan Gee Trio | |||
Jonathan
Gee, Steve Rose, and Winston Clifford have been working together
for 10 years performing at jazz venues and festivals throughout
the UK and Europe. They can be seen regularly at Ronnie Scott's
Club in London where they have both headlined and supported artists
including Joe Lovano and Benny Golson. Their week supporting Joe
Lovano was voted "Time Out Jazz Gig of the Year"
in 1997. |
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Steve
Rose plays double bass, piano & keyboards, and has worked
with Paul Weller, Tim Hagans, Tiny Tim, Eddie Parker, Jacqui Dankworth,
Tommy Chase, Roland Gift and Samantha Fox, among others. He has
worked extensively in international theatre and contemporary dance
composing and performing music for leading companies including the
London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Amici, the David Glass Ensemble
and Candoco. Recently he was Musical Director at the Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden, working with members of the orchestra and
young people with autism. He also works as a film and TV composer. |
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Winston
Clifford is one of Britain's leading jazz drummers. He has worked
with Courtney Pine, Bheki Mseleku, Jason Rebello, Iain Ballamy,
Julian Joseph, Andy Sheppard, Jean Toussaint, Orphy Robinson, Bobby
Watson, Monty Alexander, Birelli Lagrene and Joey Calderazzo. He
has performed in New York and Bombay with Carmen Lundy and is featured
on her latest album, Old Devil Moon. |
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The
Trio has recorded three critically-acclaimed albums, Closer
To (1997), Your Shining Heart (1998), and Chez
Auguste (recorded live at Ronnie Scott's, 2001). |
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