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Pete Wareham
Pete Wareham is a British saxophonist, composer and band leader. He leads the genre-defying North African/punk/jazz/dance band Melt Yourself Down and is a member of Nadine Shah’s Mercury Prize-nominated band, Seb Rochford’s Pulled By Magnets and also ran the influential group Acoustic Ladyland. Formerly of Rochford’s now disbanded Mercury Prize-nominated Polar Bear, Wareham has also played saxophone with Sons Of Kemet, Mica Levi, James Chance, Supergrass, Ben E King. Wareham recently composed the soundtrack for the BBC's new prime time Saturday night sitcom '' King Gary''. Career Wareham graduated from Leeds College of Music in 1997 and later continued to pursue post graduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Wareham played tenor and baritone saxophone in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra during 1997–1999. His continued success as a saxophonist led to many notable performances, including appearances at New York's Blue Note Club, London's Ronnie Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Note (jazz Clubs)
Blue Note Jazz Club is a jazz club and restaurant located at 131 West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on September 30, 1981, by owner and founder Danny Bensusan, with the Nat Adderley Quintet being the featured performers for the night. The club's performance schedule features shows every evening at 8:00 pm and 10:30 pm and a Sunday jazz brunch with performances at 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. The venue has also started a bi-weekly Late Night Groove Series giving New York's up-and-coming jazz, soul, hip-hop, R&B and funk artists an opportunity to showcase their talents on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 12:30 am. The club has locations in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan; Milan, Italy; Waikiki, Hawaii; Napa, California; Beijing, China; and São Paulo, Brazil. History Bensusan's belief was "that if he brought big acts into a comfortable environment with great food, he could pack the house night after night."Alison Morris"Blue Note Jazz Club now a global bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Held On The Tips Of Fingers (album)
''Held on the Tips of Fingers'' is the second album by Sebastian Rochford's British jazz band Polar Bear. Background ''Held on the Tips of Fingers'' was released in 2005 on Babel Label and later re-released by The Leaf Label in 2014. This album sees Polar Bear's original line up augmented by London-based electronic artist, songwriter and producer Leafcutter John, who has played a distinctive role in shaping the group's later albums. Critical reception ''Held on the Tips of Fingers'' received strong reviews in the UK press and was called "a highly creative successor to the equally distinctive ''Dim Lit''" by The Guardian and "an even more thrilling and momentous affair than its predecessor…..radical, invigorating and heartening" in All About Jazz. Observer Music Monthly placed the album at number 12 in its list of the "Top 100 Albums of 2005" and Jazzwise placed the record at 100 in the article "100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World". They called Rochford "the most gifted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dim Lit
''Dim Lit'' is the debut album by British jazz band Polar Bear, formed and led by drummer Sebastian Rochford. Background Polar Bear were awarded Best Band at the BBC Jazz Awards 2004, giving ''Dim Lit'' a platform for small scale success. It was eventually surpassed by their following album ''Held On The Tips Of Fingers'' (2005), which was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. The album was initially released on Babel Label and re-issued by The Leaf Label in 2014. Reception ''The Guardian'' write that this album "captures (Polar Bear's) unique virtues" and that it "goes straight on to the albums-of-2004 longlist". The ''BBC'' call ''Dim Lit'' "a finely crafted album" in their review of the follow-up album. Track listing All tracks written by Seb Rochford Personnel Polar Bear * Pete Wareham — tenor saxophone * Mark Lockheart — tenor saxophone * Sebastian Rochford - drums, percussion, drum programming * Tom Herbert - double bass Additional musicians * Julia Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skinny Grin
''Skinny Grin'' is a 2006 album by Acoustic Ladyland, featuring the singles "Salt Water" and "Cuts & Lies". It was recorded at Eastcote Studios in London, engineered by Philip Bagenal and Al O'Connell. James Chance's guest appearance was recorded at The Cutting Room in New York City. Track listing All songs arranged by Acoustic Ladyland except "Skinny Grin" by Acoustic Ladyland and Robert Harder. # "Road of Bones" (P. Wareham) - 3:06 # "New Me" (P. Wareham, S. Rochford) - 2:22 # "Red Sky" (P. Wareham) - 5:03 # "Paris" (P. Wareham, M. Wareham, S. Rochford) - 2:49 # "Your Shame" (P. Wareham, M. Wareham, S. Rochford) - 3:03 # "Skinny Grin" (P. Wareham, M. Wareham) - 1:27 # "Salt Water ( Scott Walker mix)" (P. Wareham, S. Rochford) - 3:48 # "Cuts & Lies" feat. Coco Electrik (P. Wareham, M. Wareham) - 3:15 # "Glass Agenda" (P. Wareham, M. Wareham, S. Rochford) - 2:39 # "That Night" (P. Wareham, M. Wareham) - 4:30 # "The Rise" (P. Wareham, M. Wareham) - 3:20 # "The Room" (P. Wareham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Chance Disco
Last Chance Disco is the second studio album by British punk jazz band Acoustic Ladyland. It was released on 16 May 2005 by Babel Label. Background ''Last Chance Disco'' was created as a reaction to Pete Wareham's frustration with jazz, and his desire to fuse jazz with the "ethic and fun of punk rock, punk". The album has been called a mixture of "the language of jazz with the rhetoric of instrumental rock" by ''The Guardian''. The album has also been described as being "closer to thrash metal and grindcore than jazz" in an article describing the band as "an electric jazz band that plays dirty rock 'n' roll, or a dirty rock 'n' roll band that plays electric jazz". The band promoted the album on the UK television show ''Later... with Jools Holland'' shortly after the album's release. ''Last Chance Disco'' gained critical acclaim from reviewers on release, ''Jazzwise'' ultimately naming it the best album of 2005 in their end of year poll. ''The Observer'' also ranked the album in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babel Label
Babel Label is a jazz record label founded in 1994 by Oliver Weindling. It released more than 130 recordings in its first 20 years, two of which were nominated for the Mercury Prize. Formation Weindling was a banker in England in the 1980s when his interest in jazz expanded beyond a hobby. He became acquainted with musicians from the British big band Loose Tubes and with Iain Ballamy and Billy Jenkins. Weindling began organising concerts for London musicians and found that CDs were essential to generate publicity. In 1994, Motivated by this and by the difficulty of releasing the music that he was interested in, Weindling started the label and named it after the Biblical tower. Approach and releases Despite being the label's owner and only full-time employee, Weindling does not seek to influence what the musicians play on the label's recordings. Although Babel is not formally linked with any studio or recording engineers, it tends to use a small number of each. Babel has relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camouflage (Acoustic Ladyland Album)
''Camouflage'' is an album by Acoustic Ladyland that was recorded in October 2003 and released by Babel Label in 2004. It was the band's first album. Reception ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' wrote that "The pieces are cleverly orchestrated, Cawley doctoring his piano to make it work like electric guitar ..while Rochford plays anything other than straight jazz time." John Fordham noted a Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ... influence and commented "Hendrix inspiration or no, it doesn't really catch Hendrix's fire, and its themes and ensembles are less memorable than those of Babel's Polar Bear quartet, which also features Rochford, Wareham and Herbert." Track listing # "Some Other Sky" # "Marching Dice" # "Something Beautiful" # "Routinely Denied (No Retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday Destination
''Holiday Destination'' is the third studio album by English musician Nadine Shah. It was released in August 2017 under 1965 Records. The album was produced by Ben Hillier. The album was nominated for a Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the B ... in 2018. Track listing Accolades Chart References {{Authority control 2017 albums Nadine Shah albums Albums produced by Ben Hillier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American Decca's president. In 1937, anticipating Nazi Germany, Nazi aggression leading to World War II, Lewis sold American Decca and the link between the U.K. and U.S. Decca labels was broken for several decades. The British label was renowned for its development of recording methods, while the American company developed the concept of cast albums in the musical genre. Both wings are now part of the Universal Music Group. The U.S. Decca label was the foundation company that evolved into UMG (Universal Music Group). Label name The name dates back to a portable phonograph, gramophone called the "Decca Dulcephone" patented in 1914 by musical instrument makers Barnett Samuel and Sons. The name "Decca" was coined by Wilfred S. Samuel by merging the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leaf Label
The Leaf Label is a British independent record label based in Yorkshire, England. Initially an electronic music label, releasing mainly instrumental music, the company's approach now features artists spanning jazz and post-punk. History The Leaf Label was created in late 1994 by Tony Morley; at that time, press officer at 4AD in London, along with his friend Julian Carrera, then working for music press company Stone Immaculate. The pair ran the label as a hobby until the end of 1996, during which time they released a series of eight 12" singles, of mainly electronic music. The label debuted in early 1995 with a 12" release by Boymerang, a project by Graham Sutton of the post-rock band Bark Psychosis, and early releases also included two volumes of the 'Invisible Soundtracks' series of EPs. Following his recovery from a serious road accident in 1995, Morley decided to leave 4AD at the end of 1996, setting up his own independent promo company No9, and parting company with Carrera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
