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Ensam

Kevin Brady

Label: LRP Records
Released: 2016
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Tracks

How The Other Half Lives; Checkpoint Charlie; Ensam; Just at Sunset; Libertine; Yoopers; But Not for Me; Southern Smiles; The Night We Called it a Day.

Personnel

Album Description

The Kevin Brady Trio featuring Bill Carrothers (USA) The Telegraph :: U.K. **** ‘This Trio display an enviable poise and togetherness amid cascading instrumental breaks and Improvised flourishes’ – James Lachno Brady’s latest album features six original compositions & lyrics, the music features exploratory improv. Sometime’s hypnotically insistent, sometimes turbulent. All with a lasting story of experience & moments past. One of the most interesting & unique jazz trios to haveemerged in the last ten years is the International collaboration between Irish jazz musician Kevin Brady, U.S. pianist/composer Bill Carrothers & bassist Dave Redmond. Brady will released his third studio album entitled ‘ENSAM’ on LRP Records in May 2016. The record features exciting & original compositions penned by Brady and remarkable arrangements of standards such as The Night we called it A Day, But not for me by Gershwin & the Keith Jarrett composition entitled Southern Smiles. Ensam also features special guest vocalist the legendary Norma Winstone on four of the tracks. Brady originally formed this trio in 2007 with a clear aim of creating and producing new Contemporary jazz and the impact of this was immediate. Ensam also features remarkable re-workings of the popular jazz standards But Not For Me by George Gershwin, a unique duet performance by Carrother’s & Winstone of the Matt Dennis song ‘The Night We Called It A Day’ and an exhilarating quartet performance of the Keith Jarrett composition ‘Southern Smiles’. Chicago Reader, U.S.A. **** ‘The Kevin Brady Trio achieve a stunning equilibrium; the group move as one’ Their performances have been critically acclaimed for their dynamism and musicality. Brady, Carrothers & Redmond have toured regularly and consolidated their worldwide reputation as a compelling live act. The trio has performed extensively and have won the appreciation of discerning jazz audiences as far afield as the USA, Europe, UK, Russia, China and the Azores. Their previous albums have attracted Universally enthusiastic reviews and became instantly popular with jazz radio broadcasters. The Kevin Brady Trio featuring Bill Carrothers will be touring throughout 2016 with new music that embraces imaginative creativity and contributes to the evolution of stunning, surprising Contemporary jazz. The Sunday Tribune, Ireland **** ‘Dublin based drummer Kevin Brady has been one of the most dynamic forces in Irish jazz over the last few years’ All About Jazz, U.S.A. ‘Brady is an impressive drummer with strong chops, impeccable taste, creative & most notably ,terrific tone’ Jazz Journal, England **** ‘The interaction between the musicians is first class’ Jazz Review Magazine, England **** ‘This group are prepared to see what happens and go where the music leads. One of the Best albums I've heard this year’. Kevin Brady – Compositions:Lyrics:Drums:Percussion Bill Carrothers – Piano Dave Redmond – Double Bass featuring special guest Norma Winstone – Vocals Album engineered & recorded by Ivan Jackman, Meadows Recording Studios,Delgany, Co. Wicklow. Mixed by Thomas Schmidt & Kevin Brady at Schmidt-Thon Studios, Munich, Germany Studio photography by Scan www.afghaniscan.com Album design photography by Daragh Mc’Dough www.daraghmcdonaghphotography.com Art direction and design by dseny www.dseny.es Composition & lyrics by Kevin Brady apart from tracks 7,8,9. Arrangements by Bill Carrothers & Kevin Brady. Track 7 composed by Ira Gershwin, Track 8 by Keith Jarrett, Track 9 by Matt Dennis. Produced by Kevin Brady