Jazz Articles about Eddie Gripper

About Eddie Gripper

Album Review

Americana, the second album from British jazz pianist and composer Eddie Gripper, takes inspiration from an 8,000 km hitchhiking journey he took from Alaska to California in 2022. His reflections on the warmth of the people he encountered on his journey through nine states, coupled with his impressions on the American spirit, form the basis behind the album's seven tracks. Gripper garnered significant praise for his 2023 debut album, Home (Ubuntu Music), and has also proven himself a ...

Album Review

Elijah Jeffery & Eddie Gripper: Elijah Jeffery & Eddie Gripper

Read "Elijah Jeffery & Eddie Gripper" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
June 6, 2025

English pianist Eddie Gripper was last featured on All About Jazz in 2023 with his debut album, Home (Ubuntu Music). He returns in the company of vocalist Elijah Jeffrey with their self-titled album, featuring eight tracks, seven of which are original songs, together with an adaptation of a 17th-century aria. Jeffrey has a distinctive voice; he commands attention not only from his impressive vocal range but also from the clarity of his delivery. With his phrasing showing influences ...

Album Review

Eddie Gripper: Home

by Neil Duggan
May 6, 2023

Home is the debut album from Eddie Gripper, an English pianist, composer and educator from Oxfordshire. He's now based in Cardiff, where he studied jazz at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama with Huw Warren. He has collaborated with Warren and also with Iain Ballamy, John Parricelli and Welsh folk artist Angharad Jenkins of Calan. His debut features fellow graduates from the same university, bassist Ursula Harrison and drummer Isaac Zuckerman. The recording came out of ...