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Alison Rayner
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Alison Rayner is an award winning bassist and composer from the UK.
The 2019 recipient of an Ivor Novello Composer Award and runner-up ‘Double Bass’ player in the British Jazz Awards for both 2018 and 2019, Rayner has had an extensive career playing jazz and other contemporary styles since the mid-70s, recording and touring internationally with critically acclaimed Latin/jazz group The Guest Stars throughout the 80s.
Performing regularly throughout the UK and Europe, she leads ARQ, her contemporary jazz quintet, described as ‘a beautifully integrated band’ **** by Dave Gelly in the Observer. ARQ’s third ARQ album ‘Short Stories’ was released to critical acclaim late 2019, receiving extensive airplay and reaching #1 in the Amazon Jazz Chart. ARQ won ‘Ensemble of the Year’ in the prestigious 2018 Parliamentary Jazz Awards and were shortlisted in the ‘Small Group’ category of the 2018 British Jazz Awards.
SEMA4
Label: Blow the Fuse
Released: 2025
Track listing: Espíritu Libre; Looking For A Quiet Place; Semaphore; Hamble Horror; Signals From Space; Trip Dance; Riding The Waves; The Handkerchief Tree; All Will Be Will.
Alison Rayner Quintet: SEMA4
by Neil Duggan
Live albums offer a snapshot of a band at a particular time, sometimes capturing them at their peak, when the adrenaline is flowing and the group's energy and cohesion are at their best. SEMA4 by the Alison Rayner Quintet (also known as ARQ) is such an album. It was recorded live at the Vortex Jazz Club ...
Alison Rayner Quintet: Short Stories
by Chris May
The Alison Rayner Quintet's third album is good medicine. Despite the sad events which inspired it, about which more in a moment, Short Stories tells its tales through strong melodies, sinewy rhythms and luminous solos, is by turns tender and exuberant, has an uplifting narrative arc, and simply makes you feel better for listening to it. ...
Short Stories
Label: Blow the Fuse
Released: 2019
Track listing: Croajingolong Bushwalk; Here And Now; There Is A Crack In Everything; Buster Breaks A Beat; A Braw Boy; Life Lived Wide; Colloquy; Seeing Around Corners.
