Results for "Andrew McCormack"

Andrew McCormack

Internationally acclaimed pianist and composer Andrew McCormack consistently challenges himself to explore new and very different musical styles as an artist. Whether appearing with Kyle Eastwood or Jamie Cullum, with a symphony orchestra or as a solo pianist, at outdoor festivals or an intimate club, you can always expect the highest level of performance. With Andrew’s latest project, Graviton, he has assembled an A-List of the most sought-after musicians in the modern jazz world, all of whom bring something special to the mix. ESKA, Mercury prize nominee, joins the band on vocals. Sons of Kemet’s sax sensation Shabaka Hutchings and Jacob Collier’s electric bass supremo Robin Mullarkey are a stellar addition

Solo

By Andrew McCormack

Label: Ubuntu Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Dream Catcher; Crystal Glass; Nomad; Wee See; Adagio; Shaper Maker; I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me; Weeds; Prospect Park; Nobody Else But Me; For All We Know.

Andrew McCormack: Solo

by Bruce Lindsay
August 16, 2020

A solo album from Andrew McCormack—a musician best-known as part of Kyle Eastwood's band and, in the three years prior to this recording, as leader of the “prog-rock math-jazz project" (his words) Graviton—was always going to be an intriguing project. Would it lean towards the small-band, big sound of the Eastwood group, or would it be ...

Lift Every Voice And Sing: Twenty #BlackLives Albums That Matter

by Chris May
July 23, 2020

Jazz has been inextricably linked with social and political protest since at least the late 1930s, when Billie Holiday made famous the leftist songwriter and poet Abel Meeropol's “Strange Fruit." The song, which has a power to move that is undiminished by familiarity, likens the bodies of lynched African Americans to fruit hanging in trees.

Graviton: The Calling

By Andrew McCormack

Label: Ubuntu Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Uroboros; Walled Garden; The Calling; Magic Mentor; Crossing The Threshold; The King Is Blind; Fork In The Road; Belly Of The Whale; Dragon; Returning.

Andrew McCormack: Graviton: The Calling

by Roger Farbey
May 31, 2019

Following in the wake of Andrew McCormack's Graviton (Jazz Village, 2017) comes Graviton: The Calling. All Graviton's personnel have changed save for McCormack and Robin Mullarkey, who plays bass guitar on three tracks. The most notable new recruit is Italian-American vocalist Noemi Nuti, who is also a trained harpist. The portentous opener, “Uroboros," gives ...

Graviton

By Andrew McCormack

Label: Jazz Village
Released: 2017
Track listing: Breathe; Graviton; The Waiting Game; Kalamata; Look Up; Andromeda; Fellowship; Escape Velocity; Aurora; The Time Delay Of Light.

Kyle Eastwood: In Transit

by Kris Perdew
November 2, 2017

Now that he is into his late 40's and has released nine albums in his 19 years as leader, no lingering doubt can remain that bassist and composer Kyle Eastwood has stepped out of the formidable shadow of his father. The latest evidence is presented here in the form of Eastwood's latest release, In Transit.

Andrew McCormack: Graviton

by Roger Farbey
June 8, 2017

Graviton's nearest comparison might well be Chick Corea's early albums Return To Forever and Light As A Feather with Flora Purim. But this is much more effusive and busier with stop/start melodies as heard on “Breathe" and the title track. Wordless vocals swoop over insistent piano runs and saxophone incursions courtesy of London-born singer Eska (Eska ...

Jazz Found Alive! Man In Blue Suede Shoes Wanted For Questioning.

by Duncan Heining
October 27, 2015

Colin Towns' Mask Orchestra LSO St. Lukes London October 17, 2015 The gap between the music that Colin Towns makes and much that currently passes for jazz grew even wider last weekend. Performing compositions from his new double CD Drama with his stellar Mask Orchestra, the composer-bandleader revealed the music's potential ...