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John Leighton: Dramatic Life

Read "Dramatic Life" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


John Leighton's debut is a collection of poetic, pop-laced jazz that often downplays the pianist's own performance skills in favor of Anna Stott's easy-on-the-ears vocals and saxophonist Michael Buckley's engaging saxophone work. While Leighton's name rests high atop the cover of the album, he chooses to use his piano to serve the songs instead of himself, ...

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Dramatic Life

Label: Lyte Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Married the Messenger; Ameltie; Precious Life; For Keats; The Dress; Nothing To Gain; Whin Bush; A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever.

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John Leighton: Dramatic Life

Read "Dramatic Life" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Jazz composers can be inspired by the oddest things, but it's rare to find inspiration coming from those seminal icons of the nineteenth century, Florence Nightingale and John Keats. Northern Ireland-based pianist/songwriter John Leighton puts that right on his beautiful debut, Dramatic Life, and it isn't just his inspirations that are original. Leighton's ...


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