David Newton – Eye Witness

79.00 PLN

CD:

Cat. nr: BKD015
Label  : Linn Records

• A master of jazz piano and acknowledged heavyweight of British jazz, David Newton’s sophisticated playing is to the fore in his second studio album. • Originally released in 1991, Eye Witness has been re-issued as part of Linn’s ECHO series which offers a second chance to enjoy the best of the label’s award-winning catalogue. • Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Eye Witness sees the award-winning pianist strike the perfect balance between well played standards and upbeat catchy originals. • The instinctive interplay between the trio of Newton, Green and Ganley shows emphatic musical understanding. • An accomplished composer, David Newton has written for Martin Taylor, Alan Barnes, Tina May and Claire Martin; his three original compositions sit well alongside standards such as Hancock's ‘Eye of the Hurricane’ and Mal Waldron's ‘Soul Eyes’. • Recorded shortly after his acclaimed debut, Eye Witness demonstrates Newton’s depth of compositional ideas adding to the great modern jazz keyboard tradition of Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans. • David Newton has been playing jazz piano for over thirty years and has worked with the greatest singers and players in the world. • His playing has a great depth of both emotion and musicality without compromising any of his individuality. • David Newton has been voted best Jazz Pianist in the British Jazz awards for the thirteenth time in 2014 and was made a Fellow of Leeds College of Music in 2003. • Newton's recording career began in 1985 with Buddy De Franco and Martin Taylor and his first solo album followed soon after. • Newton's reputation as an exquisite accompanist led him to regularly work with singers Carol Kidd, Marion Montgomery, Tina May, Annie Ross, Claire Martin and of course Stacey Kent.