59.00 PLN

CD:

Nr kat.: AKD504
Label  : Linn Records

• The Big Screen trio joyfully explores the worlds of stage and screen, swinging through a selection of timeless melodies which enjoy universal appeal. • A heavyweight of British jazz, pianist David Newton is joined for this project by Tom Farmer (from Empirical), who has a contemporary approach to bass playing, and Matt Skelton, whose virtuoso drum skills keeps everything moving nicely. • David Newton has always thrived on playing material that brings new challenges to his improvisation and he has gone out of his way to do so for this new trio. • There is an emotional and visceral joy when hearing these tunes rendered with the care, intellect, passion and excellence that Big Screen bring to the music. • The impressive line-up of Big Screen play the music with a finely-tuned sense of taste and swing. • Opening with a playful rendition of the small-screen theme ‘Bewitched’, most of the action takes place on the big screen with ‘Heather On The Hill’ conjuring up images of Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse, whilst Toy Story 2’s ‘When Somebody Loved Me’ is haunting in its stark simplicity. • From My Fair Lady, ‘Get Me To The Church On Time’ features a spectacularly successful conjuring of Oscar Peterson and Keith Jarrett whilst ‘On The Street Where You Live’ is straight-ahead swing. • Oscar Hammerstein also enjoys good representation on this album with ‘Hello Young Lovers’ and ‘Old Man River’, both a much-loved part of movie musical history. • Big Screen is a new trio with an enviable pedigree created with the brief to play music from the movies. • David Newton has been the accompanist of choice for vocal royalty for years, and it’s easy to hear why. • Fittingly, 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. • Tom Farmer’s résumé includes being a member of the multiple award-winning ‘Empirical’ Quartet, and is a regular performer at Ronnie Scott’s fabled jazz club. • Drummer Matt Skelton displays tremendous talent and musicality. As the drummer for the GRAMMY®-nominated John Wilson Orchestra he is knows the vocabulary of film music and jazz drumming inside out. MusicWeb International
'...full of elegant and educated playing.'
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Mojo

'Gratifying, old-school trio jazz arrangements of movie tunes with affectionate nods to the witty, straight-ahead 1950s groups of André Previn and Oscar Peterson among some sensitive contemporary reharmonisation, notably Chariots Of Fire. Dave Newton (piano), Tom Farmer (bass) and Matt Skelton (drums) play with a will to swing that is simply intoxicating.'


Jersey Jazz
'The performances of these songs by Big Screen are a joy to hear.'
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Jazzwise
'This is a classy showing and Linn's high quality production values back it all the way.'
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The Guardian
'There are some smart reharmonisations... Newton - a pianist with a sublime touch, a rich harmonic imagination and understated power to surprise - is ripplingly graceful on a whispering Chariots of Fire, light-stepping and jubilant (over Skelton's crisp brushwork and Farmer's walk) on Hello Young Lovers and Ole Man River.'
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London Jazz News
'...this highly professional trio have duly delivered a highly polished album, beautifully recorded...'
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Soul and Jazz and Funk
'Driving force behind the combo is drummer Matt Skelton...'
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The Observer

'When it comes to bold originality and delicacy of touch, Newton is unbeatable...You'll be amazed by the transformations that emerge.'
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