THE GARETH LOCKRANE SEPTET (NEW ALBUM "NO MESSIN" AVAILABLE SEPT 09 FROM JAZZCDS) - Steve
Kaldestad-tenor, (Alex Garnett - tenor in movies below) Robbie Robson - tpt, Trevor Mires -
tbn/euph, Robin Aspland-piano, Matt Miles-bass, Matt
Home - drums, me - flutes GARETH LOCKRANE'S GROOVEYARD (NEW ALBUM ON THE WAY! END OF 2009) is Alex Garnett -
tenor, Mike Outram - guitar, Ross Stanley - hammond
organ, Nick Smalley - drums, me - flutes (NB - Pete Whittaker on hammond and Tom Gordon on drums for the 2 Grooveyard studio tracks on this page) GARETH LOCKRANE BIG BAND is Steve Fishwick,Henry Collins,Robbie Robson,Craig Wild(tpts) Adrian Fry,Mike Feltham,Trevor Mires,Lewis Edney(tbns) Sammy Mayne,Tom Richards,Alex Garnett,Ben Sommers,Bob McKay (saxes) Mike Outram (gtr) Ross Stanley (piano/hammond) Simon Thorpe (bass) Tristan Maillot(drums)+me (flutes)
Website - www.garethlockrane.com
Influences
Coltrane, Bird, Cannonball, Miles, Monk,
Mingus, Bill Evans, all the good guys - plus at the
moment listening to James Clay,Roland Kirk, Jeremy
Steig, Magic Malik, Prince, Eddie Harris, Herbie,
McCoy, Ornette, Joe Farrell, Chick Corea, Mike
Brecker, Jimmy Heath, Joe Lovano, Pepper Adams, Sonny
Stitt, Sonny Rollins, John Scofield, Wes Montgomery,
Clifford Jordan, Walt Weiskopf, Mark Turner, Seamus
Blake, Houston Person, Basie, Steve Grossman, Stanley
Turrentine, Frank Sinatra, Thad Jones, Dick Oatts,
Rich Perry, Gary Smulyan, Frank Tiberi, Gil Evans,
Bach, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bartok. On the film
music side i'm very into Jerry Fielding, Bernard
Hermann, Basil Palidouris' "Robocop" score!, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Lalo
Schifrin, and recently Theodore Shapiro's score for "Heist",very tasty.
NEW FILM SHOWREEL ONLINE! http://garethlockrane.com/gareth-film-score-showreels.html
I play flute, alto and bass flutes and piccolo and have been
based in London since the mid-90's, when i moved down
from Stoke on Trent to do the BMus jazz course at London's
Royal Academy of Music,(alongside
The Fishwick brothers,Tom Cawley, Osian Roberts and
Henry Collins). I'm currently focusing on three groups
of my own,the septet,big band and my hammond band "Gareth Lockrane's Grooveyard" - see new myspace page below. I completed my MA in film
composing at the National Film&Television School in 2008;lots of the short films i've been involved in have gone on to appear and win awards at numerous film festivals and there's now a film showreel section on my website - http://garethlockrane.com/gareth-film-score-showreels.html.
I've been very fortunate recently to have known and worked closely with the late great Bheki Mseleku
in his last group from 2005-2008. I've also performed/recorded in the last
few years with Jack DeJohnette, Incognito,The James Taylor Quartet, Corrine Bailey Rae, Billy Buckley's Wagon Train,
Sirius B, Heritage Orchestra, Tom Richards Jazz Orchestra,Hans Koller and bands
led by Phil Donkin, Kate Williams,Paul Booth,Dan Stern, Jon Opstad, Nia Lynn, Georgia
Mancio, Natalie Williams and Gwilym Simcock. I participated in the Lake Placid jazz
course a few years back and had tuition from jazz heroes Joe
Lovano,Dick Oatts and Jim McNeely,i was a finalist in
the Young Jazz Musician of the Year ages ago in 2000
and I've led the group Grooveyard with saxophonist
Alex Garnett since 2002, which won Best European Jazz
Group in 2003 in the Granada Jazz Festival. I recently made into the Rising Star on Flute Category in 2008's Downbeat Critics Poll.
- REVIEWS -
“Lockrane’s flute work is exceptional, combining a relaxed fluidity with an acute adventurousness on the other.”
JAZZWISE
"the formidable Lockrane...a stunning display of sharp-accented runs, earthy whoops and constantly refreshed melodic ideas" JOHN FORDHAM,THE GUARDIAN
"Lockrane is an exceptional soloist with an improvisatory confidence that's quite startling” PETER VACHER, JAZZWISE
"...the flute, an instrument which has still not achieved a firm foothold in jazz. If the brilliant playing of Gareth Lockrane is anything to go by, that state of affairs may change...” DAVE GELLY, THE OBSERVER
“..Flute phenomenon!...” JACK MASSARICK, LONDON EVENING STANDARD
“a new star on his instrument” JIM MULLEN
Gareth Lockrane lets rip
It's always a pleasure to add a new friend whose talent, the game you permeates from the first listen! Thank you for your friendship Blayst33, French Group
Thanks so much for the add. I'm only learning, but I love jazz. You play very well and beautiful. Come here other time to Málaga to eat a "flamenquin", hahaha. Kisses from Spain, Chela.
FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our second official LP release...
"Modern Mediaeval" is the third LP from singer-songwriter DAVID GARSIDE, and the first to receive the full Frizz Records vinyl treatment. It’s also clearly the most fully-realised statement of his distinctive vision so far…
It’s an easy route to locate David in the tradition of his ‘classic’ rock, pop & soul influences (McCartney, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys, Love, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Dexy’s…), but there are few songwriters working today that have absorbed these This is ’singer-songwriter’ music in the sense that it’s focus is on song-craft and the unfolding of the lyrical vision of a single individual, but if so then it’s definitely at the sophisticated end of the scale (’progressive’ if that term isn’t too loaded…), filed alongside ‘Bryter Layter’, ‘The Hissing Of Summer Lawns’, ‘Pretzel Logic’ or ‘Surf’s Up’...another FRIZZ RECORDS instant classic! "Modern Mediaeval" can be downloaded now from the iTunes Store (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=319307665&s=143444)
The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP in a sumptuous gatefold sleeve, or on Digipack CD from the FRIZZ online shop (http://www.frizzrecords.com/?page_id=5&view_type=default&product_search=modern+mediaeval&search=Search) ...& all good retailers
FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our first official LP release...
"It's Not The Wand, It's The Magic" is the debut release from AUGUST, the London based band centred around the songwriting partnership between vocalist VEDINA MOSE and multi-instrumentalist / producer RAPHAEL MANN (MR HUDSON / JOY JOSEPH / ART TERRY), with master drummer CLEAN CUT MARK and clarinetist / vocalist MAREE CHOIE completing the core line-up, and a supporting cast including ART TERRY (keyboards), SHOHEI KAWAMOTO (AKA Japanese producer Baraki, Bass clarinet, soprano sax and flute), and KAI HOFFMAN (French horn)
Always an act that juggled a diverse set of influences, the album has been compared to artists as diverse as KATE BUSH, PRINCE, DE LA SOUL, SLY STONE, MADLIB, SERGE GAINSBOURG and THE DELFONICS, for its concoction of wild experimentation and traditional song craft, organic production and futuristic electronic touches, funk bass & drums and jazz & orchestral references, infectious melodies and lyrical flights of fancy...with nods towards classic soul, JB funk, Studio One, 60s pop, psychedelia, left field hip hop, new wave, doo wop, tropicalia, high life, & avant garde jazz, without any song ever fitting squarely into any of those categories...new music, basically...and an instant classic!
"It's Not The Wand, It's The Magic" can be downloaded now from the iTunes Store (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=319268431&s=143443)
The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP in a sumptuous gatefold sleeve, or on Digipack CD from the FRIZZ online shop (http://www.frizzrecords.com/?page_id=5&category=20) & all good retailers
Hi Gareth, thanks for accepting my friend request.. love your myspace. I'm off abroad for 6 months from October & was hoping I could ask you for a lesson before I go, also for one of my students (outrageously talented & a joy to teach).. Many many thanks, xx
Hey Ga, sorry I won't be able to come to your Ronnie's gig mate, I'm working. I hope it goes well - I'm sure it'll be awesome. I really want to hear your shit man!! Why not record it on one of those digital recorders, and put it up on this site? Just a suggestion - then we could all enjoy it! Ox
Hey Gareth,it was such a big pleasure to play with you,this trio sounds great with you! I hope we see each other very soon and play together again..and have fun!
Hey Gazza !! Teco Cardoso - the amazing flute player who plays with everyone in Brazil but you may have seen with Joyce sent his congrats on your solo on Star Jamming - high praise indeed !! Drop him a line. Abraco, Felix.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009 7:30PM 606 Club 90 Lots Road, Chelsea, London SW10 www.606club.co.uk +44 (0)20 7352 5953
The Janette Mason Trio - with an acoustic lineup featuring Asaf Sirkis on Drums and Dudley Phillips on Bass, plus special guests. Not to be missed!!
(Look…I know it’s a Wednesday night…come straight from work and have a few drinks. It would be great to see you!!)
Happy New Year!!!!
Janette
Alien Left Hand -- What the critics say:
“…an album fizzing with fresh ideas and delights, an exhilarating musical journey .. with brilliantly original writing and inspired playing…” -- Helen Mayhew
"At last a follow up to Janette Mason's sparkling debut as leader. Alien Left Hand ....was well worth the wait…” Production **** Performance**** -- BBC Music Magazine
"Every track from the rhythmic ‘NY Cab Ride’ and restless ‘4 Wheel Drive’ to the brooding ‘Mae’s Song’ has a terrific hook but it’s the way Mason switches tempo and moods that makes ALH great fun." -- Diva Magazine
