Huw uses Shure SM58 and SM86 and Rode M2 microphones, plays Godin Multiac and Yamaha AEX 500 electric classical guitars, and uses AER Alpha, AER Compact 60 and Roland AC60 amplifiers. He uses a Boss RC-2 Loopstation pedal to create live samples during performance, and a Boss SD-1 when he wants an overdriven sound. Huw has his own transport and can supply a 600w PA, which is loud enough for most rooms.
Influences
Tom Jobim, Marvin Gaye, Bootsy Collins, Elis Regina, Miles Davis, Joao Noguiera, James Brown, Kenny Burrell, Gilles Peterson, Cartola, Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, Roni Size, The Roots, Keb Darge, Fela Kuti, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, the Skatalites, Basement Jaxx, Herbie Hancock, Prince, The Pharcyde, Saban Bajramovic, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Ashford + Simpson, Charlie Mingus ..... and much more.
Booking enquiries: call 07931 777637 or email huwgprice@gmail.com
Biography:
Huw Price is a guitarist and singer who is influenced by classic soul, bossa nova, deep funk, afrobeat and hard bop. He plays both his own compositions and a wide range of soul, jazz and latin classics. Huw is available for bookings for bars, restaurants, hotels, night clubs, members' clubs, weddings, private parties and corporate functions. He is smart and punctual, with his own transport and amplification system. His equipment is PAT tested, and he has full Public Liability Insurance.
Huw performs in London several hundred times a year. Solo, with his duos or with his band, he has held residencies at some of the finest venues in town, such as: The Trafalgar Square Hilton, Eight Members Club [City], China White, Dogstar [Brixton], The Wyndham Grand [Chelsea], Revolution [City], La Gondola [Battersea], Gaucho Grill Picadilly, Gaucho Grill Hampstead, Number Ten [Ladbroke Grove], River Lounge [Tower Bridge], Guoman Hotel [Tower Bridge], Mason's [Ladywell], the Alma [Crystal Palace], the Old Dairy [Crouch End], Si Mangia [Forest Hill], Lost Angel [Battersea ]and Viva Viva [Crouch End].
He has also played one-off engagements at venues such as Claridge's, Momo's, Hampton Court Palace, Infinity Club, Sound, Leeds Castle, the Light Bar and 40:30 at the top of the Gherkin building. He has played private art exhibitions and corporate events for blue-chip clients such as Microsoft and Eversheds. References from all types of clients [weddings, hotels, members clubs, restaurants, corporate, private functions, bars] are available on request.
Huw can perform as a solo artist or in duos / trios / quartets with amazing musicians like Max Grunhard [Impossible Ark / Quantic], Javier Camilo [Ronnie Scotts / Son de Habana], Roberto Manzin [Victor Hugo / James Brown], Bukky Leo [Black Egypt / Fela Kuti], Renato D'Aiello [Curve / Spotlite / 33Jazz] and Osamu Yano.
Huw can play in duos with either a sax player, another guitarist or a percussionist - or in a trio with a sax player and a percussionist.
Repertoire
Stand by Me (Ben E King) *
Summertime (Ella Fitzgerald + Louis Armstrong) *
Georgia On My Mind (Ray Charles) *
Insensatez (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *
Let’s Stay Together (Al Green) *
Caravan (Duke Ellington) *
Respect (Aretha Franklin) *
Is This Love? (Bob Marley) *
The Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix) *
Can't Hide Love (Creative Source) *
Sign Your Name Across My Heart (Terence Trent D'Arby) *
Footsteps on the Dancefloor (Womack + Womack) *
I Put A Spell On You (Nina Simone) *
Girl from Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *
Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra) *
Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding) *
Brown Sugar (D’Angelo) *
In a Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington) *
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *
When A Man Loves A Woman (Wilson Pickett) *
Nature Boy (Nat King Cole) *
Blackbird (The Beatles) *
Redemption Song (Bob Marley) *
Master Blaster/Jammin’ (Stevie Wonder) *
Music to Watch Girls By (Andy Williams) *
Come in Out of the Rain (Parliament) *
Bamboleo (Gypsy Kings) *
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers) *
Lonesome Road (Madeleine Peyroux) *
As (Stevie Wonder) *
Somewhere over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen / Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole) *
Trouble (Ray Lamontagne) *
Embraceable You (The Gershwins / Nat King Cole) *
The Night Time is the Right Time (Ray Charles) *
I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye) *
Fly Me To the Moon (Frank Sinatra / Astrud Gilberto) *
Mas Que Nada (Jorge Ben / Sergio Mendez) *
How Sweet It Is To be Loved by You (Marvin Gaye) *
Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *
Superstition (Stevie Wonder) *
It’s a Man’s Man’s World (James Brown) *
Lately (Stevie Wonder) *
Falling (Alicia Keys) *
Shackles / Praise You (Mary Mary) *
Chan Chan (Buena Vista Social Club) *
Yesterday (The Beatles) *
Agua de Beber (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *
Feelin’ Good (Nina Simone) *
Higher & Higher (Jackie Wilson) *
Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles) *
Poder de Criacao (Joao Noguiera) *
The Look of Love (Burt Bacharach / Dionne Warwick) *
All I Need To Get By (Marvin Gaye + Tammi Terrell) *
One Note Samba (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *
Everything is Everything (Lauren Hill) *
Kiss (Prince) *
Yellow Moon (The Neville Brothers) *
Love Me Or Leave Me (Nina Simone) *
Triste (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *
Killing me Softly (Roberta Flack / The Fugees) *
Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder) *
Space Oddity (David Bowie) *
So Much Trouble in the World (Bob Marley) *
These Arms Of Mine (Otis Redding) *
Berimbeu (Powell / De Moraes) *
Soul Man (Sam and Dave) *
Sunny Afternoon (The Kinks) *
Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers) *
Angel Eyes (Tony Bennett) *
Think (James Brown) *
Fever (Peggy Lee) *
Don’t Let it Bring You Down (Neil Young) *
Jesse (Mother Earth) *
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones) *
Like a Star (Corinne Bailey Rae) *
Disritmia (Martinho da Vila) *
Wonderwall (Oasis) *
Spanish Joint (D’Angelo) *
Moon River (Frank Sinatra) *
Chega de Saudade (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *
Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters) *
Come Together (The Beatles) *
As Rosas Nao Falam (Cartola) *
Don’t let me down (The Beatles) *
Soul Divine (Amp Fiddler) *
Oh! Darling (The Beatles) *
Tell It Like It Is (The Neville Brothers) *
Desafinado (Antonio Carlos Jobim) *
Crosstown Traffic (Jimi Hendrix) *
Heart’s Desire (Don Blackman) *
That’s the Way Love Is (Marvin Gaye) *
Unchain My Heart (Ray Charles) *
Right on For the Darkness (Curtis Mayfield) *
Hercules (Aaron Neville) *
As if You Read My Mind (Stevie Wonder) *
Walk on By (Burt Bacharach) *
Velha Infancia (Tribalistas) *
Wild Wood (Paul Weller) *
I Believe I Can Fly (R Kelly) *
My Girl (Otis Redding) *
I get the Sweetest Feeling (Jackie Wilson) *
Lean On Me (Bill Withers) *
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel) *
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) *
What's on the player?
As [Stevie Wonder]
I Heard it Through the Grapevine [Whitfield and Strong]
Garota de Ipanema [Jobim / de Moraes]
How Sweet It Is [Holland, Dozier, Holland]
Caravan [Duke Ellington]
Georgia On My Mind [Carmichael / Gorrell]
Mas Que Nada [Jorge Ben Jor]
All I Need to Get By [Ashford and Simpson]
Hercules [Aaron Neville]
As Rosas Nao Falam [Cartola]
All songs are performed by Huw Price, guitar and voice. Copyright Huw Price / Bermuda Triangle Records 2009.
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
Many thanks for the add! You have a really great sound and vibe!
If you get a moment please go to my re-vamped page to check out material from my album ‘Time Waster’ plus new live recordings.
“Fast flowing, smooth grooving, slinky, sassy, Jazz Fusion.. If you love free form Jazz, then you will love Charly Richardson’s ‘Time Waster’. It is an album that gives a nice contemporary twist on Jazz Rhythms, vibes and movements!” iTunes customer
Hi Huw, thanks for finding me. I really like the mellowness of Hear it through the grapevine. You have a lovely natural tone to your voice. I shall be singing my version of tht song at Dean St on 6th and 7th. Come down for a beer if your free!
