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Portrait of a Woman - David Newton
An album made up of ravishingly
beautiful new melodies composed by pianist David Newton with stunning string arrangements by Richard Niles, where each title is a chapter in the book of a love story.
"…. True genius" THE TELEGRAPH
"…. Romantic music rendered with style and grace" THE TIMES
"….Really beautiful" JOURNAL INTO MELODY
"It’s hard to think of a pianist anywhere who is more potent" MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
On ..Inspired' the extraordinary trio made up of David Newton on piano, Matt Miles on bass and Steve Brown on drums performs a selection of classic jazz standards by Tadd Dameron, Herbie Hancock, Cole Porter, Herb Ellis and others plus one original.
Personnel: David Newton (piano), Matt Miles (bass), Steve Brown (drums).
Newton's recording career began in 1985 with Buddy De Franco and Martin Taylor and his first solo album was released in '88 in association with producer Elliot Meadow who oversaw the next nine years of recording for Linn Records followed by Candid Records. Once again, in 1997, David Newton and Alan Barnes teamed up and together with Concorde Label agent Barry Hatcher, made four CDs for that label. By 2003, Newton had learned a great deal of the ways a record company operated and he set up a business partnership with former pupil Mike Daymond and they established "Brightnewday Records" initially as a vehicle for Newton's own music but with an eye to opening up the catalogue to other artists later on.
In the first five years of the nineties, Newton's reputation as an exquisite accompanist for a singer, spread rather rapidly and by '95 he was regularly working with Carol Kidd, Marion Montgomery, Tina May, Annie Ross, Claire Martin and of course Stacey Kent, with whom he spent the next ten years recording and travelling all over the world. While all this was going on, Newton was composing music which he would record on his own CDs as well as writing specifically for Martin Taylor, Alan Barnes, Tina May or Claire Martin and Newton's music can now be heard on many television productions, especially in the United States where over twenty TV movies benefit from Newton's haunting themes. In 2003, after a twenty year gap, David Newton was reunited with playwright Alan Aykbourn having been involved with eight world premiers in Scarborough and London back in the early eighties, and he was asked to write the music for two new productions, 'Sugar Daddies' and 'Drowning on Dry Land'. Currently, with the release of a new CD called "Portrait of a Woman" on the 'Brightnewday' label, David Newton is relishing the musical freedom of his Trio and the special sound it makes whilst working on two other new recording projects, as an arranger and a composer.
David Newton has been voted best Jazz Pianist in the British Jazz Awards 2009 for the ninth time and was made a Fellow of Leeds College of Music in 2003.
The entire album is a testament to good jazz. The rhythm section sounds great, both individually and as a unit, complimenting Andrew’s lyrical style perfectly.
hi David, thanks for the connection! As you can see we are doing something different in Cheltenham. I hope you and your friends can make it here some time soon you will be very welcome at Xposed Club. Our next event all the way from New York is the fantastic Ravish Momin and his 'Trio Tarana' Friday 11th April 8pm. XC
Hi David-san, Thank you for the add. I like your playing and "Halfway To Dawn" "Inspired" are my favorite. I'd like to see your gig one day. Greetings from Tokyo.
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hi dave,
I love your music, I heard a trio cd of yours a few weeks back it was awesome, completely steeped in the music, cant wait to hear you live
warmest wishes
