Live At Union Chapel Bill Laurance
Album info
Album-Release:
2016
HRA-Release:
11.11.2016
Album including Album cover
- 1 The Rush 07:23
- 2 Never-Ending City 05:11
- 3 The Good Things 08:52
- 4 December In New York 05:16
- 5 Red Sand 06:54
- 6 The Real One 07:47
- 7 Swift 04:59
- 8 Gold Coast 05:34
- 9 Denmark Hill (Bonus Track) 05:49
- 10 Swag Times 05:52
- 11 Fjords 07:30
- 12 Ready Wednesday 13:22
- 13 The Isles (Bonus Track) 03:26
Info for Live At Union Chapel
Recorded in late May 2015 in front of a live audience at Union Chapel in London, this powerful performance features the very best of this talented keyboardists (and founding member of Snarky Puppy) solo catalogue.
Performing live is completely different to recording in the studio,” says Laurance. “Having toured this music extensively I got to the point where I really wanted to capture the unique energy and spontaneity of the live concert experience and include the dynamic between the band and the audience in the moment. The music is free from overdubs and post-production and it takes on a freshness in the live rendition.”
The show opens with “The Rush,” highlighted by an intricate, driving rhythm from Searight and passionate playing from Laurance. “Swift” sounds massive, with the West Side Trio injecting ominous strings into the arrangement and Laurance nimbly moving between piano, Fender Rhodes and synth to craft a hypnotic groove. Inspired by a trip to the city during a tour with Snarky Puppy, “December in New York” is a moody composition that nevertheless captures the constant hum and movement of NYC, even in winter. “Red Sand” is a highlight, with the musicians locked into a captivating rhythmic pulse and League weaving in a tasteful solo.
This is a truly great contemporary jazz piano concert with nods to modal jazz icon Bill Evans, post-Coltrane piano giants McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock, and the fusion of Joe Zawinul & Chick Corea.
Bill Laurance
Grammy award winner and original member of the internationally acclaimed Snarky Puppy, Bill Laurance released his debut album FLINT in 2014 going straight to No1 in the UK and US iTunes Jazz Charts and receiving international critical acclaim.
His second album SWIFT is released on GroundUP Music in Spring 2015.
Classically trained, Bill has worked as a professional musician since he was 14, touring internationally as a pianist, keyboard player, composer, producer and arranger. Bill has recorded and or performed with artists including: David Crosby, Morcheeba, Salif Keita, Bobby McFerrin, Terence Blanchard, Susana Baca, Lalah Hathaway, Laura Mvula, Jacob Collier, Musiq Soul Child, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Carlos Malta, Miss Dynamite and The Metropole Orchestra.
He has worked extensively in the dance world with companies including Alvin Ailey, Ballet Rambert, Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures, Phoenix Dance, Northern Ballet Theatre and the English National Ballet.
Bill runs his own music production company Twenty Thousand specialising in music for film, TV and commercials. Recent clients include Apple Mac, Sky Broadband, Nokia, De Beers, Hewlett Packard and Rigby & Peller.
Bill is a specialist lecturer at the Institute of Contemporary Music in London and continues to give clinics at music institutions around the world.
This album contains no booklet.