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First reactions from the press:
GUARDIAN 4 STARS ****"Jazz supergroups are volatile concoctions, bespoke teams of virtuosi often just getting in each other's way. But the Anglo-US quartet built from scratch this week around the untried partnership of pianist Gwilym Simcock and Salford guitarist Mike Walker, with Americans Steve Swallow on bass and Adam Nussbaum on drums, fulfilled all its promise – and then some". read more
LEICESTER MERCURY
"A packed Embrace Arts Centre enjoyed a world-class performance by an international jazz group on its way to Ronnie Scott's and a European tour". read more
JAZZWISE
"Gwilym Simcock Dazzles With Anglo-American Supergroup At Bergen Nattjazz Festival" read more
JAZZ BREAKFAST
"Let’s hope it becomes more than a one-tour stand. The band is going on to play around Europe but if you are within driving distance of either Leicester (Embrace Arts Centre tonight) or London (Ronnie Scott’s tomorrow) – so, anywhere on the mainland, in other words – I’d urge you to get along. It’s the real deal". read more
LONDON JAZZ BLOG
"This should be the start of something big". read more
The last of four concerts from the 2009-2010 Britten Sinfonia at Lunch series from the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge. This innovative series, which tours five different cities, including Krakow in Poland, was the winner of an RPS Chamber Music Award, and features an eclectic mix of familiar and unfamiliar pieces, alongside a new commission from a young composer. In this concert, a new work by British composer Gwilym Simcock is performed alongside music by Messiaen and Ravel.
Gwilym Simcock: Simple Tales (World Premiere)
Messiaen: "Louange à l'Eternité de Jésus" from the Quartet for the End of Time.
Ravel: Piano Trio
5 STAR REVIEW OF BLUES VIGNETTE IN THE IRISH TIMES
"The interaction is consistently stunning, while Simcock’s own playing borders on the sublime at times. Rhythmically flexible, assured whether inside or out, the trio set down a marker that few others are likely to equal. One hopes they get the chance to build on it". MORE>>
NEW ALBUM "BLUES VIGNETTE" OUT NOW AND GETTING RAVE REVIEWS
This is a double album featuring solo and trio work and a beautiful suite for cello and piano.
"...an eclectic set that positions Simcock as a young Keith Jarrett in-the-making. It may be bold to compare Simcock with Jarrett, but it's apt. He plays nothing like the iconic pianist, but draws from equally broad sources when he improvises, creating music that's neither jazz nor classical by conventional definition, but liberally blends aesthetic choices from both. A major statement that spotlights his multifaceted interests with pristine clarity, on Blues Vignette, Gwilym Simcock has arrived". John Kelman, Allaboutjazz.com http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34728
GWILYM'S DEBUT ALBUM "PERCEPTION"
RELEASED NOVEMBER 5TH 2007
“Gwilym’s an original. A creative genius”Chick
Corea
"the best jazz release
of the year by a very long way "Helen
Mayhew, The Jazz
...PIANIST,
COMPOSER
