LISTEN TO SIMCOCK/ WALKER/SWALLOW/NUSSBAUM on BBC Radio 3 -LIVE FROM THE MANCHESTER JAZZ FESTIVAL
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tt0y |
 RAVE REVIEWS FOR QUARTET WITH MIKE WALKER, STEVE SWALLOW, ADAM NUSSBAUM
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 Ango-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 |
 GWILYM'S LATEST COMMISSION "CONFLUENCE" PREMIERED AT CHELTENHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY 3RD JULY 2010 WITH THE SACCONI QUARTET
"Pianist Gwilym Simcock’s new quintet, Confluence, bridges the world of the classical string quartet with that of jazz. The convergence happened in the music’s fabric: harmonies seemed to begin where Ravel and Debussy’s jazz dabblings had left off, and there was homage to Debussy and the first two distinctive notes of his string quartet. Understanding with long-term partners the Sacconi Quartet was implicit, and further underlined in the exuberant dancing of Simcock’s Fundero". Dave Reinstein |
 CATCH GWILYM AND AARON GOLDBERG ON RADIO 3 RECORDED LIVE FROM THE PIZZA EXPRESS
READ ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
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 GWILYM SIMCOCK TROP AT THE UTRECHT JAZZ FESTIVAL, NETHERLANDS 10TH MARCH 2010
Photo: Ron Beenen
Gwilym Simcock piano
Yuri Goloubev double bass
James Maddren drums
GWILYM STARRED AT THE HAGUE THREE DAY FESTIVAL WITH NORMA WINSTONE AS SPECIAL GUEST ON MARCH 5TH AND 6TH |
 NEW DOUBLE ALBUM "BLUES VIGNETTE"GETS RAVE REVIEWS
GET A SNEAK PREVIEW>>>>
This is a double album featuring new trio and solo work. Recorded at Curtis Schwartz's studio in Ardingly. Curtis is a master engineer who gets a fabulous sound and has the patience of an angel.
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PIZZA EXPRESS RESIDENCY A HUGE SUCCESS
"Simcock stamps his personality on whatever he plays" FT ****
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GWILYM AT THE PROMS ON 31ST AUGUST 2009
Gwilym performed his piece "Contours" with the Aronowitz Ensemble at Cadogan Hall as part of a celebration of 10 years of the BBC New Generations Artists Scheme. |
Gwilym wrote a major choral work for the Norfolk and Norwich Festival featuring The Voice Project with over 100 voices with the Gwilym Simcock Trio and special guest Klaus Gesing on reeds. The world premiere performance took place in Norwich Cathedral on Saturday 9th May 2009 at 8.00 p.m. This work will also be performed at the LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL ON 21ST NOVEMBER. for more details see dates
NORFOLK AND NORWICH FESTIVAL COMMISSION
"I Prefer the Gorgeous Freedom" described as
"pure musical beauty" in the Norwich Evening News |
| Gwilym commissioned to write an orchestral piece for the 40th anniversary of Chetham's School which will be performed at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on 8th March. |
| Gwilym to appear in Spain at Vila Real, Madrid and Alicante |
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Gwilym's trio debut at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam
and at the Koln Philharmonie |
| Gwilym appeared at Kings
PlAce - London's fabulous new music venue in King's Cross on October
5th with no less than four different groups on the
same evening www.kingsplace.co.uk |
 Gwilym
is chosen as one of the 1000 Most Influential People in London by
the Evening
Standard
Here is what they say:
"Gwilym Simcock, 27 COMPOSER AND PIANIST
A meteoric rise to stardom saw this classically trained jazz genius
perform his composition Progressions at this year's Proms with the
BBC Concert Orchestra. Hailed for his originality and a gifted pianist,
he is wanted everywhere and one to watch". |
| Gwilym wins huge commission
to perform at this year's PROMS
at the Albert Hall in London. Gwilym composed a Piano Concerto
"Progressions" which he performed with his trio and the
BBC Concert Orchestra on August 9th 2008. The performance was broadcast live on BBC2 TV. |
| New Horn Sonata performed
at the Wigmore Hall on 12th May with French Horn player Chris Parkes |
| "Contours" - a special
commission for The Aronowitz Ensemble was performed at the City of
London Festival in June. |
Gwilym will
continue to promote his album during the coming months. He will
also be appearing with a new group NEON who are launching their
first album this Spring. The band features Stan Sulzmann on saxes,
Gwilym on grand piano and French horn and Jim Hart of vibes and
marimba. www.stansulzmann.co.uk
Acoustic Triangle go from strength to strength and
this year a major Arts Council Funded tour will take them to many
of the major cathedrals throughout the country with the Sacconi
strings. www.acoustictriangle.com |
Gwilym featured in Der
Spiegel and in a number of other German publications;
• http://www.fonoforum.de/site/alias__fofo/cd-kritiken/jazz/459/jazz.aspx
• http://www.br-online.de/bayern4/sendungen/jazz/
• http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,537613,00.html
• http://www.jazzcity-net-edition.de/cds-simcock.html
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BBC RADIO 3 LISTENERS'
AWARDS
Gwilym
is on anominated for the Radio 3 Listeners' Awards |
Gwilym's commission for
the Britten Sinfonia Jackie's Dance premiered at
the 2007 London Jazz Festival .
Britten Sinfonia uncovers hidden treasure Peter
Bacon The Birmingham Post Nov 29 2007
"The hidden treasure of the evening was to be found at the
start of the second half: Jackie's Dance, written specially for
Britten leader, violinist Jacqueline Shave, and with Gil Evans'
spirit at his shoulder, by the young British jazz musician Gwilym
Simcock.
This was the only piece that incorporated Evans' legacy while sounding
like it was centred in 2007". |
| Gwilym's
album Perception voted one of the best albums of the year on Jazz
on 3 7th December 2007 |
| GWILYM'S "POINT OF CONTACT"
composed for the Scottish Ensemble FEATURED ON RADIO 3 on OCTOBER
12TH |
| GWILYM'S
TRIO ON RADIO 3'S JAZZ LINE UP ON SATURDAY 7TH JULY AT 4.00 P.M. -
RECORDED LIVE AT LAST YEAR'S LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL |
| April 24th 2007 Gwilym
wins Jazz Musician of the Year at the Parliamentary
Jazz Awards 2007 |
| July
13th GWILYM'S TRIO AT THE NORTH
SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL IN ROTTERDAM |
| June 28th Gwilym
performs solo at the prestigious Klavier
Festival Ruhr after being chosen to perform there
by Chick Corea. Gwilym is in great company with Alfred Brendel, Andras
Schiff, Daniel Barenboim, Chick Corea, Michel Camillo and Keith Jarrett
all of who feature in this year's festival. Watch this space for information
on a WDR radio broadcast from Frankfurt and a free covermount
CD of the concert in the German magazine FONOFORUM. |
June
15th 2007 Gwilym was guest
soloist for Mark Antony Turnage at the Queen
Elizabeth Hall. The
London Sinfonietta perform the world premiere of a new work by Mark-Anthony
Turnage and Barb Jungr, commissioned for the relaunch of Southbank
Centre. About Water combines newly created material from Turnage
and Jungr, interspersed with new arrangements of songs for ensemble
and orchestra, which have water as a theme. A quartet of singers,
who straddle classical and jazz styles, and an ensemble of jazz
and classical instrumental soloists, including John Patitucci, Gwilym
Simcock and Gabriella Swallow, joined the London Sinfonietta and
Barb Jungr on stage. |
| On 5th May
Gwilym's big band appeared at Cheltenham Jazz Festival
to perform "The Lichfield Suite" originally commissioned
for last year's Lichfield Festival. The band included John Parricelli,
Stan Sulzmann, Julian Siegel, Mark Lockheart, Noel Langley, Laurence
Cottle, Martin France and many other great players. This was recorded
in the studio on 7th May and was broadcast on Radio 3 on 1st
June at 11.30 p.m. on "Jazz on 3". It can be heae again
at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 |
GWILYM
has just completed a week long tour with the Scottish Ensemble
as featured soloist and premiered a new commission written specially
for the tour. The commission, "Point of Contact",
featured Gwilym on piano and young percussion virtuoso
Ben Bryant on vibraphone. The piece was very well received by audiences
and press alike and you will have the opportunity to hear the concert
which was recorded for BBC Radio Scotland and which will be broadcast
later in the year on BBC Radio 3. Please watch the website for details
READ MORE>>>>
Scottish
Ensemble Website |
| In March Gwilym recorded
a 45 minute Concerto for Piano and Big Band with Germany's most prestigious
radio orchestra the NDR Big band. This work will
be broadcast later in the year so please watch the website for details
of what promises to be a really special treat. |
|  On
20th May performed at the Barbican Hall
with vocal sensation Bobby McFerrin. With Bobby
and Gwilym were the LSO St Luke's Community Choir and Gavino Murgia,
a truly astonishing vocalist and instrumentalist, whose rich and
resonant throat singing evokes the landscape and traditions of his
native Sardinia.
www.bobbymcferrin.com |
GWILYM'S status as BBC Radio 3 New
Generations Artist has been extended for a further year to October
2008. This is to allow him more opportunities to record and compose
for the the BBC.
Over the past few months Gwilym has appeared on a
variety of Radio 3 shows including Jazz Line-Up, In Tune, and 3
special solo broadcasts over Christmas featuring a number of other
artists on the New Generations Artist Scheme. |
