Seldom do I see 7:00 AM on the streets of central Sunday London. It’s actually quite peaceful. I was playing with string quartet ‘Abraxas’ at a catwalk event called ‘Vauxhall Fashion Scout’ near Covent Garden. Surreal but great. Cartoon-style picture courtesy of ‘Paper Camera’ on my Android smartphone – great app.
In other news, my jazz trio is releasing a second video from our December session for public consumption. This is ‘Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise’:
May I present to you the first in a series of filmed recordings of my jazz trio (‘Garnish Trio‘) from December 2011, made at Surrey University. Featuring John Garner on violin, Clement Rooney on piano and James Kenny on double bass; engineered by Jack Sugden. This is Elsa by Earl Zindars.
I’ve just got back from a gruelling five-hour recording session at Surrey University, engineered by my good friend, and excellent engineer, Jack Sugden. Coming to the internet near you: Bach’s B-minor Partita & a few other miscellaneous violin-ish noises. Watch this space! It was lovely to come out of the session to find the ground coated with a fresh layer of snow – not such a nice drive though.
Today it has been confirmed that my band, Polaroid 85, will be supporting the mind-blowing Hidden Orchestra in London’s XOYO on May 6th! This is a dream come true. Hidden Orchestra has certainly been one of my favourite bands since I first heard them. For tickets, please click here.
Yesterday Music Muso introduced my band Polaroid 85 on its site. Have a read of the article here:
The new look website is now fully functioning! From now on, I’ll be posting much more regularly about forthcoming concerts, gigs and such things. Next week I start an intense Symphony Orchestra project at the Royal College of Music featuring the music of Dusapin -> looks and sounds hard! See you on the other side.
Here’s a picture from my trip a couple of months ago to Bosnia and Serbia. I’ve just finished playing Bach’s double concerto with French violinist Pierre Amoyal. More ‘stuff’ to follow soon!
