Dave Stapleton - Another ! Outstanding ! Brit ! Pianist (exclm mark assumed)

[charles t]

Dave's release - Flight - featuring tenorist Marius Neset along with a string quartet - remains the best thing I have heard in recent memory.

Dig on Dave's solo on Dedication Song (at 4:00") from a lengthy playlist by the DSQ

[handsomefortune]

yes! love his band who tour a lot, so a 'must see' imo.

extracts from 'flight' were played on jezon3 iirc.....i remember it as dark, pessimistic, and impressively angry. 5

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

thanks for that Chas! i see he is on emusic! next monthly score and it is in the bag eh ....

have you seen em live handsome, they look a formidable ensemble on that utube clip?

[handsomefortune]

yep seen em, would definitely like to see em again, probably best in a smallish venue. imo ideally, the bottom end of stapleton's piano needs to vibrate your seat beautifully!

a formidable ensemble

refreshingly focused, and down right grumpy.

the all important 'after sensation' for me was that they reflect current times....minus the usual cliches and pitfalls of feeling the compulsion to 'document' within a creative performance. it's not often you leave a gig thinking 'oh that was emotionally intelligent' is it? more usually you think i liked the so and so's solo in particular etc ....but i left 'dsq' feeling that i liked the whole thing,..... rather than component parts.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

irresistible then hf ...

[charles t]

Fine postings, Gentlemens! Also I am gratified that Flight led me to an early outing by Dave Stapleton, accompanied by
Deri (not a typo) Roberts, sax in the acoustical setting of a church in Cardiff:

http://www.ukjazz.net/british_jazz/cd_download/album/the-conway-suite/dave-stapleton-and-deri-roberts?page=8

[Byas'd Opinion]

He's also one of the people behind Edition Records, who have put out some very fine stuff: Ivo Neame, Jim Hart, John Taylor, Stan Sulzmann, Martin Speake, Nikki Iles, Kit Downes, Marius Neset, Jason Yarde, Keith Tippett, Josh Arcoleo, they all crop up somewhere in their catalogue.

http://www.editionrecords.com/releases/

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

y'ayee great label

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