Music

December
2009

Sarah Wall & Jilly Jarman @ Fusion Dec 09 pic

We have been working on a set of songs which we have been looking at in a variety of ways. Most of the material is generated by me, but we also use songs from the classical, jazz and world repertoire.
Here are some samples from our set:
Amarilli (rehearsal): Amarilli (gig) - in this piece Jilly is improvising freely and interacting with the melody which is set but 'bends' to the new colour scheme.
The Cooks Song
Leumle (rehearsal)
Freedom Jazz Dance (gig) - an impro around fragments of the tune to Emily Dickenson


March
2009

Sarah Wall/Jilly Jarman
Set from Boundless Voices gig,
Kirkgate, Cockermouth 27 March 09 pic

Sarah: Classical & other voices
Jilly: Improvised piano, flute, vocal sounds, looping & compositions

Video clips from the gig:
Leumle: piece derived from an African melodic fragment.
Ave Plena: A reworking of a medieval tune, playing with two parallel time signatures.
Improvisation: using extracts of translated text from Afghanistani poet Rumi
Jasmine: a new take on a piece I wrote in 1992 for Fascinating Days.

 


March
2009

Improvisations with Sarah Wall

'You tossed a blanket...'new writing fragment
'Ave plena..' layered ideas on this medieval tune
'Jasmine fragment' one of a stream of new approaches to this old jazz number of mine - see band versions below
'I am gone...' new writing fragment

The first working ideas with Sarah Wall, a classical singer recently arrived in West Cumbria.
We have been meeting in my garden studio recording improvised piano and voice sessions.
We are hoping to integrate them into a full performance featuring Sarah's voice and my compositions, before the end of 2009 - here are the first extracts

2009

Solo voice songs
Journey To Tomorrow - 2009


Commissioned by SageGateshead 'The Big Sing'.
Recorded here by the amazing Beccy Owen, accompaniment by me.

2006-2007

Acapella pieces
The Living is Easy - 2007
Be Right There- 2006

'The Living Is Easy written for Ullswater Community Choir.

'Be Right There' Vocal weave written originally for Brampton Live 2006. Performed here by vocal workshop group at CLJazz week, August 2006, nr Monmouth, Wales

1998-2000

Collaborations with Dike Okoh

Rapture - 1999

Jasmine - 1998

Done It - 2000

It was great to work with Dike in completely reworking these songs - he has a great voice and great style.

He sings all the parts on Rapture and added the tune.
The 'Done It' is an unfinished studio version - it has synth bass and sax but I really like the ideas.

2009

ARCHIVE PROJECT click HERE

An attempt to record, score and collate compositions from 1982 onwards - picking out the ones I like and allowing the others to fade gracefully from view.

HAEDRA CONCERT PIECES - 1990'S, LONDON
The Parting - clip: Talking to the Wall
Angels With Vertigo - Fenella's song - score


Performance 1996 Union Chapel.
Performance 1997 Union Chapel Studio

Band Pieces

Jazz Numbers

Done It

These are pieces originally written for Fascinating Days in London in the late 80's.

Here played in Lancaster by JJQuartet: myself piano/voice, Paul Froggat saxes, Stu Lewthwaite bass, Iain Hunter drums.

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