Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:01
Size: 117,1 MB
Art: Front
(4:38) 1. Square Pegs
(2:37) 2. Blues for Jaki
(4:27) 3. Beatrice
(3:54) 4. If You Want Joy
(5:06) 5. Just One of Those Things
(5:18) 6. Floating Through the Sun
(6:06) 7. You Stepped Out of a Dream
(4:22) 8. Y-S-K
(3:29) 9. Long Ago and Far Away
(4:35) 10. If Not Now
(6:23) 11. Southbridge Queen
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:01
Size: 117,1 MB
Art: Front
(4:38) 1. Square Pegs
(2:37) 2. Blues for Jaki
(4:27) 3. Beatrice
(3:54) 4. If You Want Joy
(5:06) 5. Just One of Those Things
(5:18) 6. Floating Through the Sun
(6:06) 7. You Stepped Out of a Dream
(4:22) 8. Y-S-K
(3:29) 9. Long Ago and Far Away
(4:35) 10. If Not Now
(6:23) 11. Southbridge Queen
“The Edinburgh pianist is making a huge reputation for himself with his intelligent and highly musical take on hard swinging, always exciting modern jazz”. ~ Edinburgh Festival Review
“Kirby’s touch, whether in vigorous Spanish dance mode, Bach-influenced intricacy or Bill Evans-like reflection,was hugely impressive”. ~ The Glasgow Herald
Paul Kirby is a genuine East-West musician, having firmly established his musicianship throughout Europe, the Far East and North America. His playing and writing draws deeply from the tradition of swinging, melodic jazz with inspiration also coming from music he hears on his travels. This debut album reflects some of his wide ranging influences and showcases his current trio with German bassist Martin Zenker and English-born, New York-based drummer Mark Taylor. Paul is currently Professor of Piano at Paekche Institute of the Arts, South Korea. As well as teaching and composing, Paul performs constantly with both local and touring musicians across South Korea, Japan, China and Mongolia, and throughout Europe. He has also employed his global ties in various multicultural collaborations, including bringing a group of outstanding young Korean jazz musicians to the Edinburgh Jazz Festival for the inaugural Paul Kirby East-West concert.
“Kirby’s touch, whether in vigorous Spanish dance mode, Bach-influenced intricacy or Bill Evans-like reflection,was hugely impressive”. ~ The Glasgow Herald
Paul Kirby is a genuine East-West musician, having firmly established his musicianship throughout Europe, the Far East and North America. His playing and writing draws deeply from the tradition of swinging, melodic jazz with inspiration also coming from music he hears on his travels. This debut album reflects some of his wide ranging influences and showcases his current trio with German bassist Martin Zenker and English-born, New York-based drummer Mark Taylor. Paul is currently Professor of Piano at Paekche Institute of the Arts, South Korea. As well as teaching and composing, Paul performs constantly with both local and touring musicians across South Korea, Japan, China and Mongolia, and throughout Europe. He has also employed his global ties in various multicultural collaborations, including bringing a group of outstanding young Korean jazz musicians to the Edinburgh Jazz Festival for the inaugural Paul Kirby East-West concert.
Paul was born in Scotland in 1981 and has played piano since he was eight. After first studying mathematics at Cambridge University, he won a prestigious Dewar Arts Award in 2009 and took a Masters in Music degree at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, studying with Stanley Cowell, Jason Moran and Kenny Werner amongst others.
Paul has toured and collaborated on recordings with some of the world’s best modern jazz instrumentalists including Herb Geller, Jesse Davis, Jim Snidero, Billy Hart, Tim Armacost, Ken Peplowski, Valery Ponomarev, Vincent Herring and Eric Alexander. http://www.nagelheyer.de/cd-details/cd/if-not-now.html?tt_products[backPID]=3&cHash=360a9ec6c31877418f37a14bb89d1088
Personnel: Paul Kirby – piano; Martin Zenker – bass; Mark Taylor - drums
Personnel: Paul Kirby – piano; Martin Zenker – bass; Mark Taylor - drums