Robin Phillips - Old Street, New Groove

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:14
Size: 103.6 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:08] 1. It Ain't Necessarily So (Feat. Gareth Lumbers)
[3:30] 2. Just One Of Those Things (Feat. Neil Penny)
[3:44] 3. Cry Me A River
[3:42] 4. But Not For Me
[5:08] 5. God Bless The Child (Feat. Gareth Lumbers)
[6:04] 6. My Foolish Heart (Feat. Tony Royle)
[3:44] 7. Woman (Lover Man)
[3:46] 8. Fever (Feat. Kirsty Jarvis)
[2:52] 9. This Can't Be Love
[5:27] 10. It's Probably Me (Feat. Sarah Ellen Hughes)
[4:04] 11. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

This album is the result of the many varied experiences I have had in my professional life over the past five years as a jazz singer, pianist, and band-leader. The last four of these years have been spent living and working as a full-time performer in central London. The arrangements, feelings, and grooves reflect my experiences both on and off stage living in London: one of the most vibrant and eclectic cities in the world.

I must first and foremost thank all the musicians who collaborated with me on this album; especially Claire and Vilem who continue to be a huge support to my career. The marvellous guest musicians who performed on this CD really helped to take the album to a new level and I am eternally grateful for their involvement. This album is dedicated to everyone mourning the loss of Esbjörn Svensson (Esbjörn Svensson Trio / EST); may we continue to celebrate his life and music.

Robin Phillips is one of London's top male jazz singer/pianists performing most days of the week across the captial. As well as an arranger and performer Robin is also a bandleader of various ensembles, including the Robin Phillips Trio and Pinstripe Suit six-piece swing band. Robin is also a performer and founder member of duel-vocal jazz group Kir Royal Trio and jazz/poetry collective The Jehane Markham Trio.

Old Street, New Groove mc
Old Street, New Groove zippy

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Robin Phillips - Sing. Play... For Pleasure

Size: 106,0 MB
Time: 45:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Art: Front

01. Don't Get Scared (2:47)
02. All Of Me (4:05)
03. Doodlin' (Feat. Ian Shaw) (4:05)
04. No More Blues (3:16)
05. Moody's Mood For Love (Feat. Anita Wardell) (3:22)
06. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (Feat. Brandon Allen & Steve Fishwick) (2:56)
07. Night In Tunisia (4:16)
08. Let's Get Lost (Feat. Steve Fishwick) (4:11)
09. Billie's Bounce (Feat. Sam Mayne) (2:39)
10. That Old Black Magic (Diaper Pin) (5:00)
11. Jackie (Feat. Anita Wardell & Albert Garza) (2:52)
12. Parker's Mood (5:32)

Robin Phillips is forging a name for himself on the London and UK jazz scenes. He is one of few singer/pianists to concentrate equally on both disciplines and using them together to create a unity only possible when done by a single person. His latest studio album, ‘Sing. Play.. for Pleasure’, demonstrates this approach, as he becomes the first performer to record a vocalese album, where he plays as well as sings the vocalese tunes.

The album, to be launched at the revered Pizza Express jazz club in Soho, London on 2nd Feb 2014, features Tim Thornton (Rising Star, British Jazz Awards 2013) on bass and Chris Draper on drums, both regular performers at the Ronnie Scott’s jazz club’s Late Late Shows. It also features an impressive collection of guest artists including award-winning vocalist Ian Shaw, vocalese specialist and award-winning vocalist Anita Wardell (Best Vocalist, British Jazz Awards 2013), Brandon Allen (tenor sax), Steve Fishwick (trumpet), Sam Mayne (alto sax), and Albert Garza (tenor sax).

The Sing. Play. album project is inspired by the work of one of the originators of the artform, 1950s/60s singer King Pleasure, who drew Robin to the artform with his clever lyrics and smooth vocal delivery.

“I was looking into the various vocalese artists as part of my development as a singer and was blown away by the beauty of his voice and the intelligence and humour of his work. It was around the same time as I was trying to decide the theme for my next studio album. Realising that Pleasure was being forgotten about in the genre, and after a few people suggested combining the voice and hands for a unique project, I was sold, but it meant a lot of work ahead!”..

The album also features the work of vocalese legends Jon Hendricks, Eddie Jefferson, and Annie Ross.

Robin’s previous studio album ‘Old Street, New Groove’ (2010) gave a collection of jazz standards funky re-harmonisations, and he is also a proponent of researching and bringing back into use the classic ‘verses’ to the many jazz standards that originated in stage shows. He performs over 200 times a year in London, the UK and in Europe and current performances include a collection of tunes from all of these projects.

Sing. Play... For Pleasure

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