Gwilym Simcock

Wednesday 10 February 2010, 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 (£10)
The Venue, Leeds College of Music
Box Office: 0113 222 3434
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Gwilym Simcock (piano)
James Maddren (drums)
Yuri Goloubev (bass)

“Gwilym’s an original. A creative genius” - Chick Corea

Gwilym Simcock is one of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers on the British scene. Although principally a jazz artist, Gwilym is breaking new ground between genres and has the ability to move effortlessly between jazz and classical music. His music has been widely acclaimed as ‘engaging, exciting, often unexpected, melodically enthralling, complex and wonderfully optimistic’. A multi-award winning artist, Gwilym Simcock was voted Jazz Musician of the Year at the 2007 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, and his debut album Perception was nominated for Best Album in the BBC Jazz Awards 2008.

Gwilym Simcock’s second album Blues Vignette was recently released by Basho Records. This double album introduces his new trio featuring extraordinary classically trained Russian bassist Yuri Goloubev and young UK drum star James Maddren as well as documenting Gwilym’s emerging voice as a solo pianist. It offers a mix of stunning improvisations and new original compositions as well as imaginative interpretations of existing works. 

www.gwilymsimcock.com

Photo credits: Eric Richmond/Mary Dunkin