ARTISTS
Monday 21st Nov.
Doors open 7:00pm
7:30-8:30pm Trialogue
9:00 - 10:30pm Andrew McCormack Trio
Tickets in advance & at the door: £15 full / £12 concessions / £6 students
“…Now at the pinnacle of his compositional and pianistic powers” ***** BBC Music Magazine
Andrew McCormack - Piano
Rob Mullarkey - Bass
Anton Eger - Drums
Andrew McCormack is a composer and pianist who is realising the best work of his career, thus far. Since bursting on to the scene in 2007 with his debut album, Telescope, McCormack has been the driving force behind A-list jazz artists Kyle Eastwood, Eric Alexander, Denys Baptiste and Jean Toussaint, as well as a host of home grown talent, including Jamie Cullum and Jason Yarde.
He has been performing extensively around the world, and selected the UK as the starting point in support of his critically acclaimed latest album, First Light.
Andrew leads his own trio and quartet. His last album, 'First Light', received worldwide critical acclaim and 5 stars from BBC Music Magazine. He composes, records and tours the world with Kyle Eastwood. And he just completed a wildly successful series of shows with Jamie Cullum in the US.
Having spent the last few years immersing himself in the New York jazz scene, Andrew quickly began to realise that, alongside technical supremacy and intimate knowledge of the music’s language and legacy, the question that becomes most important for an artist is, “what do you really have to offer?” One of Andrew’s greatest strengths is his composing and, for his next album and tour in 2016, he is assembling a virtuosic band, full of personality, with the primary focus on his compositions.
The new trio album, written and recorded in Brooklyn, New York, represents perhaps McCormack’s greatest achievement to date in his composition and performance recognised as such by critics, musicians and the public, placing him comfortably and confidently on a worldwide stage.
Developing and honing a skilfully original approach to writing and performance in the jazz tradition, McCormack has captivated audiences with his emotional and expressive style, combined with a yearning, emotive aesthetic, which might be best described as quintessentially British.
His move to New York has added an even greater sense of swing, dynamic group interplay and a mesmeric live sound. The result is a world-class pianist and formidable composer, who has arguably earned a seat at the top of the jazz trio talent roster, anywhere around the globe.