36 MUSICIANS PLAYED OR SANG ON “THE LOST GERSHWIN” INCLUDING 5 FEATURED ARTISTS – PAVAO, RUSSELL WATSON, REVELATION, ATILA AND TONI KOFI. 5 ARRANGERS ALSO LENT THEIR TALENTS.
PAVAO
www.pavaoquartet.com
RUSSELL WATSON
“THE VOICE” HAS ENJOYED MASSIVE SUCCESS BOTH IN THE CLASSICAL AND CROSSOVER WORLDS, SELLING MILLIONS OF RECORDS AND GATHERING AN ENORMOUS AND EVER-FAITHFUL FANBASE. AFTER INVITING VICTORIA TO BE THE SPECIAL GUEST ON HIS RECENT TOUR, VICTORIA RECIPORACTED BY INVITING HIM TO BE ONE OF HER SPECIAL GUESTS ON “THE LOST GERSHWIN”. RUSSELL GENEROUSLY AGREED.
www.russell-watson.com
REVELATION
3RD PLACED IN THE RECENT BBC COMPETITION “THE LAST CHOIR STANDING”, REVELATION IS A 15 PIECE CHOIR HAILING FROM EAST LONDON AND LED BY NICK BOWERS-BROADBENT. DAVID FRANCIS, ONE OF THE CHOIR MEMBERS, TOOK THE MALE LEAD ON THE SONG “INNCOENT LONESOME BLUE BABY”.
www.revelationchoir.co.uk
ATILA
AS YET LITTLE KNOWN BUT A FACE TO LOOK OUR FOR IN THE FUTURE. ATILA HAS THE VOICE OF A SINATRA OR A MATT MONROE AND HIS SILKY TONES CAN BE HEARD ON HIS ALBUMS “ATILA” AND “HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING”. THOUGH ONLY 26 YEARS OLD, ATILA SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE WITH A MUCH MORE MATURE VOICE AND COMPLIMENTS VICTORIA TO PERFECTION ON THE DUET VERSION OF “I WON’T GIVE UP”.
TONY KOFI (alto saxophone)
NOMINATED FOR A MOBO AWARD THIS YEAR, TONY KOFI IS A PROLIFIC WRITER AND PERFORMER, WHO PLAYS WITH HIS OWN BAND THE TONY KOFI QUARTET, THE WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET AND COURTNEY PINE’S JAZZ WARRIORS, AMONG OTHERS. HIS LATEST ALBUM “THE SILENT TRUTH” IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE SPECIFIC JAZZ LABEL.
DAVE GREEN (double bass)
STARTED PLAYING DOUBLE BASS AT AGE 16. SELF TAUGHT. TURNED PROFESSIONAL IN 1963 AND JOINED THE DON RENDELL/IAN CARR QUINTET IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR. BANDS INCLUDE HUMPHREY LYTTELTON (18 YEARS) AND STAN TRACEY. HAS PLAYED WITH SONNY ROLLINS, COLEMAN HAWKINS, BEN WEBSTER, LEE KONITZ, ROLAND KIRK, JIM HALL, SCOTT HAMILTON AND MANY MORE. WINNER OF THE BASS CATEGORY OF THE BRITISH JAZZ AWARDS FOR 1987/89/92/94/96 AND 98.
MARTIN DITCHAM (percussion)
SADE’S PERCUSSIONIST, CHRIS REA’S DRUMMER, AND AN AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER –JUST SOME OF MARTIN’S ACHIEVEMENTS DURING HIS LONG CAREER IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS. ONE OF BRITAINS’ TOP PERCUSSION PLAYERS AND A LOVELY MAN TO BOOT.
TOM POSTER (piano/arranger)
WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION IN 2007, TOM IS AN ACCLAIMED PIANIST AND ARRANGER WHO RECENTLY MADE HIS PROMS DEBUT WITH THE ARONOWITZ ENSEMBLE. TOM STUDIED AT CAMBRIDGE WHERE HE OBTAINED A DOUBLE FIRST IN MUSIC. HE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS “AN UNPARALLELED SOUND-MAGICIAN” (GENERAL-ANZEIGER), “A PIANIST OF DISTINCTION” (THE TIMES), AND AS POSSESSING “GREAT AUTHORITY AND ASTOUNDING VIRTUOSITY” (EST RÉPUBLICAIN).
www.tomposter.co.uk
VICKY LESTER (harp)
LONDON BORN VICKY IS A GRADUATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC WHERE SHE ATTAINED A MASTERS DEGREE IN PERFORMANCE WITH DISTINCTION. PRIOR TO THIS SHE GAINED A BMUS HONOURS DEGREE FROM EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE WAS AWARDED THE TOVEY MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR AND A BUCHER-FRASER SCHOLARSHIP, AS WELL AS ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST MARK EVER GIVEN TO A HARPIST IN HER FINAL RECITAL THERE.
http://brooke.webeyedea.info/vickylester/index.html
DAVE DUTFIELD (acoustic guitar)
DAVID WAS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE RACING CARS BEFORE BECOMING INVOLVED WITH THE FOLK SCENE, PLAYING FOR THE ALBION BAND, RALPH MCTELL, ASHLEY HUTCHINGS AND COLVIN QUARMBY.
ANDY HERBERT (bass)
ANDY HAS PLAYED BASS WITH COUNTLESS ARTISTS AND BANDS INCLUDING THE FLIRTATIONS, THE VELVELLETTES, RUBY JAMES, BOB LENNOX, THE NOLANS, HELEN TERRY, DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, ZOOT MONEY AND WORKING WEEK. HE MAKES GERSHWIN SOUND FUNKY!
ALEX SPOFFORTH (piano)
TAM NEAL (piano/arranger)
STEVE BRUCE (drums)
Simon Clarke (arranger)
STEVE DONNELLY (electric guitar)
AN IN-DEMAND SESSION PLAYER WHO HAS PERFORMED LIVE AND/OR ON RECORD WITH RANDY NEWMAN, NICK LOWE, KATIE MELUA AND A HOST OF OTHERS
CARLO MARTELLI (arranger)
WELL KNOWN FILM COMPOSER AND ARRANGER WHO HAS ALREADY ARRANGED GERSHWIN INSTRUMENTALS FOR THE PAVAO QUARTET ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM “SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME”.
