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Gwilym Simcock
Gwilym Simcock - piano
Stan Sulzmann - sax
John Parricelli - guitar
Phil Donkin - bass
Martin France - drums
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Winner of the Rising Star award at the 2005 BBC Jazz Awards, virtuosic pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock is "one of the great new discoveries of the London scene" (The Times).
His sell-out concert in Cheltenham, recorded for broadcast on Radio 3, was part of his first major tour as bandleader and whilst in town, he also joined saxophone legend Lee Konitz for an acoustic set at the Everyman Theatre, which subsequently led to a national tour.
Gwilym has recently been chosen as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, the first jazz musician to receive this prestigious award.
Comments and reviews from Gwilym Simcock's Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2006 performances:
"The UK's young piano sensation"
The Guardian
"Gwilym is a thrilling young pianist who blew me away with his solos at the Kenny Wheeler 75th Birthday concert and then again with Bill Bruford and Earthworks. I am again impressed by the scope of his music that ranges from jazz to classically influenced material."
Tony Dudley-Evans
Latest news
Gwilym was awarded the prize for 2007 Jazz Musician of the Year at the annual Parliamentay Jazz Awards and has been granted an extension to his place on the Radio 3 New Generation artists programme until October 2008. He is nominated for the BBC Jazz Award for Best Instrumentalist. |