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The John Turville Trio  Website: http://www.myspace.com/johnturville The John Turville trio play original music that has a “rhythmic vitality and openness, deep lyricism and collective empathy”. In February 2008 they recorded their first album in Artesuono studio, Udine, Italy, ‘Midas' and will release and tour it in the autumn of 2009. ‘“I was struck by the musicality of the playing, the sensitivity and empathy in the ensemble and the lyricism and development… There isn't a moment when anything is overplayed [and] they play with a maturity well beyond their years” Tim Whitehead John Turville – Piano John is an experienced composer as well as a trained classical pianist, and wrote many orchestral, chamber and piano works from an early age. He received the Ted Heath arrangers prize for a big band arrangement in 2000, and currently runs the E17 big band, which is commissioning Liam Noble to write a suite for a festival in the summer. Having studied music at Cambridge University and London's Guildhall, he has since toured the UK and Germany and recorded with Gilad Atzmon, and currently plays regularly with Tim Garland, Tim Whitehead, Guillermo Rozenthuler's folkloric quartet ‘Rioplatenses', Dog Soup (recently featured in Jazzwise), and the Koby Israelite Group, with which he toured the UK, Poland, Bulgaria, Portugal and Austria in 2008. As a freelance pianist, John has appeared at most of the major UK venues including Ronnie Scotts, the 606 Club, Pizza Express, the Bloomsbury Theatre, Bridgewater Hall, St Davids Hall Cardiff and the Sage Gateshead. John is also the pianist for many tango groups, including the Birmingham-based ‘El Ultimo Tango' and Transtango, a multimedia project featuring Tim Garland and Eduardo Vassello. Ben Reynolds – Drums Ben is one of the most in-demand and versatile drummers in London, currently performing with the Joe Stilgoe Trio (Candid), Jez Frank's ‘Compassionate Dictatorship', and the BBC award-winning band ‘Fraud'. He has also toured extensively with Jackie Dankworth, Stan Sulzmann and Mark Lockheart. Chris Hill – Bass Chris is probably the busiest and most in-demand bass player in the UK. He is currently touring with Jamie Cullum, and has played for some major pop artists including Damon Albarn and Katie Melua. In the jazz world, he has appeared with the Mingus Big Band, Joe Stilgoe, Martin Taylor, Gilad Atzmon, Stacey Kent and Dylan Howe. |
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