JASON REBELLO 'Held'
Jason Rebello's 'Held' is out now!
JASON REBELLO solo piano
"...an album of delightful and mesmerising contrasts." ALL ABOUT JAZZ
Includes 10 originals and imaginative solo piano version of The Beatle’s ‘Blackbird’.
‘Throughout my career I’ve had the opportunity to play in wide-ranging and diverse scenarios, but never had an opportunity to immerse myself fully in the piano. I’ve reached a point now where I feel there is something to say with just a piano and I’m relishing this opportunity to consolidate all my musical experiences on this record’. JASON REBELLO
British pianist Jason Rebello is regarded as one of the most talented, inventive and intuitive pianists to emerge in the UK since he burst onto the scene in the early 90’s with a string of critically acclaimed albums for the BMG label.
Marked with an emotional depth unusual in one so young, these albums elevated Jason to the peak of jazz celebrity at a time when the music was undergoing an unheralded period of popularity.
It came as no surprise that Jason caught the attention of Weather Report’s Wayne Shorter (Herbie Hancock, also from Miles Davis’ famous 1960s quintet was a personal hero) and he toured internationally with his band before replacing another hero, Kenny Kirkland, in Sting’s band.
Jason had primarily worked with electronic keyboards in his own groups (as well as with Sting and Jeff Beck); but now he has decided it’s time to say something on the instrument he loves. In early 2016 Jason will release his debut solo piano album, featuring mostly original compositions inspired by the people and places that have been important in his career.
In this solo format the intensely lyrical quality always evident in Jason’s music comes to the fore and, allied to his formidable technique and maturity as an artist and musician, ensures that on Held, he is creating some of the most compelling and beautiful music of his career.
As Jason explains: ‘throughout my career I’ve had the opportunity to play in wide-ranging and diverse scenarios, but never had an opportunity to immerse myself fully in the piano. I’ve reached a point now where I feel there is something to say with just a piano and I’m relishing this opportunity to consolidate all my musical experiences on this record’.
Jason Rebello solo piano
01. Pearl
02. Salad Days
03. Tokyo Dream
04. Held
05. Blackbird
06. As the Dust Settles
07. Thanks John
08. Happy But For How Long
09. Polzeath
10. Purple Sunflower
11. Dissolve
All music by Jason Rebello except ‘Blackbird’ by Lennon / McCartney
Released April 29, 2016
Produced by Dave Stapleton & Jason Rebello
Recorded in August 2015 and January 2016 by Andy Allan at Michael Tippett Centre, Bath Spa University.
Mixed and mastered by August Wanngren in Copenhagen
