Category: Andy Sheppard News

Carla Bley European Tour July 2016   Carla Bley’s trio with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow has a number of concerts in Europe this month playing music from the new album released earlier this year to coincide with the 80th birthday of the Nea Jazz Master.   “One of jazz history’s most iconoclastic figures” The Times  “coolly ravishing new album” The New… Read more →

  An Anglo-French project entitled Shakespeare Songs that combines the talents of three leading contemporary jazz voices, weaving their magic around a series of musical portraits of characters from Shakespeare’s plays and poems marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare. The music draws inspiration from Renaissance composers Thomas Morley and William Byrd, giving great importance to colour, melody,… Read more →

  ” translucently beautiful” ★★★★ The Guardian “a soundtrack to getting lost in the stars” ★★★★1/2  Downbeat “career-defining moment for Sheppard” ★★★★ Jazzwise “poignant serenity”  f f f f  Télérama “a quiet masterpiece” London Jazz News   Book tickets at SERIOUS The elegantly poised textures of Andy Sheppard’s new quartet – given a haunting, other-worldly presence by the electronic soundscapes of guitarist Eivind Aarset… Read more →

    Trios is the first of Carla Bley’s albums to be recorded directly for ECM. Although she has been part of the larger ECM story for forty years, and although much of her life’s work – documented on JCOA and WATT – has been distributed through ECM channels, Trios marks only the second time that Carla Bley and producer Manfred Eicher have been… Read more →

Saxophonist and composer Andy Sheppard unveils his latest work, reflecting on the human condition and the potentially devastating impact of humanity on the planet. It will be performed at St George’s Bristol tomorrow 13th October as part of the Bristol Green Capital 2015 programme in partnership with Gathering Voices and Gurt Lush. “Kind of Green” an interview by Tony Benjamin… Read more →

Irish Tour on the horizon for the Andy Sheppard Quartet  With Trio Libero augmented by guitarist Eivind Aarset from the Movements in Colour band Andy Sheppard spread his band’s wings on his latest album Surrounded by Sea. And next month the quartet embark on a rare run of Irish dates playing Sugar Club, Dublin (7 October), Great Hall Magee, Derry (8 Oct),… Read more →

Photo by Sara Da Costa A composition for massed community choirs, saxophone, percussion/electronics and double bass by the composer/saxophonist Andy Sheppard in conjunction with Gathering Voices, Gurt Lush and St Joseph’s Primary School with guest soloists. The piece is in seven parts and reflects upon the human condition and potentially devastating effects human society is having on planet Earth. The… Read more →

    Bonjour! The album Andy Sheppard Quartet ‘ Surrounded by Sea’ (ECM) has just come out in France. The tour has been wonderful so far, and we will be coming to Paris very soon. Playing at the Duc Des Lombards on the 4th of June. Really looking forward to it – and hope to see you there! Best, Andy… Read more →

” translucently beautiful” ★★★★ The Guardian “career-defining moment for Sheppard” ★★★★ Jazzwise  “lyrical magic” ★★★★★ BR Klassic Andy Sheppard tenor and soprano saxophones Eivind Aarset guitar Michel Benita double bass Sebastian Rochford drums   Buy on Amazon Buy on iTunes Buy on Hi-Res Audio   Surrounded by Sea, Andy Sheppard’s third ECM album, is a strongly atmospheric recording, and one whose associative title seems… Read more →