Beautiful Vinyl Hunter Ashley Henry

• 1 STAR CHILD 04:19
• 2 Realisations 06:07
• 3 Between the Lines 04:41
• 4 Introspection 04:59
• 5 COLORS 04:29
• 6 Cranes (In the Sky) 05:45
• 7 I Still Believe 05:40
• 8 Elipsis (Interlude) 01:06
• 9 Sunrise 05:05
• 10 Dark Honey (4TheStorm) 05:48
• 11 Pressure (Instrumental) 04:37
• 12 Ahmed 04:24
• 13 Lullaby (Rise & Shine) 03:57
• 14 Battle 04:31
• 15 THE MIGHTY 03:30
• Total Runtime 01:08:58

Info for Beautiful Vinyl Hunter

Der Jazzpianist Ashley Henry gilt als eines der größten Jazztalente Großbritanniens. Treibende Rhythmen, verschachtelte Harmonien und doch klare Melodien: Man hört der Musik des gerade 26-jährigen Londoner Pianisten Ashley Henry die Vielfalt seiner Vorbilder an. Sein Debütalbum Beautiful Vinyl Hunter ist ein Hexenkessel voll berauschender Sounds und Klangfarben. Break-Beats, HipHop-, selbst Punk-Elemente baut Henry in seine Kompositionen ein. Die klassisch von seinem Trio getragenen Songs werden in ihren Arrangements beständig erweitert Trompete (u.a. von Grammy-Gewinner Keyon Harrold), Vocals (von Judi Jackson oder MC Sparkz), Gitarren, Noise und immer wieder der Retro-Klang des Rhodes-Pianos. Eine klangliche Reminiszenz der innovativen 70er Jahre, von denen Henry ansonsten vor allem den Geist zu experimentieren übernommen hat und diesen auf seine Generation überträgt: Like everyone, I'm hunting for something , erklärt der Nachfahre jamaikanischer Einwanderer. My music is a straight up reflection of who I am; London in all its mixed up glory. The immigrant in me has musical roots that are traced back to the 1600s, so it s important my music today reflects that jazz alpha narrative across different genres and generations . Nach diesem Ansatz schreibt Henry harmonisch dichte, sehr melodische Songs und schafft es auf Beautiful Vinyl Hunter einen so eingängig modernen wie kurzweiligen musikalischen Fluss zu kreieren. Jazz FM nennt Henry nicht zuletzt daher a talent effortlessly moving between jazz and beats based genres with sophistication beyond his years und Popstar Christine And The Queens, mit der Henry bereits auf Tour war, schwärmt: Ashley Henry...he's the ultimate piano player, a beats futurist. His pathway makes the purer elements of Jazz truly powerful and fresh. His music is simply beautiful & bold.

Ashley Henry
born November 1991 when the last Kuwait oil fires extinguished, Miles Davis passed away, Gang Star released ‘Step in the Arena’, South Africa held its first cricket international in 20 years, PC World opened in the UK, Wynton Marsalis releases ‘Blue Interlude’, Freddie Mercury departed, Branford Marsalis finishes ‘The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born’ and the first performance of Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III took place.

Born and raised in South London, England, United Kingdom, Ashley Henry’s listening and visual styles, range from Sinead Harnett, Digital Underground, ZuZu, Margot Fonteyn, Era Istrefi, Freddie Mercury, and Dreezy – through to having fans that include the abstract artist Gareth Nyandoro, being an advocate for the legend pianist Abdullah Ibrahim…and being a big 6LACK fan.

In 2016 Ashley Henry graduated from Royal Academy of Music, performed with Jason Marsalis and collaborated with legends Terence Blanchard and Jean Toussaint. He is the youngest ever to hit the bill for the International Piano Trio Festival performing with Robert Glasper, and top that year by achieving a childhood dream of performing in the final of the Unisia International Piano Competition in South Africa.

16 January – 9 March 2017 sees Ashley Henry recording his second full studio sessions in London. Collaborating with Luke Flowers (Cinematic Orchestra), MC Mattic (Nowadays France & NY), the Legendary Jean Toussaint, Monte Booker (Soulection), Alicia Olatuja (President Obama Inaugurations – Unlimited Myles), Moses Boyd (Brownswood) and Anthony Joseph (Strut Records).

Six track recordings will be written, produced and performed by Ashley Henry + RE-Ensemble, with the schedule to include the entitled track Easter and the seminal cover of Pressure, written by late indie punk trio The Enemy (retitled Beautiful Pressure w/vocals).

In January 2017 – at only 25 years, Ashley Henry is commissioned as guest resident Musical Director for both Jazz Café, London and Ronnie Scotts, London and is a FADER MAGAZINE 2017 Emerging Artist.

March 2017 sees Ashley Henry nominated for this year’s Jazz FM Award as Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Live Experience of the Year, the latter for his performance at the London Southbank.

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