Ingrid Laubrock & Liam Noble Ingrid Laubrock & Liam Noble
Discography
Let's Call This...
Ingrid Laubrock also appears on Babel releases:
Polar Bear - Held On The Tips Of Fingers
Tom Arthurs - Centripede
Liam Noble also appears on Babel release:
Christine Tobin - You Draw the LineTo book Ingrid and Liam for a live event please contact at B3 Jazz
Liam Noble – Piano
“…A brilliant pianist…who hardly plays a solo without at least one turn of phrase that brings you to the edge of your seat”
John Fordham, The Guardian
After studying music at Oxford University and the postgraduate course at the Guildhall, Liam became the regular pianist with Stan Sulzmann . He went on to work with Anita Wardell, Harry Beckett, Tim Whitehead and John Stevens as well as recording and touring with cult minimalist composer Moondog. He also performed with John Taylor , Kenny Wheeler and Lol Coxhill .
Three years after leaving the Guildhall, Liam recorded the solo piano album ‘ Close Your Eyes ', which featured free improvisations, compositions and interpretations of tunes by (amongst others) Ornette Coleman, Annette Peacock and Richard Rodgers.
In 1997, he joined the Bobby Wellins Quartet and he's featured on the CD, ‘The Best is Yet to Come' (Jazzizit Records).
He is also a member of the Christine Tobin Band and the Randy Brecker English Sextet and has a duo project with Paul Clarvis playing music from West Side Story combines well-known material with a “stream of consciousness” improvisatory angle.
His band, the Liam Noble Group , features Stan Sulzmann , Chris Biscoe , Paul Clarvis and Mick Hutton . Influenced by “downtown” New Yorkers such as Wayne Horvitz and Bill Frisell, the compositions also reflect an interest in longer forms derived from studying Stravinsky and other classical composers. Their album, ‘In the Meantime' is out on Basho Records.
In April 2002, a commission from Birmingham Jazz resulted in a song cycle based on Japanese Death Poetry featuring the contrasting voices of Kelsey Michael (vocalist with the High Llammas) and Christine Tobin , with Dave Wickins and Chris Biscoe . Liam plays keyboards and samples throughout, marking a new foray into electronica inspired by artists such as Aphex Twin and Arto Lindsay.
He recently released ‘Romance among the Fishes' , a quartet album with Phil Robson, Drew Gress and Tom Rainey was recorded in New York .
Liam also leads a trio with Dave Whitford and Dave Wickins performing the music of Dave Brubeck .
‘Let's Call This' , his duo album with Ingrid Laubrock is due to be released in April 2006.
He has transcribed over 30 Bill Evans trio performances and written “Jazz Piano; an In-depth Look at the Styles of the Masters”, both for the American publisher Hal Leonard .
Contact: [email protected] 020 8539 8349
Website: www.liamnoble.co.uk
Ingrid Laubrock – Saxophones
“A consummate saxophonist with a soaring imagination and a gifted composer/arranger…”
Ian Carr/BBC Music
Originally from Germany , Ingrid Laubrock has been living in the UK since 1989.
Both her parents were musicians and teachers and she has actively been involved in music from the age of 4.
She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and in the States with David Liebman .
Studied with: Jean Toussaint (1991-1992), David Liebman (1998/1999) and Stan Sulzman (1999/2000).
Performed with: Kenny Wheeler, Evan Parker, Lol Coxhill, Norma Winstone, David Liebman, Billy Cobham, Jean Toussaint , Stan Sulzman, Django Bates' Human Chain, Evan Parker, Jazz Jamaica Allstars, US cult procucer David Axelrod, soul singers Dina Carroll and Gabrielle, Siouxie and The Banshees, Sebastian Rochford's Polar Bear, Tom Arthurs' Centripede, Antonio Forcione, Gary Husband, Julian Siegel, Byron Wallen, Hans Koller Big Band and many more.
As part of the F-ire Collective, she won the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation in 2004
She was also nominated for the BBC Jazz Award for ‘Rising Star' in 2005 and was the winner of a £10,000 Fellowship in Jazz Composition by the Arts Foundation in 2006.
Recorded with:
" 1997 Nois /Monica Vasconcelos and Nois Movas 001
" 1997 Who Ist It / Ingrid Laubrock Candid CCD 79745
" 1999 Nois Dois / Monica Vasconcelos and Nois MOVAS002
" 2000 Bom Dia / As Meninas Big City BCCD79207
" 2001 Some Times / Ingrid Laubrock Candid CCD79774
" 2002 Oferenda / Monica Vasconcelos CandidCCD79791
" 2003 Along this Way / Larry Bartley Octet
" 2003 Centripede / Tom Arthurs Babel
" 2004 Forensic / Ingrid Laubrock Fire CD04 (release date October 04)
" 2004 Gente / Nois 4 Candid CCD79784 (release date October 04) featuring Guinga, Toninho Ferraguti and Swami Jr.
" 2004 Prelude to A Kiss / Brigitte Beraha
" 2005 Held On The Tips Of Fingers / Polar Bear
" 2005 Timings / Barry Green
" 2006 Let's Call This… Ingrid Laubrock / Liam Noble
" 2006 Oriole / Migration
Contact: [email protected] 020 82797582 or 07932383230
Website: www.ingridlaubrock.com
