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Details of new programme
with Daisy Chute here
Camerata Ritmata.....
is a unique collaboration between classical guitar virtuoso
Simon Thacker and three of Britain’s leading jazz musicians.
The idea of contrasting jazz with classical has inspired musical
personalities as diverse as Miles Davis, Stravinsky, Dave
Brubeck and George Gershwin, and Camerata Ritmata extend
the concept even further.
Four Scottish based virtuosos present unforgettable programmes
where classical meets jazz, the sensuous sound world of the
classical guitar combines with the energy of a jazz trio,
composition flows to improvisation.
Their repertoire.....
features a huge variety of music using all combinations of the
instruments, including one of the ingenious "Jazz Concertos" by
French composer Claude Bolling that defined the concept of
jazz-classical crossover and became a huge musical phenomenon in
the 1970s. These were the result of a series of collaborations
with some of the great classical soloists such as Yo-Yo Ma,
Zukerman and Rampal. The guitar incarnation, full of memorable
tunes, is one of the most successful fruits of this creative
dichotomy. Also experience the remarkable melodic gifts of one
of the most prominent artists in 20th century Brazil, Radamés
Gnattali, legendary composer and key figure in the bossa-nova
movement, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Latin America’s greatest
composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Press quotes.....
“The enthusiastic reception,
resulting in a beautifully restrained quartet arrangement of
Wild Mountain Thyme, was no more than the four musicians – and
Thacker in particular – deserved.”
Glasgow Herald (full review
here)
“Outside the weather might have been whipping up a storm, but
inside … a packed audience was basking in sunny, irresistible
Brazilian jazz rhythms.”
The Scotsman (full review
here)
The musicians.....
Paul Harrison.....
Paul Harrison entered Edinburgh
University on a prestigious piano scholarship. After graduating
he gravitated towards jazz and was the winner of the Scottish
Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition in 1998 and again in
1999. He travels widely with many top Scottish performers as
well as visiting international stars and has performed at the
Cork, Montreux, and Shanghai Jazz Festivals, as well as in the
birthplace of jazz New Orleans.
Often seen accompanying the country’s best jazz and blues
vocalists and instrumentalists, Paul is also known for his
acclaimed, genre-defying solo projects.
 Mario
Lima Caribé da Rocha.....
Brazilian born, Mario obtained a
BA in Composition from the
Universidade
Estadual de Campinas, São
Paulo, Brazil and a MA in Jazz Composition with Distinction from
Napier University, Edinburgh, where he now teaches.
He has experience with all styles
of music, from symphonic to salsa, jazz to klezmer, samba to
electronic music and has played with many of the leading jazz
musicians in the U.K. and abroad, such as Kenny Wheeler, Carol
Kid, Norma Winston, Suzanne Bonnar, etc.
Stuart Brown..... is one
of the most active drummers on the Scottish jazz scene. He
completed an honours degree at Glasgow
University then studied at Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA
in 1998. Stuart has worked with many internationally renowned
artists, including Barbara Morrison (vocalist with Ray Charles),
Dave Gordon (Sun Ra Arkestra), Israeli saxophonist Gilad Atzmon
and ex-Talking Heads vocalist David Byrne on the soundtrack to
the film ‘Young Adam’ (starring Ewan MacGregor). He has played
support for acts such as Rod Stewart, The Average White Band,
Bryan Ferry and Al Green.
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