David Newton (pianist)
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David Newton is a Scottish jazz pianist and composer.
His collaborations include Stacey Kent
, Martin Taylor and Carol Kidd
.
His collaborations include Stacey Kent
Stacey Kent
Stacey Kent is a Grammy nominated American jazz singer.- Background :Kent attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. Her paternal grandfather was Russian. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and moved to England after her graduation...
, Martin Taylor and Carol Kidd
Carol Kidd
Carol Kidd, MBE is a Scottish jazz singer.She came to prominence in the mid 1970s, as the vocalist in the band led by vibrophonist / saxophonist Jimmy Feighan. In 1990, she released her award-winning album, The Night We Called It a Day. She has subsequently performed and recorded extensively on...
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Discography
- Eyewitness (Linne, 1990) with Dave Green, Allan GanleyAllan GanleyAllan Ganley was a respected English jazz drummer and arranger, who played with many famous names....
- Victim of Circumstance (Linn, 1990) with Alec DankworthAlec DankworthAlec Dankworth is an English jazz bassist and composer.Dankworth was born in London, the son of John Dankworth and Cleo Laine. He grew up in the villages of Aspley Guise and Wavendon, living at the Old Rectory, Wavendon, where his parents established the Wavendon All-Music Plan which includes the...
, Clark TraceyClark TraceyClark Tracey is an English jazz drummer. He is the son of Stan Tracey.Tracey played piano and vibraphone before switching to drums at age 13, studying under Bryan Spring. Tracey played in several ensembles with his father, including in a quartet called Fathers and Sons with John and Alec Dankworth... - Return Journey (Linn, 1992) solo
- In Good Company (Candid, 1994)
- Twelfth of the twelfth - A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (Candid RecordsCandid RecordsCandid Records was founded as a subsidiary of Archie Bleyer's Cadence label in New York City in 1960. The jazz writer and civil rights activist, Nat Hentoff, worked as the label's A&R director, aiming to create a representative catalog of the jazz of the day...
, 1995) - D N A (Candid, 1996) with Iain Dixon, Matt Miles, Steve Brown
- Brian Lemon and David Newton (Zephyr, 1998)
- Inspired (Bright New Day Records, 2004)
- Portrait of a Woman (Bright New Day Records, 2009)