Roy Powell
Encyclopedia
Roy Powell is a British
jazz
pianist
, organist
and composer
. He first came to wider recognition when his first CD A Big Sky was released in 1994, the Gramophone Jazz Good CD Guide 1997 calling it "extraordinarily accomplished". In addition to performing and recording with his own groups in Scandinavia
, Germany
, France
and the UK (including many appearances at London
's legendary Ronnie Scott
's Jazz Club), he has worked with many well-known musicians, including Anthony Braxton
, Terje Rypdal
, Art Farmer
, Eddie Daniels
, Arild Andersen
, and Vince Mendoza
. As of January 2010 Powell has become active as an organist in the trio Young Powell Vespestad http://www.ypvtrio.com/ lfeaturing Jacob Young
and Jarle Vespestad
His recordings have appeared in the Gramophone Jazz Good CD Guide, Gramophone Classical
Good CD Guide, the Lord Discography
, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, as well as jazz magazines in Europe
, Japan
and the US. His composition "Bow Out" was adapted with a piece by David Bedford
by the American
choreographer Val Caniparoli to create the ballet
piece "Bow Out", performed by ballet companies in Oakland
, Richmond
, Cincinnati and Florida
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
, organist
Organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He first came to wider recognition when his first CD A Big Sky was released in 1994, the Gramophone Jazz Good CD Guide 1997 calling it "extraordinarily accomplished". In addition to performing and recording with his own groups in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and the UK (including many appearances at London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
's legendary Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott was an English jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner.-Life and career:Ronnie Scott was born in Aldgate, east London, into a family of Russian Jewish descent on his father's side, and Portuguese antecedents on his mother's. Scott began playing in small jazz clubs at the age of...
's Jazz Club), he has worked with many well-known musicians, including Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s...
, Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
, Art Farmer
Art Farmer
Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David Monette. His identical twin brother, Addison Farmer Arthur Stewart "Art" Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa –...
, Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels is an American musician. Though he is best known as a jazz clarinet player, he has also played alto and tenor saxophones, as well as classical music on the clarinet....
, Arild Andersen
Arild Andersen
Arild Andersen is a Norwegian bass player.Born in Lillestrøm, Norway, he started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet , with Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen...
, and Vince Mendoza
Vince Mendoza
Vince Mendoza is a music arranger and composer.Mendoza was born in Connecticut and studied guitar as a child, influenced by classical music, soul and jazz. He then took up the trumpet, which he continued to play throughout his time at Ohio State University, where he played in the Jazz Ensemble and...
. As of January 2010 Powell has become active as an organist in the trio Young Powell Vespestad http://www.ypvtrio.com/ lfeaturing Jacob Young
Jacob Young
Jacob Wayne Young is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as JR Chandler on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children...
and Jarle Vespestad
Jarle Vespestad
Jarle Vespestad is a Norwegian jazz percussionist.He graduated from the Toneheim Folk High School and Jazzlinja...
His recordings have appeared in the Gramophone Jazz Good CD Guide, Gramophone Classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
Good CD Guide, the Lord Discography
Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...
, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, as well as jazz magazines in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and the US. His composition "Bow Out" was adapted with a piece by David Bedford
David Bedford
David Vickerman Bedford , was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music....
by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
choreographer Val Caniparoli to create the ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
piece "Bow Out", performed by ballet companies in Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, Cincinnati and Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
.
Selected recordings
- A Big Sky (Totemcd101)
- Holus (Resonant Music RM4-2) with Terje GeweltTerje GeweltTerje Gewelt is a Norwegian jazz bassist.He grew up in Larvik, a small town on the southeastern coast. He started playing guitar at the age of 10, switched to electric bass at 14 and added acoustic bass at 17....
and Jarle VespestadJarle VespestadJarle Vespestad is a Norwegian jazz percussionist.He graduated from the Toneheim Folk High School and Jazzlinja... - North by Northwest (Nagel Heyer Records NH2013)featuring Arild AndersenArild AndersenArild Andersen is a Norwegian bass player.Born in Lillestrøm, Norway, he started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet , with Terje Rypdal and Jon Christensen...
- Solace (Nagel Heyer NH2036) with Terje GeweltTerje GeweltTerje Gewelt is a Norwegian jazz bassist.He grew up in Larvik, a small town on the southeastern coast. He started playing guitar at the age of 10, switched to electric bass at 14 and added acoustic bass at 17....
and Jarle VespestadJarle VespestadJarle Vespestad is a Norwegian jazz percussionist.He graduated from the Toneheim Folk High School and Jazzlinja... - Peak Experience Trio (Totemic Records 06-47N)
- Anthony BraxtonAnthony BraxtonAnthony Braxton is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher. Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s...
Composition No.175/No.126 (Leo 2006) - Rendezvous:Live in london (Nagel Heyer Records NH2075)
- Napoli (Tapas Records Japan)
- Anthem (PVY Records Corp.) with Jacob YoungJacob YoungJacob Wayne Young is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as JR Chandler on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children...
and Jarle VespestadJarle VespestadJarle Vespestad is a Norwegian jazz percussionist.He graduated from the Toneheim Folk High School and Jazzlinja... - Shizaru (Rare Noise Records) with Cuong VuCuong Vuis a jazz trumpeter and vocalist.Born in Saigon, he left Vietnam with his family at the age of five in 1975, settling in Bellevue, Washington...
Lorenzo FeliciatiLorenzo FeliciatiLorenzo Feliciati was an Italian painter, born and active in Siena. Several pictures by this artist are to be found in the churches of Siena and its neighborhood.-References:...
and Pat MastelottoPat MastelottoPat Mastelotto is a rock drummer who has worked with Mr. Mister and King Crimson, amongst others. For King Crimson he initially formed part of the "double trio" lineup, joining Bill Bruford on drums...
External links
- Official website
- Norwegian Music information Centre
- National jazz organisation in the UK
- http://www.ypvtrio.com/ Young Powell Vespestad website