David Newton (pianist)

David Newton (born 1958 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish jazz pianist and composer.

Life

David Newton grew up in Renfrewshire, Scotland; Early models were for him Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Erroll Garner. After his graduation in 1979 from the Leeds College of Music David Newton worked as a freelance musician in the area around Yorkshire, and eventually became a theater musician at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. After two years he went to the Edinburgh Theatre, where he was active in the Scottish jazz scene. With his school friend, bassist Alan Barnes, he then moved to London, where he played in a quartet with Barnes, guitarist Martin Taylor and saxophonist Don Weller.

1985 made ​​his first recordings with Buddy DeFranco and Martin Taylor; 1988 followed by the first album under his own name for Linn Records, and later for Candid Records. In the 1990s, Newton then played in a trio with bassist Dave Green and drummer Allan Ganley ( In Good Company ); He also recorded two solo albums, Return Journey ( 1992) and the Frank Sinatra - Portrait Twelfth of the Twelfth (1995 ) and played in a duo with pianist Brian Lemon. In 1997, David Newton and Alan Barnes on Concord Jazz.

The late 1990s, Newton began with Tina May, Annie Ross, Claire Martin and eventually work with Stacey Kent, with whom he recorded several albums over the next ten years ( The Tender Trap, 1998) and went on tour. In addition, Newton composed his own music for his own ensembles, as well as for Martin Taylor, Alan Barnes, Tina May or Claire Martin, also for some television productions. 2003 David Newton worked again for a few theater productions in Scarborough and London. As of 2004, Newton worked in a trio with Matt Miles and Steve Brown; last appeared in the " Portrait of a Woman " on the Bright New Day label, Newton also worked on recordings by Spike Robinson, Martin Taylor (Do not Fred ) and Don Weller.

David Newton, who recalls the lyricism of Enrico Pieranunzi, applies to Cook / Morton as one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation; He received numerous awards, he was the eighth occasion the best jazz pianists selected in the British Jazz Awards 2008.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Xictim of Circumstances ( Linn, 1990) with Alec Dankworth and Tracey Clark
• Return Journey ( Linn, 1992) solo
• In Good Company ( Candid, 1994)
• Twelfth of the twelfth - A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra ( Candid, 1995)
• DNA ( Candid, 1996) with Iain Dixon, Matt Miles and Steve Brown
• Brian Lemon and David Newton ( Zephyr, 1998)
• Inspired (Bright New Day Records, 2004)
• Portrait of a Woman (Bright New Day Records, 2009)

Swell

• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
• Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9