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MP3 Simon Atkinson & The ben Marcato Trio - Fly Me To The Moon
14 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Smooth Jazz, EASY LISTENING: Lounge
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As a Jazz Vocalist for over 25 years, Simon Atkinson has drawn inspiration from the music of the great Crooners, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra Mel Torme ,Nat King Cole and many more. He has performed his own interpretations of the classic standards over that time in a wide variety of countries and venues. With the dramatic resurgence of the genre Simon has enjoyed a rapid increase in interest and demand for his relaxed cool style of Jazz and Swing Singing.
In 2003, Following a 7 year period performing in Australia, Simon returned to the UK and found new success in with individual performances throughout Britain and in France, but most significantly with the superb Veteran Scottish Jazz pianist and Arranger Allan Baillie and his band The Ben Marcato Trio.
Baillie has performed for over 4 decades with an enormous range of the very best Scottish Jazz musicians as he developed and performed with his 12 piece jazz orchestra in the 1980''s and his legendary Al Baillie Trio in the 1990''s. He has recorded for the BBC and is now well known all over Scotland for his solo Jazz piano work as well as his performances and arrangement work with The Ben Marcato Trio. Allan jokes that Simon has "pulled me out of retirement" but both Atkinson And Baillie freely admit that their collaboration is the most rewarding of either''s career.
The trio features an exceptionally talented young drummer: Scott Mackay, from Ayrshire in Scotland who is Studying BA Applied Music at Strathclyde University. He has already performed with various acts and musicians around the country and toured with groups in Canada, America, Australia and NZ, Europe and Kuwait.
Bassist Doug Galbraith is a young man with a great talent, although only 19 years old he has already performed in wide variety of prestigious venues throughout Scotland.
Following their appearance at one of numerous UK Jazz festivals in 2005, a Scottish Newspaper described the combo as:
"THE COOLEST VOCAL JAZZ AND SWING OF THE RAT PACK ERA AND BEYOND PLUS SOME GREAT SURPRISES!”
2007 will see the debut appearance of Simon & The Trio at the UK’s prestigious GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
Following an initial demo recording session in 2005, Simon Atkinson & Allan Baillie concentrated on writing original material - established territory for Baillie, but a new and exciting one for Atkinson having previously pursued a career performing other people''s songs.
The result is FLY ME TO THE MOON, an album which features two new songs from the Atkinson/Baillie song writing partnership (WEEKEN IN PARIS , STILL IN LOVE) both with a style that is firmly rooted in a previous era, through to the familiar title track and numerous other Jazz Standards re-worked with Baillie’s unique arrangements (SATIN DOLL, PAPER MOON, THE LADY IS A TRAMP) The album also features the hauntingly beautiful song by US Singer/ Songwriter James Hurley (WHISPER) and unique re-styling of the classic Beatles song SAW HER STANDING THERE amongst several tracks with a distinctly Jazz/Blues feel.
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