Aftersun Bill Laurance

• 1 SOTI 05:28
• 2 The Pines 06:26
• 3 Time To Run 08:24
• 4 Madeleine 04:59
• 5 Bullet 04:06
• 6 Aftersun 06:03
• 7 First Light 04:58
• 8 Golden Hour 04:42
• 9 A Blaze 07:56
• Total Runtime 53:02

Info for Aftersun

Wenn die Mitglieder der zur Zeit weltweit angesagten Jazzband Snarky Puppy live ihre Soli abfeuern, steht das Publikum Kopf. Zu Recht, denn die Musiker sind auch solistisch Weltklasse. Das soll von nun an auch in Albumform bewiesen werden: Auf Ground-up, dem Label von Snarky Puppy, werden zukünftig auch Soloalben einiger talentierter Bandmitglieder erscheinen. Den Anfang macht Bill Laurance, als Pianist und Keyboarder einer der Grundpfeiler von Snarky Puppy. Auf seinem Solo-Album 'Aftersun' zaubert er mit Bandkollegen Michael League (Bass) und Robert 'Sput' Searight (Drums) plus Perkussionist Weedie Braimah eine ebenso intensiv groovende wie melodisch elegante Fusion aus Jazz-Funk und Afro-Beats. Die grandiosen Melodien aus eigener Feder und Laurances spacige Soli lassen oft an Seventies-Highlights von Ramsey Lewis oder Bob James denken.

Bill Laurance, Piano, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Synthesizers, Hammond Organ
Michael League, Electric Bass, Upright Bass, Moog Bass
Robert 'Sput' Searight, Drums, Percussion, Moog Bass, Hammond Organ
Weedie Braimah, Percussion

Bill Laurance
Grammy award winner and original member of the internationally acclaimed Snarky Puppy, Bill Laurance released his debut album FLINT in 2014 going straight to No1 in the UK and US iTunes Jazz Charts and receiving international critical acclaim.

His second album SWIFT is released on GroundUP Music in Spring 2015.

Classically trained, Bill has worked as a professional musician since he was 14, touring internationally as a pianist, keyboard player, composer, producer and arranger. Bill has recorded and or performed with artists including: David Crosby, Morcheeba, Salif Keita, Bobby McFerrin, Terence Blanchard, Susana Baca, Lalah Hathaway, Laura Mvula, Jacob Collier, Musiq Soul Child, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Carlos Malta, Miss Dynamite and The Metropole Orchestra.

He has worked extensively in the dance world with companies including Alvin Ailey, Ballet Rambert, Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures, Phoenix Dance, Northern Ballet Theatre and the English National Ballet.

Bill runs his own music production company Twenty Thousand specialising in music for film, TV and commercials. Recent clients include Apple Mac, Sky Broadband, Nokia, De Beers, Hewlett Packard and Rigby & Peller.

Bill is a specialist lecturer at the Institute of Contemporary Music in London and continues to give clinics at music institutions around the world.

This album contains no booklet.