Entente Cordiale Nigel Price & Alban Claret with Mikele Montolli & Matt Fishwick

• 1Bittersuite05:16
• 2Silver's Serenade05:55
• 3The Moontrane04:54
• 4Simone05:40
• 5Self Portrait In Three Colours06:05
• 6Blues For Herb05:32
• 7Time Remembered05:47
• 8I'm Old Fashioned08:17
• 9This Is New05:26
• 10Pensativa08:31
• Total Runtime01:01:23

Info for Entente Cordiale

Nigel Price needs no introduction as one of the leading guitarists in the UK, although it must be said that he is probably looking over his shoulder and keeping a close eye on his co-conspirator on this recording, Alban Claret.

With a reputation as one of the most hardworking and busiest musicians in the business one thing that can always be guaranteed with Nigel is inventive and swinging jazz, and with Alban, he has found a fellow guitarist with whom he can communicate with a high level of intuition and freedom. Nigel says of their first meeting, “Well, it’s probably impossible for a great guitarist to move to London and think I won’t notice! We played a couple of times at one of Alban’s regular gigs and it very quickly became clear that we were going to get on like a house on fire...”

Unusual to find a quartet with a two-guitar front line, but with Entente Cordiale we are presented with just that, in an excellent album that takes us on a journey that features some of the great jazz composers of the 20th century. Some of the compositions are old friends while others may be less familiar, but all are handled with an authenticity and originality that ensures that the integrity of the composer is uppermost while the quartet is able to breathe life... mehr

"Each note on this album is a word in a musical dialogue where every word is necessary and perfectly timed. Every song is different but unified by the twin guitarists’ delivery. The guitarists treat their rhythm playing with the same importance as their melody lines and solos, and listening to the interplay of one guitarist’s melody against the other’s chording is one of the multiple joys of hearing this album. Through-out, Price and Claret let their guitars fully explore each song as if they are only rushing to go where their harmonic partnership takes them." (Ben Miller, jazzviews.net)

Nigel Price, guitar (left channel)
Alban Claret, guitar (right channel)
Mikele Montolli, double bass
Matt Fishwick, drums

Nigel Price
Over a career spanning more than 25 years, award winning jazz guitarist Nigel Price has become widely acknowledged as one of the hardest working musicians in the business.

Musically, his blend of flowing bebop lines, deep blues sensibility and his mastery of chording continue to delight audiences and fellow musicians alike. His career highlights include a support show for Gladys Knight at The Royal Albert Hall and an appearance on Van Morrison’s recent album Keep Me Singing.

Starting his professional career in his early 20s, Nigel toured Europe with various reggae and funk bands before settling on a solo guitar career and turning his attention to jazz. Citing early influences as Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Nigel honed his craft by attending gigs and sitting in with the players of the time.

Nigel has played on more than 50 albums including 5 as a leader, spent ten years with acid jazz outfit The Filthy Six, was a member of James Taylor’s band for 3 years (with whom he recorded 5 albums) and performed with the legendary David Axelrod. He has also taught at The International Guitar Foundation at King’s Place, London.

He has worked tirelessly to organise his own tours (including a 56 date tour in late 2016) and has picked up a Parliamentary Jazz Award (Best Jazz Ensemble, 2010), a nomination for a British Jazz Award (Best Guitarist, 2014) and a British Jazz Award (Best Guitarist, 2016) along the way.

Nigel is a regular performer at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club where he has made more than 500 appearances. He released his fifth Organ Trio Album

Heads & Tales Volume 2 in late 2016 to great critical acclaim. He is currently planning a further tour due to start in 2018.

This album contains no booklet.