Paralleling the likes of The Bad Plus and Medeski Martin & Wood, the Neil Cowley Trio works within a mode that harmoniously turns the tide on convention.

'Vice Skating' is a remarkably coherent composition that offers a comprehensive glimpse into the trio's novel convictions. Radio Silence is the sound of a band fully comfortable in their unique sonic skin. With cascading block chords and memorable choruses, the pianist ventures into a lush, romantic domain with a twist or two on 'Vice Skating.' The band's youthful presence and cunning designs invert standard piano trio fare with off-kilter detours, false endings and pulsating unison lines that pose alternating viewpoints.Ĭowley's rolling chord clusters and the trio's pumping rock beats add oomph to a lush melody, but it's an arrangement that translucently fuses positive sensibilities with pure power, fluency and tender notes, as a series of odd-metered pauses and regenerations of the primary theme help spawn a tension-and-release environment. Neil Cowley Radio Silence (2010) FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz Time 48:45 minutes 616 MB Genre: Jazz Official Digital Download Source: Naim Label Digital booklet. It's an uncanny dimension that casts an earthy keynote into the grand schema, while enhancing the more ethereal spots and cross-theme intersections. (2008) Radio Silence (2010) The Face of Mount Molehill (2012). Cowley injects a sense of antiquity into the program, via his slightly rustic sounding piano, shaded with a honky-tonk, full-bodied tone. Neil Cowley (born 5 November 1972) is an English contemporary pianist and composer. none, NAIMCD147, Neil Cowley Trio, Radio Silence (CD, Album, Dig), Hide Inside Records, Naim Label, none, NAIMCD147, UK, 2010. Here, pianist Neil Cowley merges rock, pop sentiment and mainstream jazz into a stylistic enterprise, aided by a highly rhythmic undercurrent.

use signal flags when they want to keep radio silence. With this British trio's third albumand perhaps its finest hour to datea heartwarming assault on the customary jazz piano trio format surges onward. Neil Cowley Trio (June 30) return to the Festival for a 2nd consecutive year.

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