Movements in Colour is the name of Andy Sheppard’s debut recording for renowned European label ECM. Andy has written stunning new repertoire for a starry international band that features long-term collaborators guitarist John Parricelli and tabla virtuoso and percussionist Kuljit Bhamra, alongside two of Norway's finest - the shimmering, other-worldly textures of guitarist and electronics artist Eivind Aarset, and legendary bassist Arild Andersen. The music for this extraordinarily gifted line-up bears all Sheppard’s famed characteristics - melodic themes, inventive use of texture and an unerring sense of rhythm which sets the pace for world jazz at its inclassifiable best.
Line-Up:
Andy Sheppard – soprano and tenor saxophones
John Parricelli – guitar
Eivind Aarset – guitar and electronics
Arild Andersen – double bass
Kuljit Bhamra – tabla and percussion
This performance is part of the launch of Andy Sheppard’s new album, Movements in Colour.
Andy Sheppard biography
The man who has emerged as one of Britain’s foremost tenor and soprano saxophonists was introduced to the music of John Coltrane at the age of nineteen and immediately went out and bought his own saxophone. A successful recording artist, bandleader and composer (for film, TV and theatre), Andy Sheppard is one of a very few British jazz artists to have made a significant international impact. He has worked with an astonishing range of musical partners and is remarkably, one of a very few soloists to have played in the big bands of all three of the greatest post-war jazz composers, Carla Bley, George Russell and Gil Evans.
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