Geoff Eales and his trio return to 1901 Arts Club with a concert of jazz classics and original works: Looking Forward, Looking Back.
"Eales demands your attention with the force of his musical personality and keeps it with his musicianship"
Budd Kopman (Cadence USA)
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The Happy Bopper Taliesin’s Dance Victor Young When I Fall in Love Jerome Kern In Love in Vain Geoff Eales Penclawdd Pickers There is Sadness in My Song Gene De Paul/Don Raye I’ll Remember April Frank Loesser If I were a Bell Interval Geoff Eales Memories of Valencia Magic Island Sammy Fain Alice in Wonderland Bill Evans Turn out the Stars Geoff Eales To the Power Four Home at Last Friday Jam Swirling Sleep well precious Mark Lament for Mark Joseph Kosma Autumn Leaves |
Photo by Tim Dickeson
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Geoff Eales is one of Europe’s most eclectic and inspirational pianists and composers. Though a master of many genres, it is within the jazz arena that the full extent of his musical imagination is revealed.
Born in the Welsh mining town of Aberbargoed, he studied music at Cardiff University. His composition tutor was Professor Alun Hoddinott, his piano teacher Martin Jones. After graduating summa cum laude he went on to study for a Ph.D in musical composition as well as writing a thesis on the symphonic works of Aaron Copland.
After leaving university Geoff made a conscious decision to move away from academia towards a more practical career in music. Jazz had always been Geoff’s first love and it was no surprise when soon after locating to London he was offered the piano chair in the BBC Radio Big Band. Here, he was featured in well over 2,000 broadcasts during his four-year residency. In 1983 he left the BBC in order to pursue a career in the London studios, working alongside a host of musical luminaries including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, José Carreras and Shirley Bassey.
As the new millennium approached Geoff felt the need to change direction once again. He craved a more hands-on approach as opposed to playing a supportive role to others. This has resulted in the release of thirteen highly acclaimed jazz albums during the last twenty years.
Throughout the course of his long career Geoff has performed at many prestigious venues worldwide including New York’s Birdland, The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, the Blue Note Clubs of Japan, London’s Ronnie Scott’s and Purcell Room as well as jazz festivals such as Zagreb, Belgrade, Cork and Brecon.
Since 2017 Geoff has been developing a multi-media musical, Spirit of the Mine, based on the history of the Welsh coal-mining industry. This culminated in the Welsh premiere of the work on 22 October 2022 in front of a packed audience at the City United Reformed Church in Cardiff.
Born in the Welsh mining town of Aberbargoed, he studied music at Cardiff University. His composition tutor was Professor Alun Hoddinott, his piano teacher Martin Jones. After graduating summa cum laude he went on to study for a Ph.D in musical composition as well as writing a thesis on the symphonic works of Aaron Copland.
After leaving university Geoff made a conscious decision to move away from academia towards a more practical career in music. Jazz had always been Geoff’s first love and it was no surprise when soon after locating to London he was offered the piano chair in the BBC Radio Big Band. Here, he was featured in well over 2,000 broadcasts during his four-year residency. In 1983 he left the BBC in order to pursue a career in the London studios, working alongside a host of musical luminaries including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, José Carreras and Shirley Bassey.
As the new millennium approached Geoff felt the need to change direction once again. He craved a more hands-on approach as opposed to playing a supportive role to others. This has resulted in the release of thirteen highly acclaimed jazz albums during the last twenty years.
Throughout the course of his long career Geoff has performed at many prestigious venues worldwide including New York’s Birdland, The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, the Blue Note Clubs of Japan, London’s Ronnie Scott’s and Purcell Room as well as jazz festivals such as Zagreb, Belgrade, Cork and Brecon.
Since 2017 Geoff has been developing a multi-media musical, Spirit of the Mine, based on the history of the Welsh coal-mining industry. This culminated in the Welsh premiere of the work on 22 October 2022 in front of a packed audience at the City United Reformed Church in Cardiff.
Andy Findon is Europe’s most recorded flautist and is one of the world’s leading exponents of the ethnic flute. He studied at The Royal College of Music and is an ex-principal flautist of The National Youth Orchestra. He is the longest serving member of The Michael Nyman Band where he has been playing baritone saxophone and flutes for the last 37 years. He is also a member of the folk/rock band The Home Service, the medieval prog-rock band Gryphon and plays regularly with the major London symphony orchestras. He often collaborates with Geoff Eales, their celebrated album, “The Dancing Flute”, substantially adding to the repertoire of the flute and piano pantheon.
Andy is a Pearl Flutes International Artist and the proud owner of the platinum flute built for Geoffrey Gilbert in 1950 by Charles Morley. |
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