Vocalist Imogen Ryall is back with her second album with Rubicon Classics. After her successful album ‘Imogen Ryall sings the Charles Mingus/Joni Mitchell Songbook’, Imogen is now joined by renowned Czech composer & pianist Emil Viklický who has collaborated with Bill Frisell, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Songs is a collection of eleven compositions, 10 of which are origianl pieces written by Emil with lyrics supplied by Imogen. The rest of the band consists of Julian Nicholas on saxophone, Czech bassist Petr Dvorský, who hails from Prague with Viklický, and Eric Ford on drums.
Last year, Emil and Imogen performed this programme at the famous 606 Jazz club with positive reception. “an enjoyable and intimate evening”. londonjazznews.com (April 2023).
Viklický is masterly throughout and his accomplished themes and elegant melodies are the perfect vehicle for Ryall’s creative lyrics and splendid vocal delivery. The piano and sax combinations, honed over 30 years of collaboration, are sensitive and inspired. Dvorský and Ford show a mix of rhythmic drive and appropriate restraint when needed, making this a contemporary quintet album that consistently hits the mark. (read full review at allaboutjazz.com)
17 Leeward Quay
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN23 5UD
United Kingdom
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