The Dime Notes
Blues drenched clarinet-driven 1920’s New Orleans jazz with London’s hard-swinging vintage jazz band.
The Dime Notes dig back into the blues-drenched sounds of clarinet-driven 1920’s New Orleans jazz, unearthing a repertoire of stomps, blues, and forgotten gems of the era from musicians such as Johnny Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton and Red Nichols.
Personnel:
David Horniblow - clarinet: David is one of London’s most in demand jazz clarinet and saxophone players. He has performed and recorded with all of the top British jazz names and acts – from Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball to Jools Holland and Jamie Cullum – as well as international stars including the 11 time Grammy award winning music legend George Benson. Initially studying classical clarinet at the prestigious Guildhall School of of Music and Drama in London, David rapidly became involved in Jazz and has specialised in it ever since.
Sam Watts - piano: Sam is a pianist and composer specialising in Brazilian music and Jazz. Born in Birmingham U.K, he began playing at the age of 6. After taking an interest in improvisation and jazz as a teenager he eventually went on to study with scholarships at both Leeds College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, where he won the Humphrey Lyttleton Prize. His early influences were jazz pianists such as Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans and Erroll Garner, although he has always maintained an interest in classical music as well, and has extensively studied classical composition, counterpoint and orchestration.
Dave Kelbie - guitar: Over the last 20 years London based Dave has been a prominent accompanist to many of the world’s leading jazz soloists and European Gypsy musicians. A self taught guitarist, Kelbie’s professional engagements started with the celebrated Gypsy guitarist from Holland Fapy Lafertin and the UK based quartet Lejazz in 1989, a partnership which has continued to the present day with CD releases on Lejazzetal Records including ‘Swing Guitars’ and the highly acclaimed 'Hungaria’, and with tours as recent as 2017 in an ever-growing number of projects. Through his lengthy alliance with Lafertin, Kelbie became rhythm guitarist to most of the eminent Gypsy guitarists of their time including a five year stretch with Lollo Meier, performances with Bireli Lagrene and Angelo Debarre with whom he toured for seven years, releasing two highly admired albums on Lejazzetal Records.
Louis Thomas - bass: Louis grew up in Devon and took up the double bass aged 16. He immediately developed a great enthusiasm for the instrument and very soon began gigging professionally. A few years later he moved to London to study jazz at Trinity College of Music. Over the years he has been involved in a very diverse range of projects. He was a founder member of The London Soundpainting Orchestra – a collective of musicians and dancers which explores live composition using sign language. He toured with the Neil Cowley Trio, which included a trip to Sudan with the British Council. He performed with Trinity’s Contemporary Jazz ensemble at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and took part in a performance John Cage’s ‘Musicircus’ at the ENO. He has recorded for radio 3 on numerous occasions and has performed as part of the BBC Proms Lates with two of his bands – Southern Cone Quintet and The Old Hat Jazz Band.
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