Liam Noble (musician)

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Liam Noble
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Noble with Ingrid Laubrock at Niederstetten, Germany in 2011
Background information
Born (1968-11-15) 15 November 1968 (age 56)
London, UK
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger, educator
InstrumentPiano
Years active1990s–present
Website liamnoble.co.uk

Liam Noble (born 15 November 1968) is a British jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator.

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Early life

Noble was born in London on 15 November 1968. [1] He studied music at the University of Oxford and the postgraduate level at the Guildhall School of Music. [1]

Later life and career

After his studies, Noble played with saxophonist Stan Sulzmann in duo and quartet performances. [1] He then played in several bands, including those led by Harry Beckett, John Stevens and Anita Wardell. [1] In 1997, Noble joined Bobby Wellins' band. [1] In 2002, he received a commission from Birmingham Jazz to write a song cycle. [1]

Noble's 2004 recording Romance Among the Fishes was a quartet album, with Phil Robson (guitar), Drew Gress (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums). [2] Noble and Robson had often played together, but the four had been put together earlier the same year for an appearance at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. [2] Noble's 2009 trio album, Brubeck, was described by the dedicatee, Dave Brubeck, as "an inspiration and a challenge for me to carry on in the avenues that you [Noble] have opened". [3] In 2010, Noble accompanied vocalist Christine Tobin on the album Tapestry Unravelled, a reworking of Carole King's Tapestry from four decades earlier. [4] In 2015, Noble will release the solo piano album A Room Somewhere. [5]

Noble teaches at the Royal Academy of Music, [6] Trinity Laban, [7] the Birmingham Conservatoire [8] and the University of Kent. [9]

Compositions

Critic John Fordham, writing in 2005, commented that "Noble likes a mixture of staccato, drily witty themes that suggest a collision of Steve Coleman and Django Bates with Wayne Shorter – and with Canadian piano guru Paul Bley in the quieter episodes". [2]

Discography

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

As leader/co-leader

Year recordedTitleLabelPersonnel/Notes
1994Close Your Eyes FMR Solo piano
2001*In the MeantimeBashoQuintet, with Stan Sulzmann (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute), Chris Biscoe (alto sax, soprano sax, alto clarinet), Mick Hutton (bass), Paul Clarvis (drums)
2004Romance Among the FishesBashoQuartet, with Phil Robson (guitar), Drew Gress (bass), Tom Rainey (drums)
2006* Let's Call This... Babel Duo, with Ingrid Laubrock (sax)
2009*BrubeckBashoTrio, with Dave Whitford (bass), Dave Wickins (drums)
2010*Tapestry UnravelledTrail BelleDuo, with Christine Tobin (vocals)
2015*A Room SomewhereBashoSolo piano

As sideman

Year recordedLeaderTitleLabel
1994 Moondog Sax Pax for a Sax Atlantic
1998Harrison SmithOutside InsideSlam
1998–99Tim WhiteheadPersonal StandardsHome Made
1999Trevor LinesThe Cats Hide Under the Bed When I Play My Gary Windo RecordsWriggly Pig
2000Arnie SomogyiCold Cherry SoupForged
2000 Bobby Wellins The Best Is Yet to ComeJazzizit
2004* Crass AgendaSavage UtopiaExitstencil Sound
2007Tim WhiteheadToo Young to Go SteadyHome Made
2007 Ingrid Laubrock Sleepthief Intakt
2008* Christine Tobin Secret Life of a GirlBabel
2010 Julian Siegel Urban Theme ParkBasho
2010 Ingrid Laubrock The Madness of Crowds Intakt
2011Ingrid Laubrock Zurich Concert Intakt
2011*Zhenya StrigalevSmiling OrganizmWhirlwind
2012*Rachel MussonTatterdemalionBabel
2013Alex GarnettAndromedaWhirlwind
2014*Jim RattiganTriplicityPavillon

Main source: [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chilton, John (ed.) (2004) Who's Who of British Jazz (2nd ed.). Bloomsbury. p. 264. ISBN   978-0-8264-7234-2.
  2. 1 2 3 Fordham, John (14 October 2005) "Liam Noble, Romance Among the Fishes". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ Fordham, John (3 April 2009) "Liam Noble Trio: Brubeck". The Guardian.
  4. ↑ Hodgkinson, Will (24 June 2010) "Christine Tobin Weaves a New Tapestry". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ "Liam Noble Solo Album Launch". Vortex. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Liam Noble". Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Liam Noble". Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Liam Noble". Birmingham City University. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Liam Noble". University of Kent. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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