Nat Birchall

Nat Birchall is a British saxophonist, composer, and bandleader of the Nat Birchall Quartet and Nat Birchall Sextet. He lives in Derbyshire in the north of England.

Biography

Birchall was born and lives in the North of England. He was born in Chorley, Lancashire and lived as a child Brinscall, Lancashire. His father was a tree cutter and his mother worked in the weaving mills. ^[1] As of 2018 ^[update] he lives in rural Derbyshire. ^[2]

Discography

Nat Birchall

• Sixth Sense (1999) ^[3]
• Akhenaten (Gondwana, 2009) ^[4]
• Guiding Spirit (Gondwana, 2010) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}
• Sacred Dimension (Gondwana, 2011) ^{[9] [10]}
• World Without Form (Soul and Spirit, 2012) ^{[11] [12]}
• Invocations (Jazzman, 2015) ^[13]
• Creation (Soul and Spirit, 2016) ^[14]
• Cosmic Language (Jazzman, 2018) ^[15]
• Mysticism of Sound (Ancient Archive of Sound, 2020 ^[16] )
• Ancient Africa (Ancient Archive of Sound, 2021) – Birchall plays reed and percussion instruments, piano, bass and drums ^[17]

Nat Birchall Quartet

• Live in Larissa by Nat Birchall Quintet (Soul and Spirit, 2014) ^[18]
• The Storyteller: a Musical Tribute To Yusef Lateef (2019) ^{[19] [20]}

Nat Birchall Sextet

• Exaltation / Live In Athens Vol 1 (Parafono, 2020) ^[21]

References

1. "'I aim for a sound that conjures up vistas of sunrises and wide open landscapes'". Morning Star. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
2. "Nat Birchall Interview – 1BTN". 1WORLD, 1LOVE, 1BTN. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
3. "Nat Birchall Musician". All About Jazz Musicians. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
4. "Album: Nat Birchall, Akhenaten (Gondwana)". Independent.co.uk . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
5. Fordham, John (20 May 2010). "Nat Birchall: Guiding Spirit". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2 November 2024.
6. "Album Interview: Nat Birchall: Guiding Spirit". Jazzwise. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
7. Gendre, Kevin Le. "BBC - Music - Review of Nat Birchall - Guiding Spirit". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
8. "Album: Nat Birchall, Guiding Spirit (Gondwana)". Independent.co.uk . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
9. Fordham, John (8 December 2011). "Nat Birchall: Sacred Dimension – review". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2 November 2024.
10. "Album: Nat Birchall, Sacred Dimension (Gondwana)". Independent.co.uk . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
11. Fordham, John (3 January 2013). "Nat Birchall: World Without Form – review". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2 November 2024.
12. "IoS album review: Nat Birchall, World Without Form (Sound, Soul and Spirit)". Independent.co.uk . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
13. "Nat Birchall: Nat Birchall: Invocations album review". All About Jazz. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
14. "Nat Birchall: Nat Birchall: Creation album review". All About Jazz. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
15. "Nat Birchall: Cosmic Language album review". All About Jazz. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
16. "Album Interview: Nat Birchall: Mysticism of Sound". Jazzwise. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
17. "Nat Birchall: Ancient Africa album review". All About Jazz. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
18. Fordham, John (8 May 2014). "Nat Birchall: Live in Larissa review – penetrating Coltrane tribute". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2 November 2024.
19. Morton, Brian (22 October 2019). "Nat Birchall Quartet: The Storyteller". Jazz Journal. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
20. "Nat Birchall: The Storyteller: A Musical Tribute To Yusef Lateef album review". All About Jazz. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
21. "Nat Birchall Sextet: Exaltation / Live In Athens Vol 1 album review". All About Jazz. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Nat Birchall discography at Discogs
• Nat Birchall Quintet discography at Discogs