Neil Cowley

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Neil Cowley
Born (1972-11-05) 5 November 1972 (age 51)
London, England
Instrument(s)Piano
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Neil Cowley (born 5 November 1972) is an English contemporary pianist and composer. He has also released music as part of Fragile State, the Green Nuns of the Revolution, and the Neil Cowley Trio. With his trio, he appeared on Later... with Jools Holland in April 2008 and won the 2007 BBC Jazz Award for best album for Displaced. [1] In 2018, Cowley announced he was working on a new electronic focused solo project. [2] In 2020, Cowley announced his debut solo album, Hall of Mirrors. [3]

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Biography

Cowley was born in London, England. [4] He began as a classical pianist and performed a Shostakovich piano concerto at the age of 10 at Queen Elizabeth Hall. In his late teens Cowley moved into being a keyboardist for soul and funk acts Mission Impossible, the Brand New Heavies, Gabrielle and Zero 7. He also appeared as a co-composer and session musician with the jazz-rock group Samuel Purdey. An early album was Foxbury Rules, released under the pseudonym Diamond Wookie.

In 2002, he formed the duo Fragile State with Ben Mynott; after its end, the Neil Cowley Trio. [1] In 2006, he released an album called Soundcastles under the name Pretz.

In 2008, the Neil Cowley Trio recorded cover versions of the Beatles' "Revolution 1" and "Revolution 9" for Mojo magazine. In 2012, he appeared as the session pianist on Adele's album 21 .

In 2013, he was Musician in Residence for Derry, when it was designated the inaugural UK City of Culture. [5]

On 16 September 2016, the album Spacebound Apes was released by Neil Cowley Trio. [6]

In 2018, Cowley announced that the trio was on hiatus and he was working on a new electronic focused project. [2]

Discography

Solo albums

Diamond Wookie

Pretz

Neil Cowley

Solo EPs

Neil Cowley

As leader/co-leader

With Green Nuns of the Revolution

Fragile State

Cowley Trio

As sideman

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  3. 1 2 "I've written my debut solo album!". Instagram.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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