Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Insomnia Drummer/composer John Randall, although still in his early 20s, has won numerous awards for his compositions and drumming and is already making a significant impact on the UK jazz scene. 'Insomnia', his debut recording, features young, modern, forward thinking music that, whilst always influenced by the musical traditions of jazz, sees the raw energy of rock and the deep groove of hip hop sit alongside abstract textures and electronics. Complex rhythmic and harmonic ideas are made to sound simple and catchy. It is music of contrasts, where a sub bass rock-out can dissolve within seconds into a rubato ballad. Underpinning all of this is the musicality of a band of virtuosic improvisers and the concept of playing honest music that does not draw boundaries between different musical genres or traditions. Randall graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire with a first-class honours degree in jazz, one of only a handful of people ever to have done so. He was recently awarded a Yamaha-Classic FM scholarship for Outstanding Jazz Musicians, an award that came soon after him winning the John Mayer Memorial Prize for Composition. Heard by drumming legend Clark Tracey earlier in 2008 he was instantly offered a record deal with Tracey's label TenToTen Records. In April the band, in its quartet line up, won the Birmingham Conservatoire Dave Holland Jazz Ensemble Award. Dave Holland adjudicated the event and commented on how impressed he was by the modern, forward-looking musical concept, with its strong creativity, diverse programming and wide emotional range. Personnel: Mike Fletcher (alto saxophone, flute), Phil Robson (guitar - 4,5,7,8), Chris Montague (guitar - 1,2,3,6), Tom Farmer (electric bass), John Randall (drums)Review...infectiously edgy grooves...time-bending, melodical labyrinthines...Tentoten Records' Clark Tracey played a smart card in signing up this fast-blossoming talent. -- The Guardian, (John Fordham), January 2, 2009A highly promising drummer...guitarist Chris Montague is ruggedly innovative...the tightness of Randall's drumming and the group's rhythmic attack is impressive... -- The Guardian, (John Fordham), January 2, 2009Bursting with musical ideas, rich, dexterous, vibrant and original...refreshingly subtle and complex enough to reward repeated listenings. Recommended. -- , (Chris Parker), January 2009 Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help! Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you. Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Copyright © 2017 The Pom Shop. All rights reserved.
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Location: Priority Airmail from England
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Brand: Tentoten
Release Year: 2008
Format: CD
Genre: Rock
Record Label: Tentoten
Artist: John Randall
Release Title: Insomnia
