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 SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio's Profile |
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The Coolest Jazz & Swing ! |
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| Location: | Glastonbury 2008, London, New York, Paris, Ayr!, Scotland |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | May 26, 2008 (550 days back) |
About Me |
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| br/ Buy mp3 At GreatIndieMusic.com ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES! CLICK ON THIS ICON TO VIEW ALBUM DETAILS & DOWNLOADS! .. IF YOU PREFER PAYPAL TO BUY COMPLETE COPIES OF THE CD SIGNED BY THE SIMON & THE TRIO! .. a As a Jazz Vocalist for over 25 years, Simon Atkinson has drawn inspiration from the music of the great jazz vocalists and has performed his own interpretations of many classic standards over that time in a wide variety of countries and venues . Now performing an ever increasing number of his own original songs (written with songwriting partner Allan Baillie) he has found that interest and demand for his relaxed cool style of Jazz and Swing vocal has increased steadily over the past years with Simon performing at many and varied venues and events including the 2007 & Just announced for the 2008 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL. Following a 7 year period performing overseas, In 2003 Simon returned to the UK and found new success in with individual performances throughout Britain and in France , but most significantly with the superb Veteran Jazz pianist and arranger Allan Baillie and his band The Ben Marcato Trio. Allan Baillie has performed for over 5 decades with an enormous range of the very best Scottish Jazz musicians as he developed and performed with his 12 piece jazz orchestra in the 1980's and his legendary Al Baillie Trio in the 1990's. He has recorded for the BBC and is now well known all over Scotland for his solo Jazz piano work as well as his performances and arrangement work with The Ben Marcato Trio. Although Allan jokes that Simon "pulled me out of retirement" both Atkinson And Baillie freely admit that their colaboration is the most rewarding of either's career. following thier appearance at The Ayr Jazz festival in 2004, Scotland's Ayrshire Post described the combo as: "THE COOLEST VOCAL JAZZ AND SWING PLUS SOME GREAT ORIGINAL SURPRISES!" . The Trio features an exceptionally talented young drummer : Scott Mackay, from Ayrshire in Scotland who is Studying BA Applied Music at Strathclyde University and is currently involved in the BBC 'Young Jazz Musician of The Year Award' competition where he has just qualified for a place in the Semi-Final. He has already performed with various acts and musicians around the country and toured with groups in Canada, America, Australia and NZ, Europe and Kuwait. Following the departure of The Trio's original Bassist Doug Galbraith (featured on Fly Me To The Moon Album) The Trio will be working with three outstanding bass players who will rotate, as it were, on future gigs. They are: Ian Harkness, Martin Henderson and Henry Fullerton. Following an initial demo recording session in 2005, Simon Atkinson & Allan Baillie concentrated on writing original material - established territory for Baillie, but a new and exciting one for Atkinson having previously pursued a career performing other people's songs.The result is FLY ME TO THE MOON, an album which features two new songs from the Atkinson/Baillie song writing partnership (WEEKEN IN PARIS , STILL IN LOVE) both with a style that is firmly rooted in a previous era, through to the familiar title track and numerous other Jazz Standards re-worked with Baillie’s unique arrangements (SATIN DOLL, PAPER MOON, THE LADY IS A TRAMP to name a few) The album also features the hauntingly beautiful song by US Singer/ Songwriter James Hurley (WHISPER) and unique re-styling of the classic Beatles song SAW HER STANDING THERE amongst several tracks with a distinctly Jazz/Blues feel. The future looks bright for the Simon and Allan as they continue to write and arrange new material with a view to future recordings and work through an ever increasing schedule of live performances as Simon Atkinson & The Ben Marcato Trio, and on occasion, as a Duo. Simon welcomes enquiries from anyone wishing to book SIMON ATKINSON & THE BEN MARCATO TRIO for thier own Private or Public event. Enquiries to CRAIGDOON JAZZ, 2A Dunure Road, AYR, Ayrshire KA7 4HR For more information on The Washoose Studio and the Legend that is DR. BONE: http://www.washoose.co.uk/ MyGen Profile Generator |
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Music:Member Since: 11/4/2005Band Website: You are here! Band Members: WE'VE ADDED ALL NEW SONGS FROM THE 'Fly Me to The Moon' ALBUM .NOTE THAT THERE ARE NOW 6 SONGS ON OUR PLAYER, SCROLL DOWN TO HEAR OUR NEW TRACKS 'Autumn Leaves' and 'Satin Doll' Vocalist: Simon Atkinson Piano/Arranger: Allan Baillie Bass: Doug Galbraith Drums: Scott Mackay ( WHISPER & WEEKEND IN PARIS) Graham King features on FLY ME TO THE MOON, OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN ,AUTUMN LEAVES & SATIN DOLL) ALL SONGS FEATURED ON THE PAGE ARE ARRANGED BY Allan Baillie('Weekend In Paris' & 'Whisper' with Simon Atkinson) 'WHISPER' Written by James Hurley, Arrangement by Allan Baillie & Simon Atkinson. James Hurley's myspace site:http://www.myspace.com/jameshurley OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN features Al Shotter on Harmonica WEEKEND IN PARIS , written by Simon Atkinson & Allan Baillie with Accordion solo by Alain Fresco .. make your profile cool MySpace Editor by Rasheed Richmond Most influencially The extraordinary vocal talents of Mr Tony Bennett with whom Simon had the great pleasure of spending time with at a 2 hour masterclass in Glasgow in 2005.......the other 2,000 people there thought it was a concert....just a concert!!! Other major influences have been Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jnr , Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, , Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis Jnr, Bing Crosby, Mat Munro (a great, great talent), Georgie Fame, Joe Williams, Paul McCartney, Ray Davies, and the music of Duke Ellington, Hogey Charmichael, Rogers and Hart , the lyrics of Johnny Mercer and many many many more.... Sounds Like: Well I guess that's for you all to decide!! but do let us know, love to hear from you all. hopefully we're sounding like us but with obvious stylistic influences from the great names above. br Record Label: Always open to discussions!! Type of Label: None |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Lounge / Swing / Jazz) |
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BBC Young Jazz musician of the Year Final! |
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| Many congratulations to Ben Marcato Trio drummer Scott Mackay who on Sunday 18th May qualified for a place in the final of this years BBC Young Jazz Musician of The Year Competition!
Well do... Posted by SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio on Tue, 20 May 2008 04:39:00 PST |
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New song on player! |
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| We’ve posted a new song : SATIN DOLL on the player. Hope you enjoy it! Posted by SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:33:00 PST |
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GLASTONBURY 2008 Line-Up ! |
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| It's Just been announced that Simon & The Trio will appear at the festival on Friday 27th June on the New Glade Stage, time yet to be specified. Aside from various favourite songs from ... Posted by SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:16:00 PST |
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GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2008! |
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| Exciting news that Simon & The Trio will be appearing for the second year running at the Festival! the new Glade Stage is the venue with Date/ time of gig to be advised in the following weeks. Las... Posted by SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:13:00 PST |
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New residencies for 2008 |
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| Exciting news for 2008 as Simon & The Trio have two new residency gigs. Firstly The Ben Marcato Trio will be playing at the ALONA HOTEL & RESTAURANT at Strathclyde Country ... Posted by SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:08:00 PST |
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FAREWELL TO DOUGIE!!! |
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| Very sad to report that the next three gigs will be the last with our fabulous young Bass Player Dougie Galbraith.
Doug has been headhunted and will move into an exciting new aspect of his music ... Posted by SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:56:00 PST |
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CD Complete and available for sale |
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| Hello folks,
I'm delighted to report that, afterwhat seems a very long time. we have finished FLY ME TO THE MOON.
So far the feedback has been positive and we're now getting into production and... Posted by SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio on Sun, 20 May 2007 01:22:00 PST |
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Album Almost finished! |
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| After several months of writing and preparation Simon & The Trio spent 2 weeks in the Washoose Studio in the skillfull hands of the Great 'Dr Bone' in the depths of rural Lanarkshire in Scotland.
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GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL GIG |
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| The final timing for our Glade area appearance at the Glastonbury Festival is Friday 22nd June 2.00 - 3.00pm
We also have a gig the night before in the region at Emborough Near Shepton Mallet,Somerset... Posted by SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:40:00 PST |
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SIMON & THE TRIO TO PLAY GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL! |
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Exciting news for us, we've been invited to appear at the Glastonbury Festival in June.
We'll be performing in the GLADE area on Friday 22nd June at between 2.30 - 4.00pm.
Our set will inclu... Posted by SIMON ATKINSON & The Ben Marcato Trio on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:28:00 PST |
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