The Greg Foat Group

The Greg Foat Group's Exhilarating Take On Modern Jazz Brings Together Bold Experimentation Adventurous Instrumentation And Analog Recording Into A Sound Informed As Much By Soundtracks And Library Music As By Modal And Soul-Jazz. Formed In 2009 And Led By Pianist/composer/arranger/DJ Foat The GFG Consisted Of Top Sessionmen Rob Mach Saxophone Trevor Walker Trumpet/flügelhorn Tony Coote Drums Jacob Ohvall Bass Henric Strall Acoustic Guitar Phil Achille Double Bass And Marius Ptas Guitar . The Band's 2011 Debut Long-Player Dark Is The Sun -- Issued On The Legendary Jazzman Label -- Was A Concept Album Recorded In Sweden That Recalled The Vibrancy Of The British Modern Jazz Scene Of The Late '60s And Early '70s. This Was Followed By The Spacy Moog-Laden Sci-Fi-Themed Girl And Robot With Flowers In 2012 Before A Residency At The Playboy Club In Mayfair London Resulted In A Thrilling Live Album Released In 2014. In Contrast The Following Year The Band Recorded The More Ambient And Pastoral The Dancers At The Edge Of Time In A Chapel Near Foat's Hometown Of Ventnor Isle Of Wight UK. This Recording Featured A String Quartet And Woodwinds With The Church Organ Itself Taking Center Stage In The Proceedings. 2016's Cityscapes/Landscapes Returned To The Late-'60s Brit Jazz/jazz-Rock Sound With The Former Being Written During Foat's Stint As A DJ In Stockholm And The Latter Back In The Rural Isle Of Wight The Album Represents A Lucid Musical Journey Between The Two Contrasting Environments.
Biography By Matthew Garbutt read less