Cathrine Legardh (DK) & Brian Kellock (UK): ‘Fine Together’
Scotland meets Scandinavia: The Great American Songbook along with a unique selection of Nordic tunes…
‘Brian Kellock, one of the unsung heroes of Scottish jazz and one of the best jazz pianists in Europe plays with Danish singer Cathrine Legardh, whose smoky sultry voice works perfectly with Kellock's mastery of the keys.' BBC News, Scotland, 2013
The Danish jazz vocalist Cathrine Legardh and the Scottish pianist Brian Kellock are back together on stage for the first time in ten years. The audience can expect a rare blend of mainstream jazz from the Great American Songbook and beyond (Kurt Weil, Charlie Haden, Charlie Parker, Tom Waits e.g.) together with a unique selection of Swedish tunes (Georg Riedel, Beppe Wolgers, Evert Taube, Lasse Gullin e.g.).
Cathrine Legardh & Brian Kellock met back in 2003 and released two albums: 'Gorgeous Creature' (Storyville 2008) and 'Love Still Wears A Smile' (Storyville 2013), the latter marked ten years of friendship and musical collaboration. Now they are back in crime – and rhyme – in Gustavskyrkan.
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'The strongly admired Scottish pianist, Brian Kellock, accompanies a rhythmically astute expressive Danish jazz singer in an interesting duo set on carefully selected standards.’ ****JAZZWISE
’Vacker, uttrycksfull röst med ett imponerande omfång. Kellocks pianospel - tekniskt fullödigt, fyndigt, festligt, fantasifullt och ytterst lyhört – passar Legardh som hand i handske. De bägge är uppenbarligen samma andas barn. **** DIGJAZZ.SE, J. Olsson
’Cathrine Legardh kompas av skotten Brian Kellock, en ypperlig pianist i ett fint urval sånger med en viss betoning på det mindre kända. Laddat, nära utan att det bliver intimt – mera et intelligent och välmodulerat samtal gamla, goda vänner.’ MUSIKNYTT (Finland), Å. Grandell
’Cathrine has a continental air that I feel marries perfectly with Brian's delicate harmonic progression. Together they explore many possibilities within their duo, both rhythmically and structurally...'. LONDON JAZZZ NEWS, I Barton
Cathrine Legardh (b. 1973), Danish jazz vocalist, born with Swedish / Norwegian family roots but grew up in DK, singing mainstream jazz as well as Nordic Jazz as well as her own compositions. She was educated to be a music teacher in 1999 but left her day job in 2006 to go for a professional singing career. She performs in Denmark and abroad (SE, NO, SF, IS, UK, US, NL, China and Thailand). Legardh is signed on the renowned jazz label, Storyville Records, and has released six albums as along with music for kids. In 2011 her CD 'Land & Sky' was nominated ‘Vocal Jazz Album of the Year’ at the Danish Music Awards as well as ‘Jazz Album of the Year’ at the Icelandic Music Awards - both in relation to her collaboration with the Icelandic alto sax player Sigurdur Flosason, with whom she is launching a new CD (Storyville Records, June 2023). http://legardh.dk
Brian Kellock (b. 1962), is one of the UK’s finest and most in-demand jazz pianists, acclaimed for a distinctive, swinging style of playing which has classic jazz piano influences at its heart but can never be second-guessed. Kellock was educated from Edinburgh University in 1986, he toured most of the world and worked with people such as: Herb Geller, Sheila Jordan, Art Farmer, Red Rodney, Scott Hamilton, Stanley Turrentine e.g. He featured on several albums as a sideman and released a handful of albums with his own trio, his highly praised 2019 album, Bidin’ My Time, was his first solo piano recording. Kellock’s many accolades include Best CD 2002 and Best Instrumentalist 2003 at the BBC Jazz Awards; Creative Scotland Award 2003, Herald Angel Award 2003, Jazz Musician of the Year 2011 at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, Best Instrumentalist at the Scottish Jazz Awards 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kellock
