| ABOUT
THE ARTISTE - Ray Guntrip, from the Medway area of Kent, England, is a composer
and leader of the Ray Guntrip Band. Ray Guntrip has had his foundations and roots
in the jazz genre and has performed in varying jazz styles from Latin jazz, through
contemporary jazz, jazz / blues, progressive jazz, soul jazz, etc on an international
basis. Ray Guntrip's compositions have a harmonic and melodic twist that gives
them an unmistakable signature and added dimension to the widely contrasting moods
of jazz. In 2008 an inspired recommendation
from within the hierarchy of the music industry brought Ray Guntrip together with
Shanelle, a female vocalist from Sussex, England, with a reputation as a world-class
singer, performer and songwriter. Shanelle was so impressed with the strength
of Ray Guntrip's original compositions, which gave her the unexplored potential
of adding lyrics to some of Ray Guntrip's tunes, all of which appear on this 10-track
big band Latin jazz, tropicalia After Dark release ABOUT
THE RELEASE - About the CD/release: The catalyst for the 10-track After Dark
big band Latin jazz project is Gary Barnacle, who is the sometime tenor-sax player
with Tina Turner and Level 42 as well as a host of other big-name bands from Jamiroquai
to David Bowie, The Clash and Phil Collins etc, and one of the musicians with
the Ray Guntrip Band on this Latin jazz release. After
Dark also features some of the leading musicians from the UK, to include Jack
Birchwood and Nik Carter, who appear by courtesy of the international UK chart
topping star Lily Allen, along with Nick Francis, Aleck Dankworth, Rico Tomasso,
Jon Peel, Mark Nightingale, Dick Pearce, Dave Harvey, Alan Barnes, Steve King,
John Willis, Iain Ballamy, Damien Hawker, Tony Bianco, Stuart Brooks, Mark Nightingale,
Lawrence Fletcher, Ian Morrison, Adrian Fry, Paul May, Gary Moxon, Julian Siegal,
to name but a few of the cream of musicians on the scene today. The
After Dark big band Latin jazz release marks this out as an exciting collection
of original tracks, and together these recordings and performances along with
Ray Guntrip's collaboration with Shanelle establish them as continued genuine
voices on the jazz scene |
