David McAlmont at Leicester Square Theatre London

Описание: www.davidmcalmont.co.uk
David McAlmont is a singer-songwriter born in Croydon who lives in London. He has been making music with artists such as Guy Davies, Michael Nyman, Shirley Bassey, David Arnold, Bernard Butler, Courtney Pine, and many others. In November 2010, David McAlmont accompanied by Guy Davies, Level Neville Malcolm, Bernard Butler and Miller performed at the London Leicester Square Theatre. On his website, David McAlmont writes: "I decided to record an album of standards with a trio in a small studio in Wales. We wanted to work with a double-bassist, and drummer Andy Gangadeen introduced us to a tower of musical benevolence, Level Neville Malcolm. The title 'Level,' he stressed, was not negotiable; that's who he was and how he expected to be addressed. His Zeusian laugh, rich virtuosity and immense likeability saw off any protest. When the label that released that album went bust and a tour failed to occur I was utterly downcast because it meant that my professional collaboration with Guy and Neville was at an end. Thus, when Guy and I came together again after a long hiatus he insisted that Neville was vital to this process, so we tracked him down, and to our delight he expressed enthusiastic openness to climbing onboard, saying that he would love 'a piece of the pie.' Also, in the early noughties I met and befriended a superbly talented American pianist and songwriter Jon Regen, with who I've enjoyed a deepening friendship and collaboration. Every summer he flies to London to perform a very special residency at Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho. His drummer for these and other European dates is a terrific jobbing talent called John Miller, whose response to the question 'How are you?' is usually 'Oh you know, kids and gigs, kids and gigs;' once again, a very likeable, enthusiastic band member, who makes invaluably intelligent contributions to the development of arrangements. When I performed at Jon Regen's London dates last year Guy came to one of the shows and whispered to me as he left, 'Get the fookin' drummer's number!' John responded keenly and quickly became a vital entity and surprise star at our 'Live at Leicester Square' show, and has been as vital an entity since." Together with Guy Davies he has been writing on a new album in Cloonacool, Ireland and on May Day bank holiday, they performed a set. Therefore the footage is a mixture of films from Leicester Square and Cloonacool. "Live at Leicester Square" is available as as a CD and download online. Our soundfile is from 7digital, and is a song called "Yes" written with Bernard Butler.