TG Collective

TG Collective

TG Collective 2010
Background information
Origin Birmingham, England
Genres Flamenco, Gypsy Jazz, Jazz, World Music, Contemporary Classical Music
Years active 2006–present
Labels

Stoney Lane Music - 2011+;

(Trio Gitano) The Birds Recording Company - 2005/6
Associated acts The Destroyers, The Urban Folk Quartet, Manveer Singh, Katy Carr
Website http://www.tgcollective.com
Members Jamie Fekete
Sam Slater
Percy Pursglove
Holly Jones
Louis Robinson
Tom Chapman
Joelle Barker
Ana Garcia

TG Collective are an eclectic British-based ensemble, evolving from the successful acoustic guitar trio, Trio Gitano, in 2006. The TG Collective are based in Birmingham, England. Their sound draws on many influences, in particular Flamenco, Gypsy Jazz, Jazz and contemporary Classical music, with interchanging shapes and sizes of ensemble within a performance. The group is centered on two guitarists, set alongside a core of double bass, flute and violin and percussion, whilst also featuring flamenco dance in some performances.

The band released a new album, Release The Penguins, in 2012, their first since their previous 2005 release as Trio Gitano. Release The Penguins has received plaudits from The Sunday Times, Jazzwise, Songlines, FRoots, Time Out and Yahoo!.[1] The album has been played internationally, including BBC Radio 3[2] to KEXP-FM in Seattle, USA.[3] Having toured extensively around the UK,[4] in 2012 TG Collective appeared at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Jamie Oliver's Big Feastival, the Manchester Jazz Festival, a live session for Jazz FM and London's Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho.[5]

Current band members

Trio Gitano - 2001-2006

The UK based acoustic guitar trio Trio Gitano was formed in 2001 by three 'graduate' members of the Birmingham School's Guitar Ensemble - Sam Slater, Jamie Fekete and Sophie Johnson.[6][7]

The Trio was directed by composer, pianist and guitarist Bryan Lester, who still writes for The TG Collective. After performing together throughout their time together at The University of Birmingham, the Trio signed to The Birds Recording Company indie label in 2004 to release their debut album - Who Ate All The Tapas? in August 2005, and was voted as one of the Records of the Year by The Sunday Times newspaper.[8] The album also received notable reviews in The Times, Jazzwise Magazine, Songlines Magazine, The Metro and coverage on BBC Radio 3 and 4.[9]

During the summer of 2006, Sophie left the Trio, with the highly regarded multi-instrumentalist Percy Pursglove joining the group, adding new dynamic drive and direction on double bass, which paved the way for the formation and basis of the TG Collective in September 2006.[10] Percy had previously studied Jazz at Birmingham Conservatoire and The New School in New York.[11]

Associated acts

Albums

Released in summer 2012 through the Stoney Lane label , also featuring Laura Moody on cello.

Released in August 2005 through the Birds Recording Company as the original Trio Gitano, also featuring Bryan Corbett on trumpet and flugelhorn.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tgcollective.com/press
  2. ↑ BBC Radio 3 'World on Three' playlist - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ghgxt
  3. ↑ KEXP Playlist - http://kexp.org/playlist/2012/6/19/8pm
  4. ↑ http://thejazzbreakfast.com/2012/06/15/cd-review-tg-collective/
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ BBC Gloucestershire Experience the Trio Gitano 8 September 2003 retrieved on 7 August 2007
  7. ↑ The Birmingham Post http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/reviews/tm_method=full&objectid=15863830&siteid=50002-name_page.html
  8. ↑ The Sunday Times http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article598203.ece?token=null&offset=24
  9. ↑ TG Collective - The TG Story
  10. ↑ The TG Collective - The TG Story
  11. ↑ Percy Pursglove website
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