Jason Rebello
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Jason Rebello is a British jazz pianist, currently part of Sting's live and studio band, who has recorded a handful of albums under his own name. His debut album, A Clearer View was produced by Wayne Shorter
.
He was voted Most Promising Newcomer of the Year for 1988 in The Wire magazine
. Rebello was featured on The Wire cover with a statement: Jason Rebello - the youngest man in jazz.
He won several major Jazz Awards including the prestigious Pat Smythe
award and The Perrier British Jazz Awards.
Rebello has collaborated with Wayne Shorter
, Art Blakey
, Gary Burton
, Branford Marsalis
, Sting, Jeff Beck
, Chaka Khan
, Des'ree
, Bud Shank
, Tommy Smith
, Jean Toussaint
, Mica Paris
, Carleen Anderson
, Joy Rose and Omar
.
Rebello was asked by Sting to replace Kenny Kirkland
after Kirkland's sudden death in 1998. He recorded Brand New Day, ...All This Time and Sacred Love
CD and also Inside The Songs Of Sacred Love DVD with Sting.
He has toured and recorded with Jeff Beck
since 2006.
Rebello went to a school in London
called John Griffiths.
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
.
He was voted Most Promising Newcomer of the Year for 1988 in The Wire magazine
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
. Rebello was featured on The Wire cover with a statement: Jason Rebello - the youngest man in jazz.
He won several major Jazz Awards including the prestigious Pat Smythe
Pat Smythe (pianist)
Patrick Mungo Smythe was a jazz pianist who rose to prominence as a member of the Joe Harriott Quintet during the 1960s.-Early life:...
award and The Perrier British Jazz Awards.
Rebello has collaborated with Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
, Art Blakey
Art Blakey
Arthur "Art" Blakey , known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community....
, Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
, Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque.-Biography:Marsalis was born...
, Sting, Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
, Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
, Des'ree
Des'ree
Des'ree is an English pop/soul singer who was popular during the 1990s. She is well known for her hits: "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You"...
, Bud Shank
Bud Shank
Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first...
, Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith (saxophonist)
Tommy Smith is a jazz saxophonist, composer and educator. The late jazz critic Richard Cook said of him, 'Of the generation which emerged in the mid-80s, he might be the most outstandingly talented'.-Biography:...
, Jean Toussaint
Jean Toussaint
Jean Toussaint is a jazz tenor saxophonist. He was born in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.Toussaint learned to play calypso as a child, and attended the Berklee College of Music in the late 1970s. In 1979 he played with Wallace Roney, and from 1982 to 1986 he was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz...
, Mica Paris
Mica Paris
Mica Paris is an English soul singer, radio and television presenter, and occasional actress. Her forename is pronounced Misha.-Beginnings:Paris' roots are in soul and gospel music...
, Carleen Anderson
Carleen Anderson
Carleen Anderson is an American soul singer, who has had success in the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of the singer Vicki Anderson and stepdaughter of Bobby Byrd, and is most well known as the lead singer in the Young Disciples as well as for her own solo career.-Early career:Anderson was...
, Joy Rose and Omar
Omar Lye-Fook
Omar Lye-Fook and known as Omar, is an internationally acclaimed British soul singer, songwriter and musician. Omar grew up in Canterbury, Kent. He learned his craft classically, playing the trumpet, piano and percussion. Omar also spent two years at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, and...
.
Rebello was asked by Sting to replace Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Kirkland
Kenneth David “Kenny” Kirkland was an American pianist/keyboardist. He is most often associated with Sting, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Kenny Garrett....
after Kirkland's sudden death in 1998. He recorded Brand New Day, ...All This Time and Sacred Love
Sacred Love
Sacred Love is the seventh studio album by Sting. The album was released on 30 September 2003. The album featured smoother, R&B-style beats and experiments collaborating with hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige and sitar player Anoushka Shankar...
CD and also Inside The Songs Of Sacred Love DVD with Sting.
He has toured and recorded with Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...
since 2006.
Rebello went to a school in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
called John Griffiths.
Discography
- A Clearer View (1990)
- Keeping Time (1993)
- Make It Real (1994)
- Last Dance (1995)
- Next Time Round (1999)
- Brand New Day (Sting) (1999)
- ...All This Time (Sting) (2001)
- Sacred LoveSacred LoveSacred Love is the seventh studio album by Sting. The album was released on 30 September 2003. The album featured smoother, R&B-style beats and experiments collaborating with hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige and sitar player Anoushka Shankar...
(Sting) (2003) - Inside the Songs of Sacred Love (Sting) - DVD (2003)
- Tears (with Joy Rose)
- Jazz Rainbow
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