Ivo Neame: Take Five
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Ivo Neame has recorded and performed with many artists in the UK and abroad, including Empirical, Seb Rochford, F-ire collective big band, Stan Sulzmann, Julian Siegel, Byron Wallen, Stephane Payen, Gerard Presencer, Gilad Atzmon, Mark Lockheart, Chris Batchelor, Matthew Herbert and the Cinematic Orchestra.
Recent collaborations have included a live album with Phronesis released on Edition Records in late 2010 with NY drummer Mark Guiliana (Avishai Cohen) and Danish bass player Jasper Hoiby. With Phronesis he has played at jazz festivals and venues all over the world including North Sea Jazz Festival, Brecon Jazz Festival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, and Ronnie Scott’s club and has been nominated for the Parliamentary Jazz Award 2010.
Ivo’s other contributions to progressive, improvised music have been in collaborations with members of the LOOP collective; as pianist/bandleader of the Ivo Neame Quartet (see attached reviews), with the trio Phronesis (also on piano), and on saxophone with Jim Hart’s Gemini.
The Ivo Neame quartet features Jim Hart (vibes), Jasper Hoiby (bass) and drum sensation James Maddren, and was recently signed to Edition Records. The first album Caught in the Light of Day was released in October 2009.