Artist: Esmond Selwyn

Date of Release: 01/02/2013

Catalogue no: SLAMCD 291

Label: SLAM

Price: £16.99

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Track Listing

Esmond Selwyn – Guitar
Paul Sawtell – Keyboards
Bill Coleman – Bass
Tony Richards – Drums

Recorded at Wrexham Jazz Club November 2002.
Recording engineer Marc Joy, Ferndale Studio.

Esmond Selwyn and Paul Sawtell first met and worked together in the early 90’s when they were both booked to appear at The Shrewsbury Jazz Festival. Apart from their jazz work in and around the Stafford and Birmingham areas and their highly prestigious tour to the Far East with Salena Jones, their long collaboration has also produced two fine albums: the first being “Follow That” – SLAMCD 240 in 1999 - which scored an accolade from Tony Mottolla, Frank Sinatra’s guitarist - and now most recently “Renegade” - a quartet live double album from the same era – recently rediscovered and presented for the market. Esmond and Paul are joined by Bill Coleman on bass on both albums, however Tony Richards replaces Robin Jones on drums for “Renegade”.

“Renegade” has already been warmly received by those who have heard it – viz. www.esmondselwyn.com . On reviewing their earlier work Esmond, as leader, finds it representative of the spontaneity, immediacy and invention of the time and is pleased that the music still really swings - and he believes that there is a quite a difference between merely playing fast and actually swinging. He has also always been sparked and inspired by Paul’s qualities both as soloist and accompanist – but equally for his qualities as entertainer and his spontaneous musical wit! Note at the end of "China Boy" as the last chord is fading, how Paul slips in a humorous and very apt quote from “By The Sleepy Lagoon” – the signature tune to the BBC Radio Programme, “Desert Island Discs”…..!



"Esmond Selwyn’s guitar a delight throughout." Dave Tracey, Programme Manager – The International Guitar Festival of Great Britain.

"Esmond - Thanks for "Renegade". I enjoyed it brother - you sound great". Dave Liebman.

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