Greg Foat

Greg Foat's 9th album 'The Mage' joins the dots between the past and future of British jazz. Enlisting the talents of jazz/library/soundtrack legends Duncan Lamont, Art Themen, Ray Russell and Clark Tracey to collaborate with their modern contemporaries Greg Foat, Moses Boyd and Heliocentric's drummer Malcolm Catto to create something undeniably British but outward looking and global.

A long time personal ambition for Greg was to work with Trinidadian songstress Kathy Garcia, on 'The Mage', this wish is granted as she joins him to re-imagine the deep Xian masterpiece 'Of my Hands', 45 years after recording it as a young girl.

Greg's compositions and arrangements showcase the old and new, downtempo folkscapes, free jazz with notes of hip-hop and soul from the young team flavouring the mix. Featuring Simon Ljungman and Friends as a male choir, Greg's EMS Synthi AKS experiments (made famous by Dr Who) the album is a testament to the versatility and pure musicality of all those involved and Greg Foat's ability to bring artists together to record beautiful, timeless music.

PERSONNEL:

• Rob Mach - alto sax
• Phil Achille - bass
• Eric Young - congas
• Clark Tracey, Malcom Catto, Moses Boyd - drums
• Ray Russell - guitar
• Warren Hampshire - guitar, percussion
• Heather Wrighton - harp
• Greg Foat - piano, syntheziser
• Art Themen . tenor & soprano sax
• Duncan Lamont - tenor sax
• Nat Steele - vibes
• Kathy Garcia - vocals

London, England, March 28-30, 2017

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Of My Hands
• A2. Endless Love
• A3. Drifting

• SIDE B
• B1. The Magic Radish
• B2. The High Priestess
• B3. Incantation
• B4. The Mage