You could hear the bird sing

by Tom Sochas

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happy capy On one level, a record of artists responding to the challenges posed during the early days of the pandemic.

On another level, just a great jazz performance. Favorite track: Tryptich.

Chuck Beers Sr. Very elegant stuff, just wish there was more!

Cristina Crespo Colours, light, imagination; blurring the boundaries between what’s possible and impossible; beautiful, soul soothing 😊

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The music was written during the first UK lockdown, in April 2020, following the Covid-19 pandemic. The anxieties suffered due to the spread of the virus and the hope which emerged from a collective shift in perspective soon blossomed into new music. Once the music was sketched out, Tom got in contact with some of his favorite London based musicians and began to think about if, and how, one could go about recording a jazz record remotely. What followed was a arduous process of back and forth to attempt to recreate an as close to possible in vivo experience. Layering over each other’s perfomances once, and then again after another musican’s ‘reaction performance’, allowed for true interaction and improvisation.

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released January 15, 2021

All music written and arranged by Tom Sochas (2020)

Laurie Carpenter - Trumpet
Tom Sochas - Piano, Philicorda, Synthesizers, Guitar, Percussion
Sebastian Maniura - Bass
Olly Sarkar - Drums, Percussion

Released on Khumbu Records

Recorded remotely from our respective homes during the April 2020 Lockdown.
Mixed by Matteo Buccomino and Tom Sochas at Calmer.
Mastered by Jeremy Cooper at Soundtrap

Artwork by Caitlin Biller

Special thanks to Matt at 3sixty Studios and Paul at Renaissance Pianos

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Tom Sochas London, UK

Tom is a Franco-American pianist born and raised in Paris, France and Nairobi, Kenya. He moved to the UK in 2008 to study Music at university and has since been performing around the UK and Europe with quartet Phoenician Blinds and is soon to do so with this brand new project. ... more

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