BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21071@xyzbrighton.com DTSTART:20230210T193000Z DTEND:20230210T233000Z DTSTAMP:20230126T200018Z URL:https://xyzbrighton.com/events/tony-remy-trio-live-at-the-verdict-jazz -club/ SUMMARY:Tony Remy Trio Live at The Verdict Jazz Club DESCRIPTION:Tony Remy Trio Live at The Verdict Jazz Club\n\n\n\nTONY REMY i s one of the world's most exciting guitar players of any genre. His hard-e dged rhythmically driven approach is enriched with jazz intuition and blue sy soul. His ability to adapt to any style of music sets him apart from ma ny other guitarists and is the principle reason why Tony’s name is consi stently near the top of the ‘must have’ list. Just ask Annie Lennox\, Jack Bruce\, Pee Wee Ellis\, Mick Hucknall\, Glenn Hughes\, Craig David\, etc. why they called him and the answer will always be the same - “Tony Remy delivers!”\n\nLive on stage\, his relentless invention and incredib le raw energy can set the crowd on fire.The reputation he has gained withi n the jazz community worldwide is fast making a legend out of this North L ondon musician.\n\nTony started his professional music career in 1986\, al though he was on the Jazz scene earlier. He recalls: "I had a band called ‘Cube 60’ in 1984 with Winston Clifford\, Joe Bashorun and Nick Cohen. We were crazy about Miles Davis\, Weather Report\, Steps Ahead (a.k.a. St eps) and the Brecker Brothers\, so we were writing and playing that stuff. I even had a rock band called ‘Secretary Bailey’.” he said with a s mile.\n\nThen\, in 1985 ‘Cube 60’ developed into ‘Desperately Seekin g Fusion’ with Frank Tontoh (Amy Winehouse\, Jack Bruce\, George Michael \, etc.)\, Joe Bashorun Robin Ashland Nick Cohen Jason Rebello (Jeff Beck\ , Sting\, etc.) and Julian Crampton (Sunburst Band\, Dexys\, Incognito\, e tc.). “That was really my first outing as co bandleader.” he proudly r emembers.\n\nWay before he released anything under his own name\, Tony was hard at work as an in-demand session player\, contributing quality guitar to albums by London Jazz alumni such as Cleveland Watkiss\, Jason Rebello \, Steve Williamson\, Philip Bent\, Roger Beaujolais and Jean Toussaint. T ony Remy’s reputation was growing and a certain American Jazz label had taken a particular interest in this young British rising star.\n\nTony rel eased his first solo album\, "BOOF" in 1993 on the American Jazz-Fusion la bel GRP\, home to the cream of Jazz artists and THE label to go to at the time. The album received excellent reviews and established Tony Remy as on e of THE names to watch. Jazz radio fell in love with the sheer variety of tracks to draw upon\, whilst Tony’s touring schedule really began to ta ke him to the next level.\n\nHowever\, following a more autonomous path\, in 1997 Tony decided to release his second album "METAMORFOLLOW-G" on his own recently created label\, Alltone Records. Tony's playing stretched out even further and allowed his ideas to draw upon many of the different gui tar styles which influenced him as a youngster. Guitarists such as John Sc ofield\, Hiram Bullock\, Mike Stern\, George Benson\, Jimi Hendrix and BB King all contributed in shaping Tony’s playing\, before he began to deve lop his own unique style.\n\nThe roster of artists who Tony has toured and recorded with reads like a veritable ‘Who’s Who?’ of quality musici ans. From the Rock &\; Pop world\, he’s played with such names as Ann ie Lennox\, Jack Bruce\, Steve Lukather\, Glenn Hughes\, Simply Red\, Crai g David\, M-People\, Gary Barlow and Sarah-Jane Morris. And from the Jazz\ , Funk &\; Soul world\, he’s played with artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock\, Pee Wee Ellis\, Incognito\, Jazz Crusaders\, Courtney Pine\, Fr eddie Hubbard\, Ronnie Laws\, Joey Negro’s Sunburst Band\, Don Blackman\ , Lonnie Liston Smith\, Tom Brown\, Kenny Burke\, Tony Momrelle (and produ ced his big band album)\,\n\nMatt Bianco\, Jason Rebello\, Lenny White\, J ulian Joseph\, Down To The Bone\, David Jean-Baptiste\, Lonnie Liston Smit h\, Keni Burke\, Brenda Russell\, Cleveland Watkiss\, Noel McKoy\, Maysa L eak\, Omar\, Jean Toussaint\, US3\, Steps Ahead and many\, many more.\n\nA mongst the vast catalogue of artists Tony has recorded with are legends su ch as Herbie Hancock for his 2005 album\, ‘POSSIBILITIES’\, supporting Annie Lennox on Paula Cole’s \, ‘Hush\, Hush\, Hush’. Tony also app ears on the Japanese edition of Annie Lennox’s 2003 album\, ‘BARE’\, performing on a ‘live’ version of ‘Cold’.\n\nJazz-vocalist and re nowned actress\, Marianne Jean-Baptiste ( Mike Leigh’s ‘Secrets &\; Lies’\, U.S. drama\, ‘Without A Trace’ and U.K. phenomenon\, ‘Bro adchurch’) worked with Tony to co-write the soundtrack to Mike Leigh’s 1997 movie\, ‘CAREER GIRLS’.\n\nIn 1998\, Tony was asked to play on S imply Red’s 1998 album\, ‘BLUE’\, and followed this up with several live performances for their world tour.\n\nAfter being a part of the Incog nito alumni on the 2005 album\, ‘ELEVEN’\, which contained co-written songs from Tony\; then the 2006 album\, ‘BEES + THINGS + FLOWERS’\, he and co-founder of Incognito\, Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick\, decided to collaborate on the 2007 album\, ‘FIRST PROTOCOL’\, and created a funky \, electric guitar and keyboard based collection of songs.\n\nHighlighting Tony’s amazing diversity yet again\, he created music for an art instal lation in the medieval castle of Piombino in Tuscany\; ‘Without Borders ’ composition\, ‘Solitude’ allowed his music to enhance the visual a spects in a truly magical setting.\n\nOne of Tony’s most recent successe s is his work as co-writer\, producer and musician on eclectic vocalist\, Sarah-Jane Morris’ 2014 album\, ‘BLOODY RAIN’. Featuring amazing co- musicians such as Courtney Pine\, Pee-Wee Ellis\, Ian Shaw and Soweto Gosp el Choir\, the album has had glowing reviews and has been toured around Eu rope and the U.K.\n\nTony’s latest collaboration with Sarah-Jane Morris is the 2019 album of music from the canon of folk hero\, John Martyn\; SWE ET LITTLE MYSTERY‘ and has already received glowing reviews. The album w as a true labour of love to honour John Martyn’s incredible body of work and Tony played on\, arranged and produced the album. Tony and Sarah-Jane recently completed a triumphant 12 date residency at the 2019 Edinburgh F estival\, which resulted in being awarded the Lustrum Award by Robert McDo well.\n\nTony has also completed work with renowned guitarist\, Bernie Mar sden\, for a forthcoming album of acoustic interpretations of the music of Jack Bruce.\n\nAs for the concert stage\; Tony played with the legendary\ , Jack Bruce\, as part of his Big Blues Band\, performing all around the w orld for several years\, including jamming on stage with Jack and Toto’s Steve ‘Luke’ Lukather. When Glenn Hughes needed an axeman\, he called Tony Remy and dug into the Trapeze\, Deep Purple and solo catalogue to st retch Tony’s chops. Iconic saxman for James Brown\; Pee-Wee Ellis\, alwa ys uses Tony whenever he plays live and tours Europe regularly. Jazz-Funk stalwarts\, Matt Bianco\, never tour without the dexterity of Tony Remy as part of both their touring and studio band. Quite simply - Tony Remy is i n demand.\n\nTony Remy continues to do what he does best - play guitar! Hi s touring schedule is almost non-stop\, but he still bathes in the warm cr eativity of the studio and is currently putting the finishing touches to h is self-produced forthcoming own album\, ‘IN THE MIDDLE OF BEFORE AND AF TER’. Featuring a stellar line-up of musicians\, it will please both fan s and those yet to still discover Tony Remy’s dazzling talents.\n\nFor a full list of Tony Remy’s albums and studio performances\, check out the ‘ALBUMS’ section of this website to see an in-depth discography.\n\nT o view and buy Tony's other albums go to www.TONYREMY.CO.UK\n\nTony's SPON SORS are Peavey amplifiers and signature guitars\, Patrick Eggle acoustic and electric guitars and Rob Williams guitars.\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://xyzbrighton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/ 01/94902_image.png CATEGORIES:Live Music LOCATION:The Verdict Jazz Club - Brighton\, 159 Edward St\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN2 0JB\, South East\, United Kingdom GEO:50.822427;-0.133862 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=159 Edward St\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN2 0JB\, South East\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-T ITLE=The Verdict Jazz Club - Brighton:geo:50.822427,-0.133862 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR