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01 Maybe September 04:06
02 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 03:07
03 Who Can I Turn To 05:39
04 Sunshower 05:07
05 Too Late Now 06:47
06 Blue Narcissus (Black Narcissus) 05:54
07 Turn Out The Stars 04:58
08 When In Rome 02:52
09 A Wing And A Prayer (Gentle Piece) 07:15
10 Easy To Love 05:12
11 A House Is Not A Home 04:49
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██ Biography
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██ Tina started exploring and developing her jazz
██ sensibilities at University College, Cardiff. She
██ attended vocal studies with Eilleen Price in the
██ music dept. and almost immediately teamed up with
██ other musicians to form small bands.She joined the
██ Welsh Jazz Soc. run by Jed Williams and was soon a
██ regular listening to Sweets Edison, Eddie'Lockjaw'
██ Davies, Al Cohn and many, many more at The Lions
██ Den' in the Great Western Hotel in Cardiff. As a
██ student of French ,Tina knew she would have the
██ opportunity of living in France for a year as part
██ of her degree course. She chose to study in Paris
██ and began her apprenticeship in Jazz when ,by
██ chance, she met up with some aspiring young music
██ students, who invited her to 'faire un boeuf' -
██ have a jam with them.These musicians were Pascal
██ Gaubert and Patrick Villanueva - who recorded with
██ Tina on the 'live in Paris' album nearly twenty
██ years later! Very soon Tina was performing at Le
██ Slow Club with the Roger Guerin Big Band with
██ special guest Kenny Clarke - such a great drummer
██ and sweet man. Le Caveau de la Huchette became
██ another regular gig for Tina and the band. Tina
██ formed a quartet with Patrick Villanueva, Renaud
██ Garcia-Fons, Alain Richard and they performed
██ allover Paris . At that time Tina was also
██ involved in theatre and especially comedy review-
██ something she felt a great affinity with. She met
██ up with another talented thespian Rory Bremner who
██ was already writing sketches and performing his
██ hilarious monologues and skits on politics.
██ Together Tina and Rory performed 'You are Eiffel
██ but I like You (!)' - a review show which they
██ took from Paris to the Edinburgh Fringe re-naming
██ it 'Midnight Excess'. Tina was singing some
██ amusing jazz songs like 'I'm hip' and doing some
██ bi-lingual and 'franglais' originals as well as
██ acting alongside Rory. Happy times !
██
██ early days with Rory in ParisLet's skip a few
██ years - theatre companies, tours. Tina loved to
██ collaborate with her first real musical soulmate,
██ Dylan Fowler, great guitarist and composer from
██ south Wales. Together they played in quartet,
██ quintet and then nonet - which became Frevo - the
██ band led by Dylan with brazilian rhythma but
██ original compositions - and lyrics by Tina. This
██ band performed at Bath Festival ( where Tina was
██ invited to sing by Egberto Gismonti's trio),
██ Edinburgh Fest. and Cork as well as touring the uk
██ .
██
██ Tina decided it was time to move to London to
██ further her musical aspirations. At first she was
██ acting in a french-speaking theatre co. called Bac
██ to Bac (as in le Bac) - which was a great
██ experience - working with actors Tom Ray, Freddie
██ Rostand and Jackie Robinson .Life was
██ action-packed for Tina would be doing performances
██ and workshops by day and gigging by night. Early
██ musical friends were Robin Aspland (who plays on
██ 'I'll take Romance'), Johnny Gee, Mornington
██ Locket, Mick Hutton , Don Weller and many others
██ who frequented the legendary 606 Club in Fulham
██ .This was the latenight hang and place to jam 'til
██ dawn . Tina also at that time would go and listen
██ to her heroes at Ronnie Scotts Club - listening to
██ Art Blakey, Cedar Walton , Irakere , Flora Purim
██ and many others night after night. Tina did not
██ renew her contract with Bac to Bac and went
██ freelance - singing jazz for a living.
██
██ A lot can happen by accident -serendipity is a
██ great way of describing it . It means a happy
██ accident. When Tina sent a demo cd to 33 Arts
██ Centre in Luton- she thought she was applying for
██ a gig. Paul Jolly rang her up and asked if she was
██ recording for anyone at that time- ie a record
██ label. He offered her a recording - which took
██ place at the famous Abbey Road studios that winter
██ of '91 for 33Records , the beginning of a long
██ association with Paul at 33. Tina had given birth
██ th her first child in august '89 , Ben, and so she
██ was no stranger to the 'juggling' of roles
██ required to be a working mum with her teaching,
██ workshops and masterclasses alongside performances
██ . The quartet was an all-star one : David Newton ,
██ recently down from Scotland, on piano, Dave Green
██ on doublebass, Clark Tracey on drums and Don
██ Weller on tenor saxophone. What a band !
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██ At this time Tina was a soloist in The Ellington
██ Sacred Concert performed at Durham Cathedral with
██ the Stan Tracey Big Band - which had within it
██ stellar players: Peter King, Guy Barker, Jamie
██ Talbot, Art Themen...and many more. On this
██ occasion there was the vintage tap-dancer Will
██ Gaines who danced to 'David danced before the
██ Lord' - a wonderful moment -especially when Will
██ led the choristers off the stage skipping and
██ dancing like the Pied Piper! Tina performed this
██ work many times with Stan's band and also with The
██ Echoes of Ellington Orchestra in San Sebastien
██ with their famous San Sebastien choir. The work
██ was recorded by 33 Records entitled the Durham
██ Connection.
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██ Tina continued to appear in festivals , broadcast
██ with the BBC Big band and record with her group.
██ The following album , entitled 'Fun ' was a more
██ hard-swinging affair with the title track Tina's
██ vocalese dedicated to Cannonball Adderley's band.
██ The tune was written by Nat , his brother, and he
██ was delighted that Tina should pay tribute to his
██ late brother in this way (Nat was extremely fond
██ of Cannonball). Another connection at this time
██ which went back to Tina's days in Paris was with
██ 'The Paris Reunion Band', which featured Nat
██ Adderley, Joe Henderson, Curtis Fuller and Nathan
██ Davis. This brought back memories of Kenny Clarke
██ who was also a great friend of Nathan Davis and
██ Mike Hennessey , who like Tina , had all played
██ with Kenny and lived in Paris as young 'cats'.
██ Nathan has been a great family friend ever since.
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██ Tina started winning awards as well as friends
██ through her singing. In 1993 she was awarded a
██ silver medal by The Worshipful Company of
██ Musicians . This was the first of it's kind to a
██ young musician and she was thrilled to receive it.
██ This also coincided with Tina's first week at
██ Ronnie Scotts with her own band .
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██ Tina toured Australia with the 'Fun' album and
██ also appeared at the award winning HongKong Jazz
██ Club - Tina first trip to the Far East. Ben came
██ too and enjoyed unusual breakfasts of Dim Sum and
██ walks alongside Wallabies in Melbourne Zoo , for
██ instance. Nice times.
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██ Back home and in Europe -more festivals Prerov in
██ Czech republic, Munich and Augsburg. Albums 'It
██ Ain't Necessarily So'- which featured the Britten
██ String quartet with arrangements by Colin Towns.
██ Tina enjoyed this combination of voice and string
██ that in the follow-up album 'Time Will Tell' -the
██ quartet was joined by the string quartet on some
██ tracks . This time the string quartet was required
██ to groove a little more with arrangements by Clark
██ Tracey and they were the wonderful Lochrian String
██ Quartet led by Levine Andrade.
██ Tina felt she wanted to change the line-up of the
██ band a little.. Gemma , Tina's second child was
██ now on the scene !
██
██ Tina and Nikki Illes Tina worked with Nikki Iles
██ and Nikki's trio for the first time when she was
██ guesting in Halifax and Hull. It was obvious to
██ them both that there was a great musical affinity
██ between them.Nikki was, at that time, based in
██ Leeds and on that first occasion working together
██ Tina's dad baby-sat Gemma at the hotel while they
██ did the concert. Tina invited Nikki to join the
██ band and a great musical partnership was born.
██
██ First came the duo album 'Change of Sky' with Tina
██ and Nikki performing some unusual material like
██ Donald Fagan's 'On the dunes' as well as a Phil
██ Springer's 'Change of Sky' - a forgotten classic.
██ All the while Tina and Nikki and the quartet
██ continue to tour, teach and masterclass their way
██ up and down the country. Both Tina and Nikki have
██ a firm commitment to teaching and enabling young
██ and old to get more involved in the making of jazz
██ music - which leads to more enjoyment of the whole
██ experience.
██
██ In between times Tina wanted to try a new sound
██ within the ensemble- more of a chamber concept .
██ This resulted in Nikki and Tina being joined by
██ none other than Alan Barnes who on 'One Fine Day'
██ plays all horns( baritone, bass clarinet, alto,
██ tenor......) This was also the first time Tina
██ recorded Ray Bryant's tune Cubano Chant with
██ lyrics by Linda Aziza Miller. Ray knew of Tina's
██ work and had sent her this song. He was happy with
██ the result and when later they met up in (of
██ course) Paris and talked about a joint project of
██ his music and her lyrics - another musical
██ friendship was born.
██
██ Paris gangIn 1998 Tina was presented with the
██ vocal jazz award at the BT Jazz Awards having
██ topped the critics choice for several years prior
██ to that. This was, indeed, a fun event as the
██ award was presented to Tina by her old friend,
██ Rory Bremner. Another coincidence from Paris came
██ the booking at the famous 'Club Lionel Hampton' at
██ the Meridien Hotel, Paris. To her absolute delight
██ Tina was able to team up with old student friends
██ ( now professionals) Patrick Villanueva and Pascal
██ Gaubert. The rest of the band were Pierre
██ Maingourd and Daniel Garcia. This was a happy
██ reunion and was repeated a year and a half later
██ with a recording made at the same club' Live In
██ Paris'- also on 33Records.
██
██ The year 2000 was quite a year for Tina -one event
██ was of special significance a performance at
██ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre . This was a real
██ celebration across generations starring Cleo
██ Laine, John Dankworth, Stan Tracey, Mark
██ Nightingale, Jim Watson ....as well as Tina. All
██ past Worshipful Company of Musician medal winners
██ performed - on a glorious summer night - a perfect
██ evening indeed!
██
██ Later on Tina went to the IAJE conference in New
██ York, meeting up again with Ray Bryant and
██ arranger/producer Don Sickler to firm up plans for
██ the Ray Bryant Songbook project.
██
██ In january 2002 Tina and Nikki performed at the
██ IAJE conference Longbeach , California. They were
██ very happy to receive awards for 'outstanding
██ services to Jazz Education '.
██
██ November 2002 Tina recorded with Ray Bryant at the
██ Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs - the
██ definitive 'Ray Bryant Songbook' produced and
██ arranged by Don Sickler. Rudy engineered it
██ himself, assisted by Maureen Sickler. More info to
██ follow with release details......
██
██ Tina's latest release 'I'll take Romance' features
██ Scott Hamilton who has worked on and off with Tina
██ and Nikki for a few years now - especially with
██ Tina at the Pizza Express Hogmanay party 5 yrs in
██ a row !
██ Now , finally , they are on disc together . A
██ wonderful musical meeting of like minds thanks to
██ Linn Records.
██
██ During the summer of 2002 Tina presented a series
██ of twelve programmes on BBC Wales TV, featuring
██ performances from the 2001 Brecon Festival,
██ entitled 'Brecon Jazz Festival'. In 2003, this
██ series will have a wider audience by being
██ transmitted on BBC 4 too!
██
██ http://www.tinamay.com/
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