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Heads &
Tales
Nigel Price Organ Trio + Alex Garnett + Snowboy
The new double cd, released on Woodville records on October 17th
2011 sees Nigel’s award winning trio teaming up with Alex Garnett -
one of the UK’s finest saxophonists - and the legendary Snowboy on
percussion.
Nigel has composed an album’s worth of original compositions but
all based on evergreen standard forms which help to give the
material instant accessibility and familiarity.
A “head” in jazz terminology refers to the opening and closing
melodic statement of a piece. These “heads” are often melodies
written over an existing standard form - hence the naming of the
first disc.
The second disc contains the same material performed as unamplified
jazz guitar duets but with the original melodies reinstated, and
the feels changed.
Tales seemed like an appropriate title!
Heads & Tales has already been cd of the month in November’s
Mojo magazine, being described as “brilliant” and
“exhilarating”.
The cd is available to buy through this website or also through itunes,
Amazon and Woodville,
The
trio - comprised of Nigel on guitar, Matt home on drums and Pete
Whittaker on Hammond organ are regularly touring the UK so do come
and see us! - check the Live Dates page to find out
where.
Nigel was born and
raised in Surrey where he still lives with partner Bianca and their
three children - Miles, Herbie and Ella.He began playing guitar
aged eleven and spent the next seven years messing around in school
bands/rock bands etc until he made the dubious decision to join the
British Army as an infantry soldier. After four long, arduous
and colourful years he left and moved to Brighton where he
discovered fusion and jazz, trained as a sound engineer and picked
up where he left off with live outfits.Inevitably the days by the
seaside had to come to an end and he moved back to Surrey, forming
more adventurous funk and fusion outfits, touring Europe and
eventually becoming immersed in modern jazz. A chance meeting with
Acid Jazz guru Chris Bangs led to a busy recording schedule and a
long term partnership spawning many funk and jazz
recordings. Nigel is now a well
established member of the jazz community and is an in demand
sideman as well as leading his own groups, preferring the organ,
drums guitar combo but versatile enough to feel comfortable in a
variety of musical scenarios.He has encountered many different
musicians along the way and is pleased to have played with (amongst
others) : Pee Wee Ellis, Alex Garnett, Matt Wates, Bobby Wellins,
Alec Dankworth, Alan Barnes, Martin Drew, Ben Clatworthy, Dave
O'Higgins, Mark Ramsden, Julian Siegel, Mike Gorman, Mike Outram,
Pete Long, Frank Griffith, Dave Cliff,Steve Waterman,Laurence
Cottle,Anthony Kerr,Mornington Lockett,Steve Watts,Mike Janisch,
Jim Watson,Graham Fox,Nick France,Sir Brian Iddendon,Geoff
Gascoyne,Martin Shaw,James Pearson,Sam Burgess,Chris Dagley,Matt
Home,Pete Whittaker,Sam Gambarini,Simon Spillet,Dave Newton,Spike
Wells,Peter King etc etc. Nigel performed with the
legendary David Axelrod at the Royal Festival Hall in 2004 and also
spent more than two years as the regular guitarist with the Sheena
Davis group. 
In
2005 he returned to his jazzfunk roots and spent 3 years in the
uk's leading jazz funk band the James Taylor Quartet.Check the
dates page if you want to catch any of the uk shows from this
hoofing band.Or visit their website www.jtq.co.uk or myspace site -
http://www.myspace.com/jamestaylorquartet Nigel is also a member
of The Filthy Six - an outstanding Blue Note-esque band which is
honed in the style of Lou Donaldson,Grant Geen,Donald Byrd and all
those groovers from yesteryear.Fronted by the infamous and
incorrigible Trumpet virtuoso Nick Etwell and signed to the ultra
hip label “Acid Jazz” the band is an exciting recreation of classic
dance floor soul jazz.Check 'em out -
http://www.myspace.com/thefilthysix. The album “The Filthy
Six” is available on cd and vinyl. 
Nigel also plays in a
cool west coast jazz trio with Matt Wates and Julian Bury.We’ve
recorded two cds - Easy Living and Jazz Goes To Church.
