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Liam Noble

Liam Noble studied music at Oxford University, and then in 1990 attended the Postgraduate Jazz Course at the Guildhall, after which he began working with Stan Sulzmann, Harry Beckett, Anita Wardell and others. In 1996, Noble recorded the solo piano album “Close Your Eyes”, which featured free improvisations, compositions and interpretations of tunes by (amongst others) Ornette Coleman, Annette Peacock and Richard Rodgers.

In 1997 he joined the Bobby Wellins Quartet, the rhythm section of which continues today as the Liam Noble Trio, recently documented on the 2009 CD “BRUBECK”, gaining an almost unprecedented 5 star review in The Guardian.

In 2001, “In The Meantime”, released on Basho Records, explored longer compositional forms and unorthodox improvisational structures, and April 2002 saw a commission from Birmingham Jazz resulting in a song cycle based on Japanese Death Poetry. Noble plays keyboards and samples throughout, marking a new foray into electronica inspired by artists such as Aphex Twin and Arto Lindsay.

In 2004, following a Cheltenham Festival gig the previous year, Liam recorded the acclaimed “Romance Among The Fishes” on Basho Records with guitarist Phil Robson and the New York rhythm section of Drew Gress and Tom Rainey on bass and drums respectively.

Liam’s working relationship has continued with Tom Rainey in the free improv trio, “Sleepthief” with Ingrid Laubrock, with an album released in September 2008. The duo of Laubrock and Noble, “Let’s Call This…” came out on Babel records in 2007. Other frequent collaborators have included Christine Tobin, Paul Clarvis and Julian Siegel.

Liam holds posts as Lecturer in Jazz at Birmingham Conservatoire and Trinity College of Music. He has published 4 volumes of transcriptions of the Bill Evans Trio, and “Jazz Piano; An In Depth Look at the Styles of the Masters”, both published by Hal Leonard.

http://www.LiamNoble.co.uk

Forthcoming Events

Devon
24th April 2010
South West Music School, Dartington
NYJC professional concert

Devon
25th April 2010
South West Music School, Dartington
CPD, YMW & family concert

Rotheram
29th April 2010
Thurcroft Junior School
Young Musicians Workshop Evening

Rotheram
8th May 2010
Thurcroft Junior School
Young Musicians Workshop

London
9th May 2010
Kings Place
Young Musicians Workshop

London
6th June 2010
Kings Place
Young Musicians Workshop

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