NEW MUSIC FROM NAIM: NEIL COWLEY TRIO releases new album 'TOUCH AND FLEE'

Posted by: Simon Drake on 18 June 2014

 Neil Cowley Trio

 

Neil Cowley Trio announces the release for their fifth studio album, intriguingly titled 'Touch and Flee' and their newest video for their song "Kneel Down".

Freshly released on Naim Jazz Records on June 9th, Touch and Flee marks a defining moment in the evolution of the band. It is the trio's bravest, most daring album to date, spotlighting the ever- increasing brilliance of Cowley as a composer. With long time band mates, Evan Jenkins on drums and Rex Horan on bass, Neil Cowley Trio jump headlong into new territory to present what they describe as "our concert hall record" for an altogether deeper listening journey.

Gone are the familiar hook laden tunes and pounding crescendos, replaced, in the main, by shifting, expansive melodies and longer elegant passages. What is familiar though is Cowley's power to move through music. Exquisitely graceful movements meet with dark haunting passages. And although this is a new direction for Neil Cowley Trio, their personality, and unmistakable sound, still shines through. We hear, for example in the epic, sweeping, Kneel Down a three movement piece containing pulse, power, climax, spaciousness, and then, gentle surprise.

Official video for "Kneel Down" by Neil Cowley Trio 

 
Recorded at the legendary RAK studios with Grammy nominated Dom Monks in the producer's chair, the album comes having scrapped, some time earlier, an entire albums worth of material and months of work. "At that time" says Cowley, "we stopped, reappraised where we were as a band, and began our voyage of discovery".
 
October's return to the Barbican follows the trio's triumphant, roof-raising show with a 30 piece string ensemble there last year. This time, they perform in their beloved trio setting presenting new music alongside familiar Cowley classics. Expect a captivating show of high drama and playfulness that demonstrate exactly why the trio have earned their reputation as one of Britain's most exciting live bands.
 
Neil Cowley Trio have recently released a new photo competition to win 2 x tickets to see them at any of their events and a meet & greet. For more information on how to enter, click HERE.
 
Order Neil Cowley Trio's 'Touch and Flee' on CD or 180gm Vinyl (+ HD Download) HERE.
 
To see a full gig list throughout 2014,  click HERE.