Alexander Hawkins

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Alexander Hawkins, 2017

Alexander Hawkins (born May 3, 1981 in Oxford ) is a British jazz pianist and organist .

Act

Hawkins is co-founder of the Transatlantic Convergence Quartet , with Dominic Lash , Taylor Ho Bynum and Harris Eisenstadt ; the band toured the UK twice in 2006 and 2009 and recorded two albums. As a Hammond organist, he has played with Steve Noble and John Edwards in the Decoy formation since 2009 . In addition, he leads his own sextet and was part of the cooperative project Barkingside with Alex Ward (2008 album on Emanem). He also worked a. a. with Louis Moholo , Mulatu Astatke , Ntshuks Bonga , Lol Coxhill , John Butcher , Steve Williamson and Eddie Prévost , as well as with the London Improvisers Orchestra , the Oxford Improvisers Orchestra and the Pendulum Big Band, and as organist in the funk band Big Train's Haymaker .

Prizes and awards

Hawkins was nominated for Musician of the Year by All About Jazz in 2010; El Intruso led him as best keyboardist for the same year. The Guardian selected All There, Ever Out as one of the best albums of 2012.

Discographic notes

  • Oxford Improvisers Orchestra: Accession - a Piece of Europe (NMR, 2006)
  • Convergence Quartet: Live in Oxford ( FMR Records , 2007)
  • Alex Ward / Alexander Hawkins / Dominic Lash / Paul May - Barkingside (Emanem, 2008)
  • Decoy (Volume 1/2), Spirit (Bo'Weavil, 2009)
  • Alexander Hawkins Ensemble, No Now is So (FMR Records, 2009)
  • Decoy with Joe McPhee, Oto (Bo'Weavil, 2010)
  • Convergence Quartet: Song / Dance ( Clean Feed Records , 2010)
  • No Now Is So (FMR Records, 2009) with Orphy Robinson , Otto Fischer, Hannah Marshall, Dominic Lash and Javier Carmona
  • All There, Ever Out (Babel, 2011)
  • The Convergence Quartet: Slow and Steady (2012)
  • Louis Moholo / Alexander Hawkins: Keep Your Heart Straight ( Ogun , 2012)
  • Nick Malcolm Quartet: Glimmers (FMR Records, 2012)
  • Step Wide, Step Deep (Babel, 2014)
  • The Convergence Quartet: Owl Jacket (NoBusiness, 2015), with Taylor Ho Bynum, Harris Eisenstadt, Dominic Lash
  • Alexander Hawkins - Elaine Mitchener Quartet: UpRoot (Intakt, 2017)
  • Unit [e] (2017)
  • François Houle , Alexander Hawkins & Harris Eisenstadt : You Have Options (Songlines)
  • Iron into Wind (Intakt, 2018) solo

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Sharpe: Convergence Quartet in All About Jazz
  2. ↑ On their third album, a live recording of a concert at Cafe Oto in London , saxophonist Joe McPhee was involved alongside the trio .
  3. ↑ Best Jazz Albums of 2012 in The Guardian
personal data
SURNAME Hawkins, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford