Gwilym Simcock (Bangor, UK, 24 February 1981) is one of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers on the British scene.
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Jazzwise (UK)
May 12, 2016
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Captivating, insightful, lyrical, Gwilym Simcock's 'Jaco Pastorius Project', featuring the exceptional pianist alongside bass guitar virtuoso Laurence Cottle and much in-demand drummer James Maddren, artfully explored the inner workings of Pastorius' music in a performance of quite breathtaking beauty
The young British pianist's stature and authority on a bandstand has grown over the past year – though he has adjusted to this not with haughtiness but by giving every appearance of having the time of his life.
One of the most widely admired and voraciously-curious of UK jazz stars – pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock – launched the venture and typically chose an unexpected subject.
In the event the conversation turned out to be between Simcock and the elegiac Irish singer Christine Tobin Winstone having been indisposed only hours before the show.
Jazz supergroups are volatile concoctions, bespoke teams of virtuosi often just getting in each other's way. But the Anglo-US quartet built from scratch this week around the untried partnership of pianist Gwilym Simcock and Salford guitarist Mike Walker, with Americans Steve Swallow on bass and Adam Nussbaum
