Ewan, the night'n the Music / ALBUM EPK
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Ewan Bleach is an internationally recognised clarinettist, saxophonist, pianist and singer specialising in old-style jazz. He runs variety of regular jazz nights in London and collaberates with many original music projects in variety of styles.
Ewan, The Night'n the Music is a ballads album. A tribute to the poetic side of improvised jazz and the rich compositions of the old standards. Whilst inspired on the most part by the poetic genius of two jazz giants, Sidney Bechet and Lester Young, whom Ewan sees as the sun and moon of the saxophone, he is also seeking a genuine and authentic truth in his improvisations, a sense of timelessness whilst conjuring up the old spirits with the classic nuances of the past.
Ewan Bleach is a clarinetist, saxophonist, pianist, vocalist, bandleader, composer, teacher and session musican based in London and specialising in the early styles of jazz, ragtime, blues and swing. He is also involved in projects of new music with various ensembles, and has been involved with other genres including afrobeat and traditional Turkish music.
Ewan led the Cable Street Rag Band in London and is also involved with international projects including Frog and Henry and the New Orleans band Tuba Skinny, which he has spent time with in the states
He is particularly interested in playing for dancing and has run many nights focusing on live music for dancing in London in collaboration with the swing dance scene, most notably the Cakewalk Cafe at Jago (formally passing clouds) in Dalston and Juju's Jazz Band Ball in Shoreditch.
Ewan's interest lines primarily in old sensibilities of pre-war music that he calls "music for dancing and romancing" and is fond of playing for functional events such as weddings and other private parties and happy to be setting the mood as much as being in the limelight
He is currently working on his first studio album due to be released in 2021.