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House in the Clouds - Geko Live at Vortex Tom White
Tom Smith is a 24 year old saxophonist, bass clarinettist and composer from London. He was twice finalist of the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year programme in 2014 and 2016, and in 2018 won the Peter Whittingham Development Award from Help Musicians UK. He is preparing to release his debut album ‘Gecko’, to be released with Basho Records in November 2020. Since finishing his degree at the Royal Academy of Music, he has performed and toured around the world and has brought his music to prestigious festivals and venues including the BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall), Love Supreme Festival, Jazzinec Festival (Czech Republic), Generations Festival (Switzerland) and the Luxembourg ‘Blues ‘n Jazz Rallye’. Tom runs a number of his own bands including Queertet, a band celebrating the works of LGBTQI+ musicians, which sold out two headline shows at Ronnie Scott’s for London Pride 2018 with celebrated comedian Julian Clary and LGBT icons Ian Shaw and Sharon D. Clarke. He has also recorded a double album of original compositions with celebrated young Czech pianist Daniel Bulatkin and a host of other celebrated Czech musicians, ‘Drifter Days’, recorded after a 19-day continuous Czech Republic tour. Tom was the lead alto in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra until 2020, and currently plays lead alto for the Patchwork Jazz Orchestra, which has recorded two albums, one recorded entirely remotely during the first few months of the Covid-19 lockdown. In 2018 Tom was the only UK musician selected to join the international Generations Festival Big Band in Switzerland, where he performed with Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider and Donny McCaslin (David Bowie). Tom also performs regularly as a sideman round England, with artists including Gareth Lockrane, Ian Shaw, Callum Gourlay and Jonny Mansfield. Tom has also headlined the Blues n’ Jazz Rallye in Luxumbourg with Liv Warfield (Prince). Tom has regularly arranged music for the celebrated Leo Green Orchestra (Van Morrison). His arrangements have been broadcast on BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night show, featuring singers including Grammy Award winner Peabo Bryson and Imelda May at the London Palladium. Tom has also written arrangements for Beverley Knight’s BK25 live orchestral album, performed at the Royal Festival Hall. Tom’s big band compositions and arrangements have been performed by Ian Shaw and Julian Clary with the London Gay Big Band, NYJO, and the Patchwork Jazz Orchestra.
Number 9 (Kittenhead)
Number 9, performed by Kittenhead. Highly entertaining live shows led to Kittenhead receiving rave reviews from TheLosAngelesBeat.com, Reno Tonight Magazine, as well as airplay on various Internet radio stations across the country, including Stench Radio, Dr. Bones, GFY, and BostonRockRadio, just to name a few. The band has played benefit shows for cancer survivors, college scholarships, and animal rights organizations. Kittenhead is committed creating a better society and loves to give their time and energy to such causes that support that end.
Pourquois tu vis - Eddie Keller
Eddie Keller, Pourquois tu vis
Tessa Violet
I just released a new single! Words Ain't Enough with Chloe Moriondo :) ? https://youtu.be/jkKihZbLZew My album Bad Ideas came out last year and is available everywhere music is found, you can see the official music videos on my channel! Connect @tessaviolet on all platforms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessaviolet Twitter: http://twitter.com/tessaviolet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tessaviolet Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LU2dcM "Crush" Lyrics: VERSE 1 I can't focus on what needs to get done, I'm on notice hoping that you don't run you think I'm tepid but I'm misdiagnosed, cause I'm a stalker I seen all of your posts and I'm just trying to play it cool now but that's not what I want to do now and I'm not trying to be with you now (you now) you make it difficult to not overthink, and when I'm with you I turn all shades of pink I want to touch you but don't want to be weird, it's such a rush I'm thinking wish you were here and I'm just trying to play it cool now but that's not what I want to do now and I'm not trying to be with you now (you now) CHORUS but I could be your crush like throw you for a rush like hoping you'd text me so i could tell you I been thinking bout your touch like touch touch touch touch touch I could be your crush crush crush crush crush I got a fascination with your presentation making me feel like you're on my island you're my permanent vacation touch touch touch touch touch I could be your crush crush crush crush crush VERSE 2 I fill my calendar with stuff I can do, maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you and I'm pretending you ain't been on my mind, but I took an interest in the things that you like and I'm just trying to play it cool now but that's not what I want to do now and I'm not trying to be with you now (you now) BRIDGE and yeah it's true that I'm a little bit intense right but can you blame me when you keep me on the fence like and I been waiting hoping that you'd wanna text like (text like) it's what I was born to do Directed by Jordan Harms & Isaac White Video produced by Big Forest https://www.bigforest.pictures/ Edited by Shawna Howson https://youtube.com/nanalew color by Isaac White lyrics & music by Tessa Violet and YACHT MONEY produced by Seth Earnest
House in the Clouds - Geko Live at Vortex Tom White
Tom Smith is a 24 year old saxophonist, bass clarinettist and composer from London. He was twice finalist of the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year programme in 2014 and 2016, and in 2018 won the Peter Whittingham Development Award from Help Musicians UK. He is preparing to release his debut album ‘Gecko’, to be released with Basho Records in November 2020. Since finishing his degree at the Royal Academy of Music, he has performed and toured around the world and has brought his music to prestigious festivals and venues including the BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall), Love Supreme Festival, Jazzinec Festival (Czech Republic), Generations Festival (Switzerland) and the Luxembourg ‘Blues ‘n Jazz Rallye’. Tom runs a number of his own bands including Queertet, a band celebrating the works of LGBTQI+ musicians, which sold out two headline shows at Ronnie Scott’s for London Pride 2018 with celebrated comedian Julian Clary and LGBT icons Ian Shaw and Sharon D. Clarke. He has also recorded a double album of original compositions with celebrated young Czech pianist Daniel Bulatkin and a host of other celebrated Czech musicians, ‘Drifter Days’, recorded after a 19-day continuous Czech Republic tour. Tom was the lead alto in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra until 2020, and currently plays lead alto for the Patchwork Jazz Orchestra, which has recorded two albums, one recorded entirely remotely during the first few months of the Covid-19 lockdown. In 2018 Tom was the only UK musician selected to join the international Generations Festival Big Band in Switzerland, where he performed with Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider and Donny McCaslin (David Bowie). Tom also performs regularly as a sideman round England, with artists including Gareth Lockrane, Ian Shaw, Callum Gourlay and Jonny Mansfield. Tom has also headlined the Blues n’ Jazz Rallye in Luxumbourg with Liv Warfield (Prince). Tom has regularly arranged music for the celebrated Leo Green Orchestra (Van Morrison). His arrangements have been broadcast on BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night show, featuring singers including Grammy Award winner Peabo Bryson and Imelda May at the London Palladium. Tom has also written arrangements for Beverley Knight’s BK25 live orchestral album, performed at the Royal Festival Hall. Tom’s big band compositions and arrangements have been performed by Ian Shaw and Julian Clary with the London Gay Big Band, NYJO, and the Patchwork Jazz Orchestra.
Number 9 (Kittenhead)
Number 9, performed by Kittenhead. Highly entertaining live shows led to Kittenhead receiving rave reviews from TheLosAngelesBeat.com, Reno Tonight Magazine, as well as airplay on various Internet radio stations across the country, including Stench Radio, Dr. Bones, GFY, and BostonRockRadio, just to name a few. The band has played benefit shows for cancer survivors, college scholarships, and animal rights organizations. Kittenhead is committed creating a better society and loves to give their time and energy to such causes that support that end.
Tessa Violet
I just released a new single! Words Ain't Enough with Chloe Moriondo :) ? https://youtu.be/jkKihZbLZew My album Bad Ideas came out last year and is available everywhere music is found, you can see the official music videos on my channel! Connect @tessaviolet on all platforms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tessaviolet Twitter: http://twitter.com/tessaviolet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tessaviolet Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LU2dcM "Crush" Lyrics: VERSE 1 I can't focus on what needs to get done, I'm on notice hoping that you don't run you think I'm tepid but I'm misdiagnosed, cause I'm a stalker I seen all of your posts and I'm just trying to play it cool now but that's not what I want to do now and I'm not trying to be with you now (you now) you make it difficult to not overthink, and when I'm with you I turn all shades of pink I want to touch you but don't want to be weird, it's such a rush I'm thinking wish you were here and I'm just trying to play it cool now but that's not what I want to do now and I'm not trying to be with you now (you now) CHORUS but I could be your crush like throw you for a rush like hoping you'd text me so i could tell you I been thinking bout your touch like touch touch touch touch touch I could be your crush crush crush crush crush I got a fascination with your presentation making me feel like you're on my island you're my permanent vacation touch touch touch touch touch I could be your crush crush crush crush crush VERSE 2 I fill my calendar with stuff I can do, maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you and I'm pretending you ain't been on my mind, but I took an interest in the things that you like and I'm just trying to play it cool now but that's not what I want to do now and I'm not trying to be with you now (you now) BRIDGE and yeah it's true that I'm a little bit intense right but can you blame me when you keep me on the fence like and I been waiting hoping that you'd wanna text like (text like) it's what I was born to do Directed by Jordan Harms & Isaac White Video produced by Big Forest https://www.bigforest.pictures/ Edited by Shawna Howson https://youtube.com/nanalew color by Isaac White lyrics & music by Tessa Violet and YACHT MONEY produced by Seth Earnest