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Liam Noble (musician)
Liam Noble (born 15 November 1968) is a British jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator. Early lifeNoble was born in London on 15 November 1968.[1] He studied music at the University of Oxford and the postgraduate level at the Guildhall School of Music.[1] Later life and careerAfter his studies, Noble played with saxophonist Stan Sulzmann in duo and quartet performances.[1] He then played in several bands, including those led by Harry Beckett, John Stevens and Anita Wardell.[1] In 1997, Noble joined Bobby Wellins' band.[1] In 2002, he received a commission from Birmingham Jazz to write a song cycle.[1] Noble's 2004 recording Romance Among the Fishes was a quartet album, with Phil Robson (guitar), Drew Gress (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums).[2] Noble and Robson had often played together, but the four had been put together earlier the same year for an appearance at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.[2] Noble's 2009 trio album, Brubeck, was described by the dedicatee, Dave Brubeck, as "an inspiration and a challenge for me to carry on in the avenues that you [Noble] have opened".[3] In 2010, Noble accompanied vocalist Christine Tobin on the album Tapestry Unravelled, a reworking of Carole King's Tapestry from four decades earlier.[4] In 2015, Noble will release the solo piano album A Room Somewhere.[5] Noble teaches at the Royal Academy of Music,[6] Trinity Laban,[7] the Birmingham Conservatoire[8] and the University of Kent.[9] CompositionsCritic John Fordham, writing in 2005, commented that "Noble likes a mixture of staccato, drily witty themes that suggest a collision of Steve Coleman and Django Bates with Wayne Shorter – and with Canadian piano guru Paul Bley in the quieter episodes".[2] DiscographyAn asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release. As leader/co-leader
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