Patrick Naylor
email patnq@yahoo.co.uk; tel 07949 668249 myspace.com/patricknaylor
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Patrick Naylor has performed extensively as a guitarist and bandleader. His contempory band Soundial released two critically acclaimed albums of original compositions and have completed 4 Jazz Services sponsored tours of the UK. Soundial's debut album was jazz CD of the week in the London Evening Standard, and their 2003 album -Afternoon Moon was in Chrissie Murray's CD's of the year.
Patrick Naylor has performed extensively as a guitarist and bandleader. His contempory band Soundial released two critically acclaimed albums of original compositions and have completed 4 Jazz Services sponsored tours of the UK. Soundial's debut album was jazz CD of the week in the London Evening Standard, and their 2003 album -Afternoon Moon was in Chrissie Murray's CD's of the year.
Patrick has
recorded with a number of different artists in the jazz world including
Viper's Dream, David Beebee's Gaya, Julian
Costello and Ian East. Patrick worked extensively as a session musician for Mercury Records and has
recorded a number of
pieces for
film, TV and radio
including: 2 series of Maigret for BBC Radio 4, a Channel 4
News
report, and a
number of feature
films and TV programmes with composer Daniel Teper.
His educational work includes running guitar
classes and workshops at HGSI.
FILM TV AND RADIOIn Memory of My Father (2005 USA Independent)
Film starring Jeremy Sisto, Judy Greer and Monet Mazur. Winner of the 2005 CineVegas film
festival and numerous other awards.
Things To Do Before You're Thirty (2004 UK Momentum)
Feature film starring Billie Piper, Dougray Scott, Amelia Fox, Jimi Mistry and Viper's Dream.
Smash hit in Spain.
UK West End cinema release June 2006.
A Place in France (2004 Tiger Aspect/Channel 4)
News Report on Refugees (2004 Channel 4)
Incidental music from BBC Radio 4 Maigret series 1 and 2. Written by Lucinda Mason Brown.
Pensamientos (2003 Spain Independent)
Feature film.
REVIEWS
"Virtuoso guitar" TIME OUT (on SOUNDIAL) "Great tunes played with verve and style" HOTCLUB UK (on VIPERSDREAM)
PATRICK NAYLOR'S SOUNDIAL
- AFTERNOON MOON ALBUM - JAZZWISE
REVIEW 2003 Readers might recall that one
of last year's most outstanding albums for me was
composer/arranger David Beebee's Gaya, which featured his
9-piece
band. (They gave one musically exciting, if sparsely
attended, concert at Croydon's
Fairfield Hall.) Naylor is Beebee's guitarist, heard here to
excellent effect on electric and
acoustic. This is his second set as a leader and is very much
on the cusp of jazz and world
music, containing elements of Turkish, Balkan, Brazilian and
reggae rhythms among others.
He's
(Naylor) a highly articulate, mellow musician, whose solos all have
great warmth and swing
in a quiet, understated way.
East, by the way, is really Ian Price,
who has been a mainstay of all BeeBoss albums.
Apparently, there are three Ian Price's,
so he's taken his partner's surname to avoid further
confusion. His laid-back tenor and soprano (also flute) work beautifully with
Naylor's
various guitars and Beebee himself makes his own important
contribution on bass, Fell's percussive effects are an
additional asset on his two tracks. Very soothing background
music, which will kill
conversation! - Tony Hall
