UK based Jazz Prog/Canterbury Scene artist Marc Hadley has announced the release of his new album, “How To Cut Water,” featuring a stellar lineup and unveils two tracks.
Purchase and Stream “There but for the grace of God go I” via the Bandacmp player below:
Purchase and Stream “Yours for a fiver” via the Bandacmp player below:
An album of instrumentals and extended songs with an approach coming from roots in the 1970’s UK Prog genre, particularly The Canterbury Scene, featuring at its core current “members” of the scene, and the late Phil Miller, known for his work with Robert Wyatt, Hatfield & the North, National Health and In Cahoots. Musical influences include Jazz, Fusion, Rock, Folk and World Music.
Marc Hadley is mainly known as a “career saxophonist” having trained in Jazz/Rock at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and also holding a Masters in Ethnomusicology from SOAS. Starting at school in Wimbledon, SW London, he played music in the mid 1970’s influenced by the Soft Machine, Hatfield & the North and Gong, while also as a 17 year old student of the alto sax, mesmerised by Charlie Parker. The discipline acquired from playing bebop and hard bop took him from “Jazz Rock” into session recording and the London Jazz /World Music scene in the 1980’s and 90’s.
His path crossed with bassist Jack Monck; that musical association brought him into contact with Pip Pyle, Phil Miller and ultimately Richard Sinclair. For many years they collaborated in a “Canterbury” influenced Anglo-Dutch band, The Relatives, which in 2012-2013 toured and recorded the album “Virtually.” Phil Miller was part of that project and the legacy of that and further collaborations surfaces here in Marc’s project “How To Cut Water.” The production of this album and “Virtually” reflects Marc’s other career facet, as he has a long parallel history of working in the recording industry as an engineer and producer. Marc moved from London to Cornwall in 2004 and the lineup of musicians involved in ‘How to cut water’ reflects over twenty years of performance and recording collaborations there, as well as former music teaching roles at Dartington College of Arts and AMATA, Falmouth University.
Pre-Order “How To Cut Water” on Bandcamp: https://marchadley.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-cut-water
Tracklist:
01. There but for the grace of God go I
02. Yours for a fiver
03. On my mind
04. Green World
05. Away with the fairies
06. The Note Whisperer
07. Secret Island
08. Calyx
09. Sky
10. Amazonia /Fat Cats
Lineup:
Marc Hadley / Saxes, Flutes, Vocals and Keyboards
Jack Monck / Electric Bass
Tom Jackson: Drums
Also:
Michele Drees, Damian Rodd, Phil Miller, Fred T Baker, Matt Scott, Martin Bowie / Guitars
Pete Lemer / Additional Keyboards
Richard Sinclair, Louisa Edmondson, Billie Bottle, Angeline Morrison, Mal Darwen, Rene Crouch, Michele Drees, Lucetta Radcliffe / Main & Backing Vocals
Robin Pengelly / Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Neil Davey / Bouzouki
and many others.