Member Since: 9/4/2006
Band Website: sarahbennettjazz.com
Band Members: Curt Shaw/Pat Sprakes: guitar; John Watterson, Ian Beestin: percussion/drums; Geoff Pearson/Rich Keates, bass
Influences: Norma Winstone, Karen Carpenter, Blossom Dearie, Maria Pia de Vito, Dusty Springfield, Julie Andrews, Anita O'Day, Jim Morrison and Barbra Streisand also early hallucinogenic Pink Floyd and Kate Bush apparently.Also like: Norma, EST, Acoustic Triangle, Azimuth, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Tord Gustavsen Trio, 4 in Perspective (Norma, Kenny, Paul Clarvis and Fred Hersch), Ralph Towner and John Surman.
Sounds Like: "Drawing from a voluminous stylistic well, with influences ranging from folk, pop and classical music as well as jazz, the music could perhaps best be described as an unlikely mash-up of contemporary British influences; the hallucinatory lyrical content of early Pink Floyd meets the trenchant individuality of Kate Bush, filtered through the musical sensibilities of Norma Winstone. It’s deeply quirky and, at times, wonderful." Review of Astronomer's Guest in Jazzwise, Dec '06
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None