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About Me

Veteran keys player across a wide, wide range of music - jazz, funk and fusion; RnB, soul and rock; folk and 'world'. Real forte is live, in-the-moment, improvisation...Have played in every context: solo, duo, trio, band, jazz big band, guested with a major hard rock 'name', played live radio sessions, stage shows etc etc...The accent is on live performance, even in the recording process.Currently involved in: MERMAID KISS (prog/ambient/folk); MARLIN (sax+flute and keys+electronics jazz/fusion/grooves duo); IN THESE SHOES? (female vox/keys/drum loops covers duo); ROPETRICK (funk-edged alt-rock); LOUP GAROU (alt-country/Southern roadhouse); and, very occasionally, MASLU (funk pop 'n' roll)...other band refs are dep gigs...'Timo' is a Marlin track with long-time musical co-conspirator Mark Mullin on sax....'Terry, Meet Phil' and 'Aaron Meets Antonin, 2' are live improvisations recorded on 10.04.09 with Wendy Marks on cor anglais as sketches for potential use on the forthcoming Mermaid Kiss album, 'American Images'. Our lofty aim was to capture the essence of three ages of American classical music....... ..

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Member Since: 19/07/2007
Band Members: Colin Henney (keyboards, electronics, rhythm machines, EWI wind synth)
Influences: amongst lots of others........Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Stan Tracey, Dave Stewart (of Hatfield and the North etc), Keith Tippett, Flavio Premoli, Rick van der Linden, Gianni Nocenzi, Kerry Minnear, Bill Payne, Art Tatum, Albert Ammons, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Jan Akkerman, Allan Holdsworth, Brian Wilson, Lewis Taylor, Nitin Sawhney, Richard Bona, Jaco, Bill Bruford, Bill Stewart, Antonio Sanchez, David Sanborn, Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, Michel Petrucciani, Django Bates, Esbjorn Svensson, Neil Cowley, Martial Solal, Hiromi Uehara, Zoe Rahman, Keith Emerson, Jimmy Smith, Stevie Wonder, Barbara Dennerlein, John Medeski, Neal Evans......singers such as Joni, Bjork, Alison Goldfrapp, Tori Amos, Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, Kate Rusby, Julie Fowlis, Danielle de Niese, Beverley Knight....electronica such as Dubstar, Client, Orbital, Leftfield, Royksopp, Salmonella Dub and The Bays.....and not forgetting the best live band in the world, Ojos De Brujo.....plus any music from Scotland to NZ and back that moves the mind, shakes the heart, and stirs up the feet
Record Label: Unsigned

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