Four Thousand Souls

Four Thousand Souls is the new jazz house fusion project from DJ St.John de-Zilva and trumpeter Kevin Davy. The duo bring together flowing top lines with deep grooves and strong chord progressions. Recorded over a six month period the EP retains a live feel with arrangements that are true and not contrived with extra filler.Between the two of them they have had over 30 years performance experience meeting up as part of St.John's jazz funk combo Retroactif in the 90s. Davy has played with the likes of Tony Allen, Lamb, Two Banks of Four, Adam F, plus a host of international jazz talents from: Pibo Marquez (Venezuela), Sangoma Everett(USA), Shiek Tidiane Sek(Mali), Kresimir Debski(Warsawa, Poland), Roman Rahout(Poznan, Poland) Paul Shigihara(Koln, Germany), and Doudou Gouirand(France).In 1992, Kevin Davy was voted Jazz Musician of the Year by Manchester BBC GMR Radio's People programme.Davy has led and directed his own groups, D'semble and KDQ over the last fifteen years, which has featured many musicians on recording and live work, such as Tomas Dyani, Julie Dexter, Robert Mitchell, Mikey Wilson, Sylvan Richardson, Trevor Watkiss, Tony Remy, Mike Gorman, Luke Smith, Luke Flowers et al.De-Zilva was resident at seminal London Club the blue note in the 90s while also at the Notting Hill Arts Club and briefly at Subterania. With frequent appearances at Fabric, Cargo and abroad the two have played together on countless occasions, most recently at Impro at Cherry Jam.Press: Review from Discoid Magazine Italy:David's Sound Barrier column - Italy - AprilFOUR THOUSAND SOULS Four Thousand Souls Into EP (CDr)Four Thousand Souls is the new jazz house fusion project from DJ St. John De-Zilva and trumpeter Kevin Davy who between the two have more than 30 years performance experience. This introductory EP brings forth 3 tracks that show the excellent balance that the two get between the keyboard and production skills along with some very tight trumpet playing. A great live feeling that should go down well with some jazz radio stations as well as a very promising live act to follow.DJ Reactions:Craig Bartlett: L'America 8/10: "really like this ep" Stuart Patterson: Faith, the Lodge: 7/10 Chart: Nos 18 Kev Hill (ministryofsound.net): 8/10Radio Play: Funky P: Unknown FM