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Curfew

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Curfew are one of the most exciting and original jazz fusion ensembles in Europe. With a mixture of jazz, funk, rock, world and even classical, their music "is like a box of chocolates" philosophy means that you never know quite what will happen next! The current line-up of Martin Lawrie (keyboards), Steve Marshall (bass and flute), David Bouet (drums) and Nick Andrew (guitar) has been together for several years now, but the band's origins go back to the late '80's . Throughout the band has been commited to delivering a potent cocktail of exciting, original, melodic, energetic, rhythmic, progressive contemporary jazz.REVIEWS: 'Making the much-travelled road of jazz fusion sound fresh and interesting is just about as difficult a job as there is in music, but Curfew have succeeded hands down' (Adrian Creek, Surrey Advertiser)'Jazz-rock with a Weather Report sound' (Jack Massarik, Evening Standard)'Should clean up on the London jazz scene' (Line Out magazine) Curfew do the impossible and perform Nick's "Flight of the Bumble Blues" without oxygen or a safety net! It was recorded by Julian Seary at a Concert/masterclass at West Herts College in April.Dance of the 3 famous Belgians (From Hold the Front Page) live at the Electric Theatre in Guildford.Steppin out (from Curfews Hold the Front Page cd) at the Marbrough Jazz fest 03 with Paul Francis depping for Steve Marshall who was on tour at the time.

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Member Since: 14/03/2006
Band Website: www.curfew.co.uk
Band Members: Martin Lawrie (keyboards) Steve Marshall (bass and flute) David Bouet(drums) Nick Andrew (guitar)
Influences: Weather Report, Tribal Tech, Chick Corea, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Vital Information, Zawinul Syndicate, Jaco Pastorius, Yellowjackets, Jean Luc Pont
Sounds Like: The Weather-Fleck-Tech-Syndicate if you will!
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Curfew guitarist interview

Hello all,Alloutguitar.com has uploaded an 'Elevensies' interview with Curfew guitarist, Nick Andrew, which can be viewed here;http://www.alloutguitar.com/interview/elevenses/the_fly ing_scotsman_nick_...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:25:00 GMT

Zawinul Legacy

As most of you know, the passing of Joe Zawinul on September 11th 2007 meant the loss of a unique jazz great.Electric Jazz pioneers, Curfew, now bring you the opportunity to still experience live, the...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:35:00 GMT

New you tube videos

hello,Nick has added some more videos of Curfew playing live on his youtube channel.http://www.youtube.com/user/nickjitsuGo there to watch some of Nicks old 'High Energy Fusion' band Mains Jam live fr...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:59:00 GMT

Curfew to play at Alloutguitar festival

As part of the 1st alloutguitar.com guitar festival, Curfew will be playing a set of their unique Fusion style sonic sculptures! This is the only major electric guitar festival in the UK so make the m...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:39:00 GMT

Latest CD review

Helloooo all,Just had an excellent review of our latest cd, Hold the front Page. It's on the alloutguitar.com website (see link).Thanks to Mark Robinson for the review (cheques in the post!).http://ww...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:12:00 GMT

Curfew bring their awsome Electric Jazz to the Electric Theatre.

Curfew (featuring Nick Andrew) are performing on the 7th July 2007, at the Electric Theatre in Guilford.They, of course, will be performing a Selection of their most popular sonic fusion adventures, i...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:19:00 GMT

Nick live at the London Guitar Show '07

Helloo Curfewers,I will be playing at the London Guitar Show on the www.alloutguitar.com stand on the 27th , 28th and 29th of April. I will perform a mixture of very cut down material from Solo?, Hold...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:54:00 GMT

Nicks lessons now online

Nicks lessons now onlineHellooo alll musos,Nick has just had his first online lesson go live on the alloutguitar.com website. It appears in the lesson section under fusion and he is currently dealing ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:38:00 GMT

CURFEW ON ITUNES

Curfew's albums Hold the Front Page, Return of the Jazz Fusioneers and guitarist, Nick Andrew's 1st solo album, Solo?, are all now available on itunes and varoius other online digital download service...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:12:00 GMT

Jazzwise letter

Here's a wee letter that Martin, the keyboardplayer submitted to Jazzwise magazine. It was printed in the latest issue. It would be interesting to see the response. Hi - we're Olle Blomqvist's Northe...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:33:00 GMT