Neil Yates

"Perhaps the journey toward finding ones own voice is more about waiting for all the confusions of influences to crystallise, and allowing the music to find its own pathway out of you. The struggle is to let it all merge in your head and then play! ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . ."With New Origins, Celtic and jazz music become a continuum: two musical forms come together in a way that is too organic to be decribed as fusion or crossover. The album balances the Celtic love of melody and nuance with an awareness of the harmonic possibilities of jazz. A better demonstration of the adage about Old Wine, New Bottles could not be found. " Mike Butler (Jazz UK). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I've been on a strange but wonderful journey from Edward II, through Brand New Heavies, Matt Bianco, Lighthouse Family, Big Cheese, Raw Stylus, Us3, Black Grape & Supergrass, to Jazz Jamaica, Nu-Troop, CTQ, Improvokation, and arriving here to play with Mike McGoldrick, Kate Rusby, Karen Matheson, Bryan Finnegan and of course my band New Origins. What more could I ask? ............................................................ ............................................................ ...........