Jane Chapman is one of the UK's leading harpsichordists and performers of new music, and Mark Wingfield is one of today's most original jazz guitarists and composers. What they are playing together is on the cutting edge of new music, yet still hugely accessible.
Mark and Jane have just finished recording a new album Three Windows with renowned jazz saxophonist Iain Ballamy. The album is available from the major on-line vendors here.
Jazz guitarist Mark Wingfield and harpsichordists Jane Chapman recently made musical history at Handel House, one of London's most historic venues. This former residence of Handel, was also the home of Jimi Hendrix some 200 years later. In this setting, for the first time ever, the electric guitar and harpsichord; the musical instruments of Handel and Hendrix, were played together by two of Britain's most innovative musicians. They have also recently played at the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall in Manchester and the Turner Sims Concert Hall in Southampton.
The strings of the electric jazz guitar, using the latest in sound modeling technology, resonate with the timeless strings of the harpsichord to produce a unique and beautiful landscape. These two highly original musicians create a scintillating and uplifting musical experience where the very old meets the very new, improvisation meets composition and East meets West.
Quotes about Jane Chapman:
"Jane Chapman plays with brilliance and sensitivity" Classic CD
"her virtuosity commands attention" BBC Music Magazine
"Britain’s most progressive harpsichordist" The Independent on Sunday
"Jane Chapman is a fearless contemporary music performer...... you have to respect Chapman's virtuosity and guts" The Guardian
"Played with dizzy virtuosity by the astonishing Jane Chapman" Musical Opinion
"Her progressive spirit and comprehensive technique have inspired composers to forge new parameters and sound worlds for the harpsichord with works of unprecedented musical and technological scope" Harpsichord & Fortepiano
"The sorceress of the harpsichord" Radio Times
"Stylish and eloquent" The Times
Quotes about Mark Wingfield:
"There are so many electric guitar virtuoso albums ...it's so easy to overlook some of the better of these ...Mark Wingfield is a case in point..." Guitar Techniques
“almost moved me to tears.” BBC
"the six string winged, improvising Shaman...The word "Wow!" is spoken there in every tongue." Billy Sheppard Music That Matters
"Contemporary jazz doesn't get any better than this." Fretwired
"'less is more' in places as well as lightning playing in others, but always playing the right note in the right place." "...definitely deserves multiple listenings" iTunes review
“One of today’s most creative transatlantic musical voices” BMIC
“One of the UK’s best new composers” SPNM
“Simply one of the best guitarists I’ve ever heard in my long career, essential listening” Richard Newman (Ch4 TV music producer, presenter).
"uplifting...inspiration...engaging...organic...cleansing" Guitar Techniques Magazine
