Afternoon Recital: Stephen Grew (Pianist)

About

"Suite -All is Now"

I have been consistently touring nationally and internationally as a soloist and in group situations full time for 30 years and developing my music for almost 45 years.

Grew's pieces are captivating experiments in form and a masterclass in solo piano." – Chris Baber, JAZZ VIEWS

I have performed and recorded with: Evan Parker, Keith Tippett, Howard Riley, Trevor Watts, Pat Thomas, and in the groups: Grew Trio, Grew Quartet and Grutronic, Watts & Grew Duo.

Grew's pieces are captivating experiments in form and a masterclass in solo piano." – Chris Baber, JAZZ VIEWS

Recent samples from over 2000 solo recordings.

Piano Man https://youtu.be/4g_ENOwtwyY

https://immohorn.wordpress.com/ - Recorded at Lancaster Baptist Church, Lancaster, England.

"Sonic Love 1" - Recorded at Lancaster Baptist Church, Lancaster, England.

https://youtu.be/Pts2yPYtg1I?si=i6iAwIkmCmTbj30z

"Vivacious Octaves" https://youtu.be/eUrWXHV1kNs?si=_7zg35mbYYShJsjk

"From all Sides" https://youtu.be/Z6nuGpho3J4?si=YQFzUckB1oMYJfFx

My music presents the solo piano in a fresh and totally improvised way. The music charters many dynamic qualities of an acoustic grand piano and endeavours to provide the audience with a universe of highly rhythmic patterns, spatial interventions and a playful, visceral quality to the performances that makes listening a captivating spectacle, sometimes very fast! - other times….. many things in between!

'Stephen Grew: is one of Europe's most dedicated and imaginative pianists: Stephen's playing free from the constraints of traditional harmonic, melodic and rhythmic structures, is a virtuoso tour - de - force of dynamic extremes, percussive effects and spontaneous atonal flourishes, by turn surprising, witty and breathtaking!' - Steve Mead Manchester Jazz Festival.

The link below has over 2000 solo pieces that have been recorded in the last 5 years.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Binpillp3

Reviews of my recent solo albums.

BBC Music Magazine. Roger Thomas.

★★★★★ Finally, one of the most arresting solo piano albums I've heard in recent times has to be Stephen Grew's Now We Are Here, which he describes in terms of establishing a relationship with the idiosyncrasies of a particular instrument in a particular location. Pianists ranging from Stan Tracey to Vijay Iyer have commented on this phenomenon in different ways, but Grew seems to address it by effectively transforming the instrument into its own score. There are riffs and themes that are set up and developed or abandoned without regret, often seemingly in a matter of seconds. There are rolling, dense arpeggios that throw up clouds of murk or sparks, sometimes both at once. There's also a little of everything in between. This music is visceral yet also profoundly thoughtful and, indeed, highly memorable. (Discus 174CD)

Latest- "Now we are Here"

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bJIvQPk8Rk-nZBA6LWPBeJKJHPWjiZ9z/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=114570891049345749552&rtpof=true&sd=true

https://freq.org.uk/reviews/stephen-grew-chasm/

https://discus-music.co.uk/

https://www.jazzviews.net/stephen-grew---poseidon.html

https://www.jazzviews.net/stephen-grew---the-lit-and-phil-suite.html