Janette Mason is a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer and record producer. Three of her albums have received four-starred reviews in The Guardian[1][2][3] and her second album, Alien Left Hand, was nominated for the Parliamentary Jazz Awards in 2010.[4][5] The film scores she has written include the British dramas Ruby Blue (2008) and The Calling (2009).

In the 1990s Mason toured with such artists like Seal, Oasis, k.d. Lang and Robert Wyatt, and has also worked as Musical Director for Jonathan Ross and Antoine de Caunes. She has been a mainstay of the British jazz scene for over a decade and has toured in Europe, Israel, Japan, Thailand and the United States. She has also played at the Atlanta Jazz Festival and the Rochester Jazz Festival and at Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.[6] She has collaborated with Robert Wyatt and has performed his music.[7]

Early life and education

Mason was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire and grew up in Wembley in a musical household: her mother, who performed in the Gracie Cole Big Band, played jazz organ and vibraphone.[8] She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has a degree in musical composition for film and television.[9]

Discography

Albums

Title Release date Label Notes
Din and Tonic 6 May 2005[10] Fireball Records Features Mornington Lockett (saxophones) and Lea DeLaria (vocals)
Alien Left Hand 26 January 2009[10] Fireball Records (1481)[10] Features Julian Siegel (saxophone), Tom Arthurs (trumpet) and Lea DeLaria (vocals)[10]
D'Ranged 4 August 2014[11] Fireball Records (FMJP 10004) Features vocalists David McAlmont, Claire Martin, Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield, Vula Malinga and Gwyneth Herbert[4]
Red Alert[12] 30 September 2017 Dot Time Records (DT9072) With Jack Pollitt on drums and Tom Mason on bass

Singles

Title Music/lyrics Label Release date Notes
"Starman" David Bowie 8 January 2021 Features David McAlmont
"Jean Genie" David Bowie 19 February 2021 Features David McAlmont and Sam Obernik
"Wild is the Wind" Ned Washington/ Dimitri Tiomkin 2 April 2021 Features Sam Obernik
"Fame" David Bowie/ Carlos Alomar /John Lennon 14 May 2021 Features David McAlmont

Publications

  • (with Steve Lodder) (2008) Totally Interactive Keyboard Bible, Jawbone. ISBN 978-1906002176.

References

  1. ↑ Fordham, John (13 May 2005). "Janette Mason, Din and Tonic". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Fordham, John (23 January 2009). "Janette Mason: Alien Left Hand". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Fordham, John (31 July 2014). "Janette Mason: D'Ranged review – classic R&B and soul with a jazz twist". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 White, Debbie (4 January 2016). "Jazz Legend Janette Mason to Perform in Vallarta". Banderas News. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Collins, Mike (20 June 2014). "CD Review: Janette Mason — D'Ranged". London Jazz News. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "About Janette Mason | Janette Mason". www.janettemason.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Soup Songs – The Music of Robert Wyatt | Janette Mason". www.janettemason.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Preview: Janette Mason — D'Ranged. New Album and Crowdfunding Campaign". London Jazz News. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Interviewing Janette Mason". The House that Soul Built. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Janette Mason". Jazz CDs. August 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "D'Ranged by Janette Mason". Jazz CDs. August 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  12. ↑ Fordham, John (16 March 2018). "Jazz album of the month: Also out this month". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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