James Allsopp (Fraud)

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James Allsopp is a multi-instrumentalist and composer whose genre busting quintet “Fraud” exploded on to the Jazz scene in 2005 to instant critical acclaim. Their Cheltenham Jazz festival gig of 2006, as part of the Jerwood Rising Stars programme, was voted one of the gigs of the year by Jazzwise magazine, and they have since gone on to record a special session for BBC Radio 3’s “Jazz on 3” programme and have won both the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation 2008 and the Ronnie Scott Award for best New Act 2007. Fraud’s Debut album received many critical plaudits including being described as “the future of improvised music” by Jazzwise Magazine and “what the term cutting edge was meant for” by the Guardians John Fordham. As well as Fraud James writes for his new trio “The Golden Age of Steam” which features his Fraud collaborator Tim Giles alongside Hammond organ wunderkind Kit Downes. They performed at this years Cheltenham Jazz festival, continuing the relationship with Jerwood Rising Stars and a recording of their gig is due to be broadcast on “Jazz on 3” in September. They have recently completed a debut album of brand new Allsopp compositions, which further blur the line between contemporary classical music, electronics and the full spectrum of Jazz improvisation from the blues all the way to the extremities of the avant garde. The Album is due for release at the end of 2009 on the Babel Label. Allsopp’s compositions combine highly complex rhythmic and harmonic structures w

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