Tenth & Parker

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Astride the corner of Tenth & Parker in Berkely, San Francisco squats the Fantasy Studios. Inside a grizzled old hepcat sits in the vocal booth, wearing green Wellington boots and munches on a meatball sandwich in between harmonising with his tuning pipe and poring over his indecipherable notebook of lyrics. Behind the desk sit three young men, excited yet slightly apprehensive. The hepcat is legendary jazz vocalist Mark Murphy, and the three young men are Brent Newitt, Kieron James and Dave Wallace. "We were trying to think of a name for ourselves for a while and we couldn't come up with anything" reminisces Brent. "We took a cab to the Fantasy Studios to record with Mark, Tenth & Parker was the destination, we liked it and it stuck." The making of their album 'Twenty Twelve' began as a side project for Brent, Kieron and Dave, with a burgeoning family of collaborators, culminating in a swirling musical smorgasbord. "It wasn’t supposed to be a full length album, we had so many ideas we wanted to explore" smiles Dave. "Style-wise the album's all over the place, house, jazz, latin, breakbeat, although hopefully it still sounds like an album from the start to finish - it all fits together." "We've been influenced by everyone involved with the record" ponders Brent. "Mark Murphy - I'm a massive fan of his, he's incredible, I mean, you add up mine Kieron and Dave's ages and that's his! Snowboy, the legendary percussionist with jazz and Latin who's coming from his own area, Sid

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