Product Description The debut solo album release of Snarky Puppy member and Grammy award winning UK pianist and keyboardist Bill Laurance. 'Flint' features Snarky Puppy's own bassist Michael League and drummer Robert 'Sput' Searight plus full orchestra. This long-awaited album presents a magnificent array of compositions that bring together Classical and Jazz in brilliantly original and exciting new contexts. There are melodies backed by a drum & bass pattern, underlying reggae beats and at other times there's the feel of a film score.The ten track CD also comes with a DVD filmed during the recording sessions for the album. It gives a fascinating and exciting insight into the daily workload of this top flight musician and it shows how the making of an album can be a nerve-wracking rollercoaster ride."One of the most eagerly anticipated albums this year". - Jazz FMPersonnel: Bill Laurance (piano, keyboards, percussion), Michael League (bass, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand claps), Robert 'Sput' Searight (drums, percussion), Zach Brock (violin - solos), Maria Im, Curtis Stewart, Henry Flory (violin), Lev Zhurbin, Eylem Basaldi (viola), Maria Jeffers, J.Y. Lee (cello), Mike "Maz" Maher (trumpet, flugelhorn), Matt McLaughlin (French horn), Chris Bullock (tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute), Brian Donohoe (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute), Scott Flynn (trombone) and others. Review (4 stars) The debut album by Snarky Puppy pianist Laurance recalls the Cinematic Orchestra or LTJ Bukem on post-rave anthems where strings, horns and keyboards intertwine amid a real composer's sense of structure...the best of Flint is very good indeed, with Laurance's ragtime-meets-minimalism piano style outstanding. --The Independent On Sunday, (Phil Johnson), July 13, 2014(4 stars) Fundamentally the core of this album is a highly flexible power trio...who effortlessly devour everything from drum 'n' bass, to post -1990s rave hands-in-the-air piano, house and latin funk, but with no shortage of swing in both jazz and hip hop forms. --Jazzwise, (Mike Flynn), August 2014(4 stars) Hugely detailed jams that duck in and out of cinematic undergrowth, seemingly with all the time in the world. Alarmingly good, Laurance in his laconic way has managed to rip the jazz rulebook to shreds with the maximum of pleasure. --Marlbank, (Stephen Graham), July 2, 2014
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