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Dominic J Marshall

Dominic John Marshall – Pianist/composer/beatmaker from Wiltshire, England. After studying classical piano for 10 years with his father Mark Marshall, Dominic was awarded the Alan Hawkshaw scholarship to study jazz at Leeds College of Music. By summer 2010 his graduation recital had won him the LCM Piano Prize.

After being accepted on to the Masters course at Conservatorium van Amsterdam in autumn of the same year, Dominic was lucky enough to receive guidance from the likes of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau and Ambrose Akinmusire. His first trio CD The Oneness was recorded, self-produced and released in this time, Chris Parker of LondonJazz calling it ‘a striking debut’.

In April 2011 Dominic received The Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award for young British musicians of exceptional ability to finance the final year of his postgrad. After graduating Cum Laude in May 2012 with a 10, his second trio CD Icaros was released on the F-IRE Label (‘…certainly on a par with any other piano trio I’ve heard this year, if not better. A five-star offering if ever there was one.’ – JJ Wheeler). Icaros was awarded ‘Best International Jazz Album 2012’ by the highly-esteemed Japan-based blog TokyoJazzNotes.

In March 2013 Dominic was awarded an Emerging Excellence award from Help Musicians UK to record Spirit Speech, his latest trio album. Then in summer he was selected unanimously by a jury of Jamie Cullum, Gilles Peterson and Jez Nelson to perform at ‘BBC Introduces’ at Band on the Wall, Manchester Jazz Festival. The live recording was broadcast in August for BBC Radio 3.

Released by Origin Records in Spring 2014, Spirit Speech has been called ‘an excellent, imaginative and distinctive album that repays repeated listens’ (LondonJazz) and ‘Already [in April] an undoubted jazz highlight of 2014. Masterful!’ (CultuurPodium). Based on that success his trio was selected to play at the Dutch Jazz Competition 2014, Dominic taking home the ‘Best soloist’ award. November 2014 saw Spirit Speech nominated for an Edison International Jazz award alongside Brad Mehldau & Mark Giuliana and Brian Blade Fellowship.

2015 has seen critically acclaimed trio shows at North Sea Jazz Festival, the BIM-huis, Pizza Express Jazz, the Southbank centre, Brighton Festival and the Vortex – the performance at North Sea Jazz Festival being broadcast live on national Dutch television channel NPO. On the strength of his growing reputation Dominic was invited to join British nu-jazz and electronic music group The Cinematic Orchestra, starting with a tour of the whole of Europe in November.

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DJM trio: Cave Art

Read "Cave Art" reviewed by Rokas Kucinskas


Dominic J Marshall is a pianist, composer, and aspiring electronic music artist. The Leeds College of Music and Conservatorium van Amsterdam graduate is best known for his piano trios in Netherlands and United Kingdom, where he mostly performs. His past releases, with the exception of his electronic music, are rooted in contemporary jazz piano tradition: technical, harmonically and rhythmically challenging music, which is mostly based on thematic improvisations. Cave Art is different. Perhaps so different that it is everything but ...

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Dominic J Marshall Trio: Spirit Speech

Read "Spirit Speech" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Dominic J Marshall has clearly absorbed a lot of influences in his 24 years. The pianist, born in Scotland and now resident in Amsterdam, brings many of them to Spirit Speech, the third album by his trio. Hip-hop, jazz, classical, folk: it's a disparate bunch and while it isn't exactly chalk and cheese there's still a risk that mixing them all together could create something unpalatable. Marshall neatly sidesteps the risk. Spirit Speech is proud of its influences but never ...

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Dominic J Marshall Trio: Icaros

Read "Icaros" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Just who is Dominic J Marshall? A little bit of George Shearing, a spot of Esbjorn Svensson, a modicum of Robert Glasper and a smidgeon of Neil Cowley are all present on Icaros, the second trio album from the young pianist. Lest this sounds like Marshall is a man who has yet to find his own voice, it's worth stating at the outset that such a combination has blended together to create an individual sound: Marshall is Marshall.Marshall ...

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“He brings together a great heritage of the past, but also something very fresh and new.” (Jamie Cullum)

“Proud of his influences but never overwhelmed by them: the result is refreshing and innovative.” (Bruce Lindsay – AllAboutJazz)

“Not only a piano virtuoso, he also has an impeccable sense of timing, melodic elaboration and musicality.” (Luc van Gaans – HiFi)

“A soloist with a complete mastery of his instrument, as well as an overflowing imagination which creates a musical world both fascinating and surprising” (Mathilde Löffler – Jazzenzo)

“Dominic J Marshall trio has found both its own energy and its own authentic acoustic sound, and is an asset to the European jazz scene.” (Johan Bakker – Nederlands Dagblad)

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Primary Instrument

Piano

Location

Amsterdam

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Spirit Speech

Origin Records
2014

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Cave Art

Paxico Records
2014

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Icaros

F-IRE Records
2012

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Live Recording

Self Produced
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Book of Machines

From: Spirit Speech
By Dominic J Marshall

Justin

From: Live Recording
By Dominic J Marshall

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