Graham Connah

Graham Connah: Sour Note Seven: Because Of Wayne - Jettison Slinky: the Only Song We Know

by Glenn Astarita
September 1, 2001

This mini-boxed set consists of three CDs, featuring keyboardist/composer, Graham Connah’s “Sour Note Seven” and rock flavored, “Jettison Slinky” bands, recorded live and in the studio. With this release, the listener will be treated to a composite of Connah’s present-day inclinations as both of these units convey the keyboardist’s deeply personalized compositional style and cleverly envisioned arrangements.

Connah’s “Sour Note Seven” septet kicks off the proceedings (disc one), with a nifty cross-polarization of medium tempo swing and free-jazz motifs, intersecting ...

Graham Connah's Sour Note Seven: Gurney To The Lincoln Center Of Your Mind

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 1999

Released in 1997 on the modern-free jazz label, Rastacan Records, Gurney To The Lincoln Center Of Your Mind by Graham Connah’s “Sour Note Seven is a recording that deserves some honorable mention and widespread exposure. Northern California based keyboard whiz-composer, Graham Connah is firmly entrenched within the vanguard of “new jazz”, which embodies multidimensional and hybrid musical elements. These refreshing and extremely thought-provoking approaches have spawned a new generation of jazz musicians who are making their collective marks within jazz ...