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{{Short description|British jazz pianist, arranger, composer and record producer}}
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'''Janette Mason''' is a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer and record producer. Her three albums have each received four-starred reviews in ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref name="Fordham Din">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/13/jazz.shopping | title=Janette Mason, Din and Tonic | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=13 May 2005 | accessdate=7 August 2016 | author=Fordham, John | author-link=John Fordham (jazz critic) }}</ref><ref name="Fordham Alien">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/23/janette-mason-alien-left-hand | title=Janette Mason: Alien Left Hand | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=23 January 2009 | accessdate=7 August 2016 | author=Fordham, John | author-link=John Fordham (jazz critic) }}</ref><ref name="Fordham D'Ranged ">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/31/janette-mason-dranged-review | title=Janette Mason: D'Ranged review&nbsp;– classic R&B and soul with a jazz twist | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=31 July 2014 | accessdate=7 August 2016 | author=Fordham, John | author-link=John Fordham (jazz critic) }}</ref> and her second album, ''Alien Left Hand'', was nominated for the [[Parliamentary Jazz Awards]] in 2010.<ref name="White"/><ref name="Collins">{{cite news | url=http://www.londonjazznews.com/2014/06/cd-review-janette-mason-dranged.html | title=CD Review: Janette Mason&nbsp;— D’Ranged | work=London Jazz News | date=20 June 2014 | accessdate=7 August 2016 | author=Collins, Mike}}</ref> The film scores she has written include the British dramas ''[[Ruby Blue (film)|Ruby Blue]]'' (2008) and ''[[The Calling (2009 film)|The Calling]]'' (2009).
'''Janette Mason''' is a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer and record producer. Three of her albums have received four-starred reviews in ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref name="Fordham Din">{{Cite news |last=Fordham, John |author-link=John Fordham (jazz critic) |date=13 May 2005 |title=Janette Mason, Din and Tonic |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/13/jazz.shopping |accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Fordham Alien">{{Cite news |last=Fordham, John |author-link=John Fordham (jazz critic) |date=23 January 2009 |title=Janette Mason: Alien Left Hand |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/23/janette-mason-alien-left-hand |accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Fordham D">{{Cite news |last=Fordham, John |author-link=John Fordham (jazz critic) |date=31 July 2014 |title=Janette Mason: D'Ranged review&nbsp;– classic R&B and soul with a jazz twist |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/31/janette-mason-dranged-review |accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref> and her second album, ''Alien Left Hand'', was nominated for the [[Parliamentary Jazz Awards]] in 2010.<ref name="White" /><ref name="Collins">{{Cite news |last=Collins, Mike |date=20 June 2014 |title=CD Review: Janette Mason&nbsp;— D'Ranged |work=London Jazz News |url=http://www.londonjazznews.com/2014/06/cd-review-janette-mason-dranged.html |accessdate=7 August 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023737/http://www.londonjazznews.com/2014/06/cd-review-janette-mason-dranged.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film scores she has written include the British dramas ''[[Ruby Blue (film)|Ruby Blue]]'' (2008) and ''[[The Calling (2009 film)|The Calling]]'' (2009).


Mason toured In the 1990s with such artists as [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[K.d. lang]] and [[Seal (musician)|Seal]]. She has also worked as Musical Director for [[Antoine de Caunes]] and [[Jonathan Ross]] and has toured in the United States, Europe, Israel, Japan and Thailand. She has also played at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[Carnegie Hall]], and at the [[Festivals in Atlanta|Atlanta Jazz Festival]], [[Provincetown Jazz Festival]], and the [[Rochester International Jazz Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.janettemason.com/about-janette-mason|title=About Janette Mason |website=www.janettemason.com |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> She has performed the music of [[Robert Wyatt]] and also toured and collaborated with him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.janettemason.com/soup-songs-the-music-of-robert-wyatt|title=Soup Songs – The Music of Robert Wyatt |website=www.janettemason.com |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>
Mason was born in [[Bushey, Hertfordshire]] and grew up in [[Wembley]] in a musical household: her mother, who performed in the [[Gracie Cole|Gracie Cole Big Band]], played jazz organ and [[vibraphone]].<ref name="Preview">{{cite news | url=http://www.londonjazznews.com/2013/11/preview-janette-mason-dranged-new-album.html | title=Preview: Janette Mason&nbsp;— D'Ranged. New Album and Crowdfunding Campaign | work=London Jazz News | date=26 November 2013 | accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Mason was born in [[Bushey, Hertfordshire]] and grew up in [[Wembley]] in a musical household: her mother, who performed in the [[Gracie Cole|Gracie Cole Big Band]], played jazz organ and [[vibraphone]].<ref name="Preview">{{Cite news |date=26 November 2013 |title=Preview: Janette Mason&nbsp;— D'Ranged. New Album and Crowdfunding Campaign |work=London Jazz News |url=http://www.londonjazznews.com/2013/11/preview-janette-mason-dranged-new-album.html |accessdate=7 August 2016 |archive-date=8 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708174547/http://www.londonjazznews.com/2013/11/preview-janette-mason-dranged-new-album.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She studied at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] and has a degree in musical composition for film and television.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2 February 2019 |title=Interviewing Janette Mason |url=https://thesoulhouse.net/2019/02/02/interviewing-janette-mason/ |access-date=13 April 2021 |magazine=The House that Soul Built}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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! Notes
! Notes
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|''[[Din & Tonic]]''
|''[[Din and Tonic]]''
|6 May 2005<ref name="Jazz CDs">{{cite web | url=http://jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_611 | title=Janette Mason | publisher=Jazz CDs | date=August 2014 | accessdate=7 August 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331204135/http://jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_611 | archivedate=31 March 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|6 May 2005<ref name="Jazz CDs">{{Cite web |date=August 2014 |title=Janette Mason |url=http://jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_611 |url-status=dead |publisher=Jazz CDs |accessdate=7 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331204135/http://jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_611 |archivedate=31 March 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|Fireball Records
|Fireball Records
|Features [[Mornington Lockett]] (saxophones) and [[Lea DeLaria]] (vocals)
|Features [[Mornington Lockett]] (saxophones) and [[Lea DeLaria]] (vocals)
|-
|-
|''Alien Left Hand''
|''[[Alien Left Hand]]''
| 26 January 2009<ref name="Jazz CDs"/>
| 26 January 2009<ref name="Jazz CDs" />
|Fireball Records (1481)<ref name="Jazz CDs"/>
|Fireball Records (1481)<ref name="Jazz CDs" />
| Features [[Julian Siegel]] (saxophone), [[Tom Arthurs]] (trumpet) and Lea DeLaria (vocals)<ref name="Jazz CDs"/>
| Features [[Julian Siegel]] (saxophone), [[Tom Arthurs]] (trumpet) and Lea DeLaria (vocals)<ref name="Jazz CDs" />
|-
|-
| ''[[D'Ranged]]''
| ''[[D'Ranged]]''
| 4 August 2014<ref name="Jazz CDs D'Ranged">{{cite web | url=http://jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_611/cd_id_1963 | title=D'Ranged by Janette Mason | publisher=Jazz CDs | date=August 2014 | accessdate=5 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905234802/http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_611/cd_id_1963 | archivedate=5 September 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| 4 August 2014<ref name="Jazz CDs D">{{Cite web |date=August 2014 |title=D'Ranged by Janette Mason |url=http://jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_611/cd_id_1963 |url-status=dead |publisher=Jazz CDs |accessdate=5 July 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905234802/http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_611/cd_id_1963 |archivedate=5 September 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Fireball Records (FMJP 10004)
| Fireball Records (FMJP 10004)
| Features vocalists [[David McAlmont]], [[Claire Martin (singer)|Claire Martin]], [[Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield]], [[Vula Malinga]] and [[Gwyneth Herbert]]<ref name="White">{{cite news | url=http://www.banderasnews.com/1601/ent-janette-mason-performs-in-vallarta.htm | title=Jazz Legend Janette Mason to Perform in Vallarta | work=Banderas News | location= [[Puerto Vallarta]], Mexico|date=4 January 2016 | accessdate=7 August 2016 | author=White, Debbie}}</ref>
| Features vocalists [[David McAlmont]], [[Claire Martin (singer)|Claire Martin]], [[Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield]], [[Vula Malinga]] and [[Gwyneth Herbert]]<ref name="White">{{Cite news |last=White, Debbie |date=4 January 2016 |title=Jazz Legend Janette Mason to Perform in Vallarta |work=Banderas News |location=[[Puerto Vallarta]], Mexico |url=http://www.banderasnews.com/1601/ent-janette-mason-performs-in-vallarta.htm |accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref>
|-
|-
|''Red Alert''<ref name="Fordham 2018">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/16/jazz-album-of-the-month-keith-jarrett-standards-trio-after-the-fall |title=Jazz album of the month: Also out this month |last=Fordham, John |author-link=John Fordham (jazz critic) |work= [[The Guardian]]|access-date= 15 September 2019|date=16 March 2018}}</ref>
|''[[Red Alert (Janette Mason album)|Red Alert]]''<ref name="Fordham 2018">{{Cite news |last=Fordham, John |author-link=John Fordham (jazz critic) |date=16 March 2018 |title=Jazz album of the month: Also out this month |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/16/jazz-album-of-the-month-keith-jarrett-standards-trio-after-the-fall |access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref>
| 30 September 2017
| 2018
|Dot Time Records (DT9072)
|Dot Time Records (DT9072)
| With Jack Pollitt on drums and Tom Mason on bass
| With Jack Pollitt on drums and Tom Mason on bass
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|2 April 2021
|2 April 2021
| Features Sam Obernik
| Features Sam Obernik
|-
|"Fame"
| [[David Bowie]]/ [[Carlos Alomar]] /[[John Lennon]]
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|14 May 2021
| Features David McAlmont
|}
|}


==Publications==
==Publications==
* (with [[Steve Lodder]]) ''Totally Interactive Keyboard Bible'' (2008)
* (with [[Steve Lodder]]) (2008) ''Totally Interactive Keyboard Bible'', Jawbone. {{ISBN|978-1906002176}}.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.janettemason.com/ Janette Mason: official website]
*[http://www.janettemason.com/ Official website]


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Janette Mason is a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer and record producer. Three of her albums have received four-starred reviews in The Guardian[1][2][3] and her second album, Alien Left Hand, was nominated for the Parliamentary Jazz Awards in 2010.[4][5] The film scores she has written include the British dramas Ruby Blue (2008) and The Calling (2009).

Mason toured In the 1990s with such artists as Oasis, K.d. lang and Seal. She has also worked as Musical Director for Antoine de Caunes and Jonathan Ross and has toured in the United States, Europe, Israel, Japan and Thailand. She has also played at the Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, Provincetown Jazz Festival, and the Rochester International Jazz Festival.[6] She has performed the music of Robert Wyatt and also toured and collaborated with him.[7]

Early life and education

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Mason was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire and grew up in Wembley in a musical household: her mother, who performed in the Gracie Cole Big Band, played jazz organ and vibraphone.[8] She studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has a degree in musical composition for film and television.[9]

Discography

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Albums

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Title Release date Label Notes
Din and Tonic 6 May 2005[10] Fireball Records Features Mornington Lockett (saxophones) and Lea DeLaria (vocals)
Alien Left Hand 26 January 2009[10] Fireball Records (1481)[10] Features Julian Siegel (saxophone), Tom Arthurs (trumpet) and Lea DeLaria (vocals)[10]
D'Ranged 4 August 2014[11] Fireball Records (FMJP 10004) Features vocalists David McAlmont, Claire Martin, Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield, Vula Malinga and Gwyneth Herbert[4]
Red Alert[12] 30 September 2017 Dot Time Records (DT9072) With Jack Pollitt on drums and Tom Mason on bass

Singles

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Title Music/lyrics Label Release date Notes
"Starman" David Bowie 8 January 2021 Features David McAlmont
"Jean Genie" David Bowie 19 February 2021 Features David McAlmont and Sam Obernik
"Wild is the Wind" Ned Washington/ Dimitri Tiomkin 2 April 2021 Features Sam Obernik
"Fame" David Bowie/ Carlos Alomar /John Lennon 14 May 2021 Features David McAlmont

Publications

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  • (with Steve Lodder) (2008) Totally Interactive Keyboard Bible, Jawbone. ISBN 978-1906002176.

References

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  1. ^ Fordham, John (13 May 2005). "Janette Mason, Din and Tonic". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ^ Fordham, John (23 January 2009). "Janette Mason: Alien Left Hand". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ^ Fordham, John (31 July 2014). "Janette Mason: D'Ranged review – classic R&B and soul with a jazz twist". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b White, Debbie (4 January 2016). "Jazz Legend Janette Mason to Perform in Vallarta". Banderas News. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ^ Collins, Mike (20 June 2014). "CD Review: Janette Mason — D'Ranged". London Jazz News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. ^ "About Janette Mason". www.janettemason.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Soup Songs – The Music of Robert Wyatt". www.janettemason.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Preview: Janette Mason — D'Ranged. New Album and Crowdfunding Campaign". London Jazz News. 26 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Interviewing Janette Mason". The House that Soul Built. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d "Janette Mason". Jazz CDs. August 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  11. ^ "D'Ranged by Janette Mason". Jazz CDs. August 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  12. ^ Fordham, John (16 March 2018). "Jazz album of the month: Also out this month". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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