Janette Mason
Appearance
Janette Mason is a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer and record producer. Her three albums have each 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 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.[6]
Discography
Albums
Title | Release date | Label | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Din & Tonic | 6 May 2005[7] | Fireball Records | Features Mornington Lockett (saxophones) and Lea DeLaria (vocals) |
Alien Left Hand | 26 January 2009[7] | Fireball Records (1481)[7] | Features Julian Siegel (saxophone), Tom Arthurs (trumpet) and Lea DeLaria (vocals)[7] |
D'Ranged | 4 August 2014[8] | Fireball Records (FMJP 10004) | Features vocalists David McAlmont, Claire Martin, Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield, Vula Malinga and Gwyneth Herbert[4] |
Red Alert[9] | 2018 | Dot Time Records (DT9072) | With Jack Pollitt on drums and Tom Mason on bass |
Singles
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 |
Publications
- (with Steve Lodder) Totally Interactive Keyboard Bible (2008)
References
- ^ Fordham, John (13 May 2005). "Janette Mason, Din and Tonic". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ Fordham, John (23 January 2009). "Janette Mason: Alien Left Hand". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b White, Debbie (4 January 2016). "Jazz Legend Janette Mason to Perform in Vallarta". Banderas News. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ Collins, Mike (20 June 2014). "CD Review: Janette Mason — D'Ranged". London Jazz News. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Preview: Janette Mason — D'Ranged. New Album and Crowdfunding Campaign". London Jazz News. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Janette Mason". Jazz CDs. August 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "D'Ranged by Janette Mason". Jazz CDs. August 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ Fordham, John (16 March 2018). "Jazz album of the month: Also out this month". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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- Female film score composers
- People from Hertfordshire
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