alt again, we sketched this out briefly then recorded, its fairly organic , and happened in the moment,
its about going to viking heaven, sad at first, then there is a realisation that you can spend eternity feasting ,
riding motorbikes and drinking lager.
thats my plan anyway x 

05 Valhalla

this is a snippet from a much longer improvisation, 
all written on the fly as we played, though this bit sounds composed to my ear.
had a bit of a vision as we played, of someone i loved 
so this is for her 
x

Ending4

captures the excitement of an hc 5 gig 
the lyrics are all about , well , singing your way out of sadness i guess 
"sadness , you have lived in my heart too long , 
its time for you to go, 
i want to sing again........(everyone) la la la la la ...........  "
recorded at the alligator club brass festival fringe gig in durham, 2015

Tristesa , havana club 5

little sweet reggae groove , and some high octane latin excitement in the outro , from our album , road to sucess

04 Corazon, burundanga

A recording of Nature Boy, by the Jon Spanyol Trio

Jazz Piano Trio - Nature Boy

improvised groove , whilst sound checking before recording
one too many hip hop quotes , but it just happened i guess x

triggerlawross - its love (improvisation)

we saw a fight on a night out , this is katys audio description

triggerlawross-after hours........fight!!!

Will Not (prod. Apollo V)

Translated into English by Sharif Elmusa and Naomi Shihab Nye, this poem by Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim (b. 1939 - 2014) is from The Anthology of Modern Palestinian Literature by Dr. Salma Khadra Jayyusi. Reem set the translated poem into music, and sings it here with her jazz rhythm section at the Ealing Jazz Festival, London, July 2012. 

Photograph by Russ Escritt, 2003



Love Poem - by Reem Kelani

pianist and keyboard player based in newcastle upon tyne england
the  musical projects im involved in the last couple of years:

ALt ,my somewhat experimental jazz trio

the One trio, a hard  swinging  standards trio 

weekend sun (new original northern soul , album just released)

burundanga (high octane latin dance music)

havana club 5,  latin  jazz quintet

ION , the improvising orchestra of the north (for all your free jazz needs)

and all sort of dep gigs , and solo piano



05 Valhalla

alan law music

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