Music
My musical career began at 16. I play the saxophone and am a professional musician. My musical focus is usually described as jazz but what that really means is that I love to play the saxophone and I love to improvise. Below are some examples of my playing on various projects I've been involved with
The Blessing
Rapid Accidental Loveliness (2001)
Odd Numbers (2004)
All Is Yes
The Jake McMurchie Quartet
Some live recordings from a recent gig at Boca Bar in Bristol
The Invisible Pair of Hands
http://www.myspace.com/theinvisiblepairofhands
From "Disparation" (1998)
The Nineth
http://www.myspace.com/thenineth
What Four
What Four had a long-standing involvement with Yehudi Menuhin's outreach organisation "Live Music Now!". In 1995 the band was commissioned by South West Arts and Live Music Now! to write "Dawn to Dusk", a suite of original music that involved adults with learning difficulties from Radstock's Hilltop Centre and culminated with a performance at the Bath International Festival. This was followed by a recording and a national tour sponsored by Jazz Services. The band went on to perform specially commissioned work for two subsequent years at the festival, both involving Hilltop, and also involving Jerwood award winning dancer and choreographer Yael Flexer.
From "Dawn to Dusk" (1996)
From "Synergy" (2000)
In 1999 What Four was commissioned by Birmingham Jazz to produce "Synergy", an ambitious project to combine jazz and dance/electronic music (before everyone else started doing it). The result was well received and lead to gigs at the Cheltenham and Brecon Jazz Festivals.
Ultrasound
From " North Utsire, South Utsire" (1996)
Promoting this CD, Ultrasound performed at The Purcell Rooms in London's South Bank Centre and at Glastonbury Festival (and it didn't rain!).
From "Critical Moments" (1999)
All music © Jake McMurchie, The Blessing, The Nineth, The Inivisible Pair of Hands, What Four, Ultrasound, and may not be used without the express permission of the artists with whom copyright lies.