TG Collective

Infobox musical artist
Name = TG Collective


Img_capt = The TG Collective (2007)
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Birmingham, England
Genre = Flamenco, Gypsy Jazz, Jazz, World Music
Years_active = 2006–present
Label = The Birds Recording Company
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.tgcollective.com/]
Current_members = Jamie Fekete
Sam Slater
Percy Pursglove
Holly Jones
Louis Robinson
Ray Butcher
Ana Garcia

The TG Collective are an eclectic British-based band, evolving from the successful acoustic guitar trio, Trio Gitano, in 2006. The TG Collective are based in Birmingham, England. Their sound draws on many influences, in particular Flamenco, Gypsy Jazz, Jazz and Classical music, with new and interchanging shapes and sizes of ensemble from gig to gig, and within a performance. The group is centered around two acoustic guitarists, set alongside a core of double bass, flute and violin, and often growing to feature trumpets, percussion and flamenco dance

The TG Collective are set to release a new album during 2008, and also open the Cheltenham Jazz Festival in May. [ [http://www.tgcollective.com The TG Collective | Latest News ] ]

Current band members

*Jamie Fekete (guitars)
*Sam Slater (guitars)
*Percy Pursglove (double bass, trumpet, flugelhorn)
*Holly Jones (flute)
*Louis Robinson (violin, viola)
*Ray Butcher (trumpet)
*Ana Garcia (flamenco dance)
*Joe Broughton (violin, mandolin)

Trio Gitano - 2001-2006

The UK based acoustic guitar trio [http://www.tgcollective.com/about.html Trio Gitano] was formed in 2001 by three 'graduate' members of the Birmingham School's Guitar Ensemble - Sam Slater, Jamie Fekete and Sophie Johnson. [BBC Gloucestershire "Experience the Trio Gitano" September 8, 2003 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/music/2003/09/trio_gitano.shtml] retrieved on August 7, 2007 ] [The Birmingham Post http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/reviews/tm_method=full&objectid=15863830&siteid=50002-name_page.html]

Directed by Bryan Lester, and signed to [http://www.birdsrecording.com The Birds Recording Company] indie label, Trio Gitano's debut album - "Who Ate All The Tapas?" - was released in August 2005, and voted as one of the Records of the Year by The Sunday Times newspaper. [The Sunday Times http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article598203.ece?token=null&offset=24]

During the summer of 2006, Sophie left the Trio, with the highly regarded and much sought after multi-instrumentalist Percy Pursglove joining the group, adding new dynamic drive and direction on double bass, which paved the way for the formation and basis of the TG Collective in September 2006. [ [http://www.tgcollective.com/about.html The TG Collective | The TG Story ] ]

Associated acts

* The Destroyers [http://www.thedestroyers.co.uk] 16 piece Klezmer band, featuring Louis Robinson and Jamie Fekete
* Ray Butcher [http://www.myspace.com/raybutcher] Jazz Trumpeter
* Manveer Singh / Marva [http://www.sampad.org.uk/whatson.php?id=930] Classical Indo-Jazz fusion group featuring Sam Slater
* Joe Broughton [http://www.joebroughton.com] Folk-based fiddle and mandolin player

Albums

As Trio Gitano, there was one full-length release in 2005. The TG Collective release the follow-up album (their first as the TG Collective) in summer 2008
* "Who Ate All The Tapas?" - Trio GitanoReleased in August 2005 through the [http://www.birdsrecording.com Birds Recording Company ] as the original Trio Gitano, also featuring [http://www.bryancorbett.com Bryan Corbett] on trumpet and flugelhorn.

Discography

Awards

*"Who Ate All The Tapas?" was No.4 in The Sunday Times' Records of The Year in 2005

External links

* [http://www.tgcollective.com/about.html Trio Gitano Biography]
* [http://www.tgcollective.com The TG Collective - official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tgcollective TG Collective on MySpace]

References