Origin England Years active 1999–present Associated acts Sphinx Record label Pling Music | Genres Jazz, classical music Labels Pling Music Name David Skinner | |
Born 3 January 1980 (age 44)
Isle of Wight ( 1980-01-03 ) Occupation(s) Musician, band leader, composer Role Musical Artist · davidskinner.net Albums Diagonal Jazz, Cubistic Boogie Similar People Kristoffer Kompen, Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines | ||
Broken Boogie - David Arthur Skinner
David Arthur Skinner (born 3 January 1980 on the Isle of Wight, UK) is a pianist, bandleader and composer known from performing all types of improvisation music, from early jazz and stride piano through bebop, swing and contemporary music.
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Education
Skinner attended the Leeds College of Music where he started his formal musical education. He holds a Bachelor's degree in 'Classical composition' at Griegakademiet, University of Bergen (2008–12), taught by Morten Eide Pedersen. He took a Master's degree in jazz performance at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Skinner has written various studies on music theory, such as time signatures, polyrhythm and harmony.
Career
During the time he lived in West Yorkshire (1999–2004), Skinner learned his trade by appearing in clubs and concert halls in the Yorkshire area, with a wide range of musicians. He was regular pianist at several local jazz clubs, before he moved to Norway in 2005, and continued to work as a full-time musician there. Skinner works with a wide variety of jazz artists in Norway, including Majken Christiansen, Torstein Ellingsen, Bjorn Vidar Solli, Georg Reiss, Kristoffer Kompen, Lars Frank, Stig Hvalryg and Hermund Nygard. Skinner gives concerts in various styles spanning from stride piano and swing to electronica and contemporary improvised music in venues all over. He also worked with dancers, and has organised swing-bands for various dance festivals in Oslo and Bergen.
Skinner specialises in swing jazz and stride piano, and has released two solo piano CDs related to this genre.
Skinner released four albums, in addition to one live album and a Japanese release, within the quartet "Sphinx" (2000–12), and played festivals and clubs in France, Belgium and Finland, and four tours in Japan. Skinner also works in duo-format with saxophonist Anders Lonne Gronseth, and in 2011 Gronseth/Skinner duo played festivals in France and Greece, as well as nine concerts in Japan.
Skinner has written various studies on music theory, such as time signatures, polyrhythm and harmony, and continues to write music for various ensembles, as a member of "New Music Composition Society" in Norway, as well as jazz pieces, and music for big band. He also teaches music theory at the Norwegian Academy of Music.
Solo album
Collaborative works
Songs
Early Autumn
It don´t mean a thing
Stompin At The Savoy
Sweet Bogdana Georgieva
Broken Boogie
On the street where you live
On the sunny side of the street
Quirks work
David s Boogie
Makin' Whoopee
Memories of you
Ert
Moonlight in Vermont
Tea for two
Jazz Hands
Superstitious Boogie
Ain t Misbehavin
Balkong
Sophisticated Lady
Caravan
Gone with the wind
Vuggende
I want to be happy