Origin England Role Pianist | Occupation(s) Musician, composer Name Ivo Neame | |
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Birth name Ivo Michael Beale Neame Born 13 March 1981 (age 43) ( 1981-03-13 ) Instruments Piano, keyboards, saxophone Albums Everything We Hold, Yatra, Life to Everything, Beginnings, Caught In The Light Of Day Profiles | ||
Moksha Music - Ivo Neame Quartet
Ivo Neame 'Vegetarians' taken from Moksha
Ivo Michael Beale Neame (born 13 March 1981) is a British jazz pianist, saxophonist and composer. He is a member of London's Loop Collective, and leads his own trio, quartet, quintet and octet as well as performing in many other bands.
Contents
- Moksha Music Ivo Neame Quartet
- Ivo Neame Vegetarians taken from Moksha
- Biography
- Honors
- Own compositions
- Collaborations
- Bands
- References
Biography
Neame, a grandson of composer Shena Fraser, was born in Kent into the Shepherd Neame brewing family. He attended The King's School, Canterbury, and studied jazz saxophone at London's Royal Academy of Music in a year-group that included pianist Gwilym Simcock, and was mentored by Martin Speake and Steve Buckley, as well as F-IRE Collective founder Barack Schmool.
Since leaving RAM in 2003 Ivo has performed with highly esteemed musicians at home and abroad such as David Binney, Kenny Wheeler and Hermeto Pascoal; has played on more than 40 albums as a sideman and a leader; and tours regularly with his quintet, octet and now solo piano, as well as with Phronesis and Marius Neset. Ivo was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2013 and he is also a Principal Lecturer in Jazz Piano at Leeds College of Music.