Chatting with pianist and composer Paul Edis about composition, working with others, and his wonderful new album

In this week’s episode we chat with the very talented pianist, composer and arranger Paul Edis.We chat about his latest album "The Still Point of the Turning World", his creative processes when working within classical and jazz genres, and who he turns to for support as a musician and a creator.There’s of course a very taxing quiz(!), an evolution within our fantasy house band, and some fabulous album recommendations that even made the host’s hairs stand up on his arms, including:Night Train by Oscar Peterson (1963) released on VerveKind of Blue by Miles Davis (1959) released on ColumbiaSolo Monk by Thelonius Monk (1965) released on ColumbiaPaul's website: www.pauledis.co.ukPaul on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/PaulEdisMusicianSupportYou can help support the podcast and keep us ad free. Especially useful if you’d like to support the podcast and want to keep it ad free. Plus it makes Chris feel very happy indeed! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ChrisNewsteadShow infoPresenter: Chris NewsteadTheme: by SoundWorkLab, licensed through AudioJungle.Recorded October 2021.

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This was a weekly jazz chat exploring the personal stories and creative junctions of fabulous and funny musical guests. We produced 54 episodes from 2020-2022 that remain available. We continue to produce the Watford Jazz Junction festival that runs across the penultimate weekend of May each year.