Polar Bear (British band)
Polar Bear | |
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Experimental, jazz | |
Years active | 2004–present |
Labels | Leaf, Babel, Tin Angel |
Members | Seb Rochford Pete Wareham Mark Lockheart Tom Herbert Leafcutter John |
Website | www |
Polar Bear is a British experimental jazz band led by drummer Seb Rochford with Pete Wareham and Mark Lockheart on tenor saxophone, Tom Herbert on double bass and Leafcutter John on electronics and occasionally guitar or mandolin.
Polar Bear were nominated for the Best Band award at the BBC Jazz Awards 2004, while Rochford was nominated for the 'Rising Star' award.[1] Their first album Dim Lit was released in the same year and was a small scale success.
Their second record,
They released their self-titled third album, Polar Bear, in July 2008 with Tin Angel Records.[5]
In 2010, the band released
In 2015, Polar Bear were nominated for Best Jazz Act in the MOBO Awards and Urban Music Awards.[11][12]
Discography
- Dim Lit, (Babel, 2004)
- Held on the Tips of Fingers(Babel, 2005)
- Polar Bear, (Tin Angel, 2008)
- Peepers, (Leaf, 2010)
- In Each and Every One, (Leaf, 2014)
- Same as You, (Leaf, 2015)
Collaborations
- Common Ground with Jyager (Leaf, 2010)
- Cuckoo with Jin Jin (Leaf, 2014)
References
- ^ Sherwin, Adam (10 July 2004). "BBC awards snub the champions of popular jazz". Times, The (London). Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ^ "Antony and Johnsons win Mercury". BBC News. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ^ "The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World". Jazzwise. August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ^ "Artists beginning with P". The Guardian. 21 November 2007.
- ^ Walters, John (11 July 2008). "Polar Bear, Polar Bear". Guardian, The (London). Retrieved 19 July 2008..
- ^ "Peepers". The Leaf Label. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Common Ground". The Leaf Label. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "2014 Shortlist - Barclaycard Mercury Prize". Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees". BBC News. 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Cuckoo". The Leaf Label. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Polar Bear". MOBO Awards. 5 October 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Nomination Announcement for Urban Music Awards". UMA. 20 October 2015.
External links
- Polar Bear web site
- Polar Bear Bandcamp
- Polar Bear on Facebook
- Polar Bear on Twitter
- The Leaf Label web site
- Held on the Tips of Fingers review at www.allaboutjazz.com
- Held on the Tips of Fingers review at BBC Jazz Review.
- In Each And Every One review at The Guardian
- Same As You review at The Guardian