NeWt Trio – Scottish prog jazz. From Left: Johnny Griffith, Graeme Stephen, Chris Grieve, Chris Wallace
New and Old Friends....
The NeWt trio was in town recently and stopped by to G-B to record a new album before heading back to the U.K.
Johnny has worked with Scottish guitarist Graeme Stephen and drummer Chris Wallace many times in the past, but it was the first time he’d worked with Trombonist Chris Grieve. The four bonded pretty quickly over Roti and Shawarma and became fast friends.
Johnny produced and engineered the album and guested on alto sax and bass clarinet. The album will be released in the coming months, but you can get a small taste of this bands exciting “prog-jazz” style below.
About NeWt
In 2006 Chris formed the trio NeWt with friends Graeme Stephen and Chris Greive. This band went on to release 3 unique albums. In 2011 the group toured the UK extensively performing across Scotland, England and Wales in support of their album “NeWt 2” which featured Silke Eberhard from Berlin, a leading light on the German improvising scene. Their performance at Matt and Phred’s club in Manchester was broadcast live on BBC Jazz on 3.
