14/05/2013 – Check out GoGo Penguin’s Maida Vale session for Jamie Cullum’s show on BBC Radio 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sd0jv
Congratulations to GoGo Penguin for being nominated for Jazz Album Of The Year @ Worldwide Awards 2013
WORLDWIDE AWARDS 2013 // THE WINNERS January 20, 2013 Jazz Album Of The Year 1. Gary Bartz – Coltrane Rules: Tao Of A Music Warrior [Gary Bartz] 2. Neneh Cherry & The Thing – The Cherry Thing [Smalltown Supersound] 3. Robert Glasper – Black Radio [Blue Note] 4. David Virelles – Continuum [Pi Recordings] 5....
GoGo Penguin – Interview in Crack Magazine
GoGo Penguin are a Manchester-based trio made up of Chris Illingworth (piano), Grant Russell (double bass) and Rob Turner (drums), friends from The Royal Northern College of Music, all in their 20s. They already have a cult following in the North West, and with their debut album – released on Matthew Halsall’s Gondwana Records – having hit...
GoGo Penguin: Fanfares – BBC Music Review
BBC Review Based on this debut album, GoGo Penguin seem destined for great things. John Eyles 2012-12-10 In the increasingly overcrowded field of piano trios, any new arrival must have some eye-catching feature to stand out. That probably explains why a jazz trio comes to be called GoGo Penguin, a name which is not easy to...
GoGo Penguin: Fanfares – All About Jazz Review
GoGo Penguin: Fanfares (2012) By BRUCE LINDSAY, Published: November 19, 2012 Jazz musicians are some of the most musically imaginative souls on the planet, but their imaginations often desert them when it’s time to choose a band name. So thanks must go to whoever decided to name this group GoGo Penguin: it’s a suitably imaginative name...
Listen to GoGo Penguin on BBC Radio 3 – London Jazz Festival – Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club
Jez Nelson presents a special edition of Jazz on 3 live from Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in Soho on the opening night of the 2012 London Jazz Festival. With exclusive performances from some of the most sought-after acts at the festival, the billing illustrates the breadth and quality of both established and new artists on...
GOND008 – GoGo Penguin – Fanfares (2012)
GoGo Penguin’s debut album ‘Fanfares’ will be released on Gondwana Records on Monday 19th November 2012.
