Corrie Dick

Corrie Dick is a Scottish jazz musician (drums, percussion, vocals) and composer based in London. He is recognised for his fluency, gritty sound and euphoric abandon on the drum kit and for his poignant and earthy compositional style.[1]

Corrie Dick
Background information
Born (1990-12-20) 20 December 1990
OriginGlasgow, Scotland
GenresJazz, Indie
Occupation(s)Musician and composer
InstrumentsDrum kit and percussion
Years activeSince 2008
LabelsChaos Collective, Edition Records.
Associated actsBlue-Eyed Hawk
Laura Jurd
Dinosaur
Websitewww.corriedick.com

He comes from a small family with musical and artistic parents. His sole brother Garry Dick, two and a half years his minor, is an accomplished chef in the West of Scotland.[2]

Band and artist associations

As well as leading an ensemble under his own name, Corrie performs and records with artists and bands such as:

Corrie also plays improvised solo drum concerts and frequently collaborates with artists such as Martin Speake,[11] Mark Lockheart, Jacob Collier, Bobby Wellins, Brian Kellock, Leafcutter John,[12] Tom Herbert,[13] Pete Wareham, Kit Downes, Jasper Høiby,[14] Jim Mullen[15] and many other notable musicians.

Education

Dick graduated as the gold medal student[16] for the jazz programme at TrinityLaban (2010–14) where he studied composition with present-day bandmate Mark Lockheart, rhythm with Barak Schmool and musicianship with Simon Purcell. He has studied drums privately with Mark Guiliana and Kendrick Scott, traditional drumming in Morocco and kpanlogo drumming in Ghana with Saddiq Addy, nephew of legendary kpanlogo drummer Mustapha Tettey Addy. He also practices traditional world music regularly with guitarist Rob Luft, a close musical peer.[17]

He is an alumnus of Tommy Smith's Youth Jazz Orchestra and of National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland.[18]

Awards

Having been named as 'Up And Coming Artist' in the 2012 Scottish Jazz Awards,[19] Dick won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year Competition in 2013[20] resulting in cash prizes as well as concert performances at London, Glasgow and Skye Jazz Festivals.[21]

Corrie was listed as 'One To Watch' in Jazzwise Magazine's forecasts for 2012 and 2016 and has twice been shortlisted for 'Newcomer of the Year' in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards - in 2015 as part of Blue-Eyed Hawk[22] and in 2016 as a solo artist.[23]

Other achievements

Impossible Things,[24] Dick's debut album as bandleader, was released in November 2015 on the Chaos Collective label, which he co-founded alongside close collaborators Laura Jurd and Elliot Galvin. The album, featuring 9 young stars of the British jazz scene including vocalist/violinist Alice Zawadzki, trumpeter Laura Jurd and percussionist Felix Higginbottom and produced by Finn Peters, was lauded by numerous international reviewers including the Irish Times who said "By turns folksy, rootsy, bluesy and indy, Impossible Things announces the arrival of a new and compelling voice in contemporary European jazz."[25]

Discography

Solo albums
  • 2015: Impossible Things (Chaos Collective)[26]

Collaborations
Blue-Eyed Hawk
Laura Jurd
  • 2012: Landing Ground (Chaos Collective)[28]
  • 2015: Human Spirit (Chaos Collective)[29]
Dinosaur
  • 2016: Together, As One (Edition Records)[30]
  • 2020: To The Earth (Edition Records)
Jasper Høiby
  • 2016: Fellow Creatures (Edition Records)[31]
Little Lions
  • 2016: Embers (EP) (Independent)[32]
Chaos Orchestra
  • 2014: Island Mentality (Chaos Collective)[33]
Glasshopper
  • 2014: Jenny (Independent)

References
  1. "Biography". corriedick.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. "Garry Dick". Twitter. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. "Laura Jurd". laurajurd.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. "Laura Jurd". laurajurd.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  5. "Fellow Creatures". jasperhoiby.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  6. "24 JUL 2016". www.evensi.uk/. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  7. "Meet The Band". littlelionsmusic.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  8. "Blue-Eyed Hawk". blue-eyedhawk.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  9. "Ink Line - "I'll Have A Think" Live @ SECRET LOCATION". YouTube.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  10. "About - Lilli Unwin". LilliUnwin.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  11. "Latest news". Trinitylaban.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  12. "Under the Moon". Editionrecords.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  13. "Under the Moon". Editionrecords.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  14. "Jasper Høiby – May 2014 - thejazzbreakfast". thejazzbreakfast. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  15. "Jim Mullen Leads The Good Evening Jazz Jam at The Royal Albert (12.05.13) Part 1". Vimeo. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  16. "Trinity Laban Gold Medal Showcase 2015". Heyevent.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  17. "Biography". corriedick.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  18. "'Not musical' pupil Corrie is rising star of jazz". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  19. "Corrie Dick". corriedick.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  20. "BBC Radio Scotland - The Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year, Corrie Dick". BBC. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  21. "Corrie Dick - Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year 2013". Scottish Jazz Federation. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  22. "Parliamentary Jazz Awards nominations announced". JazzFM. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  23. "2016 Parliamentary Jazz Awards nominations announced". JazzFM. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  24. "Impossible Things". Bandcamp. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  25. "Corrie Dick:Impossible Things album review". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  26. "Impossible Things". chaos-collective.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  27. "Under the Moon". Editionrecords.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  28. "RECORDS - Chaos Collective". Chaos-collective.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  29. "Laura Jurd - trumpet, composer, improviser". Laura Jurd - trumpet, composer, improviser. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  30. "Together, As One". Editionrecords.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  31. "Fellow Creatures". Editionrecords.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  32. Little Lions. "Embers - EP". littlelionsmusic.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  33. "Island Mentality". Propermusic.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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