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JUNO Award Nominated for "Best Vocal Jazz" 2024

Welcome to the dynamic exploration of sound that is, "Songwriter".

The charismatic musical bond of 2022 JUNO nominees Alex Bird and Ewen Farncombe continues with their third original album in three years. This time a duo album. With Bird at the mic and Farncombe at the piano, they have written 11 new originals inspired by the classic recordings of Tony Bennett & Bill Evans. "Songwriter" is a precise and intensely intimate odyssey. It deviates from their work with their "Jazz Mavericks", as Bird believes in never giving an audience the same exact thing every time.

"Songwriter" is also the second album in a row fully funded by Canada Council for the Arts. "You Are the Light and the Way (2021) was also funded by Canada Council and was nominated for Best Vocal Jazz Album at the JUNO Awards in 2022.

Kira Grunenberg at DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE wrote, “Impassioned messages sung and played from one’s heart but worn on a well-dressed sleeve. “Songwriter” is an elegant, romantic, and well-executed gem of a record.”

Bird & Farncombe have taken centre stage on the Canadian Jazz scene. Creating timeless and heartfelt originals for a modern audience, this talented team have spent the past four years producing something that is completely unique. 2022 & 2024 brought JUNO nominations, reviews from around the world, and even the crafting of "Canada's Thanksgiving Anthem" The Sweetest Moments, which was broadcast across the country with a national ad campaign & interviews on CBC, CityTV, and many other news outlets. Bird and Farncombe are making themselves known.

This is just the beginning for two of the brightest lights in contemporary jazz.

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released November 4, 2022

Songwriter
Words by Alex Bird
Music by Alex Bird & Ewen Farncombe

Recorded at Canterbury Music Company (Toronto, ON) 2022

Funded by Canada Council for the Arts

Alex Bird - Vocals
Ewen Farncombe - Piano
Engineered by Jeremy Darby
Assistant Engineered by Julian Decorte
Mixed by Jeremy Darby
Mastered by Mariana Hutten
Album Titles by Zoran Jovicic
Album Photos by Aref Mahabadi
Copyright @SOCAN 2022

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Alex Bird Toronto, Ontario

2022 & 2024 JUNO Nominee "Best Vocal Jazz Album"

Over the last few years, Alex Bird & The Jazz Mavericks have become one of the biggest names on the Canadian Jazz scene. With praise from around the globe, Bird, alongside songwriting & piano partner, Ewen Farncombe, has created timeless and heartfelt originals for a modern audience. ... more

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