Who Are Guitarists Pete Oxley & Nick Meier
This dynamic Anglo-Swiss guitar duo have rapidly been garnering plaudits from the press; the London Evening Standard named their album ‘Chasing Tales’ ‘CD Of The Week’ and concluded it to be “One of the best guitar albums that you will hear all year”! The point that has been so well observed by the above reviews is that this really is music with a very broad appeal. The guys bring about 10 different types of guitars with them and take the music through soundscapes from Turkey to England to South America! It is safe to say that there is never a dull moment at one of their concerts!
In a 3-month flurry of activity, Pete and Nicolas wrote, rehearsed, recorded, mixed and mastered a set of 11 new tunes for this extremely diverse album. Aside from 4 tunes (where they play as they do live, one guitar each), the album features carefully crafted compositions, making use of various guitars, layered at times to symphonic effect.
Expect a dazzling display of contemporary fare, ranging from Turkish panache to soundscapes of latin America to English pastoralism. Hear this played on nylon string, steel string, electric, 12 string, fretless, slide, synth, glissentar guitars and more!
Pete Oxley ~ Guitar
Pete began his musical career in Paris before relocating to the UK in 1997. Shortly afterwards he opened The Spin jazz club in Oxford which in 2012 won the Parliamentary jazz award as ‘The Best Jazz Venue In The UK’. Pete regularly performs with some of the world’s leading jazz artists including Chris Garrick, Gilad Atzmon, Tim Whitehead, Dave O’Higgins, Bobby Wellins, John Etheridge and his own band Curious Paradise. He has now released 12 critically acclaimed CDs featuring his original compositions.
As a composer, Pete was recently selected as one of only a handful of British jazz musicians to have his compositions included in the definitive ‘European Real Book’ (Sher Music). www.peteoxley.com
Nicolas Meier ~ Guitar
With his unique style that is a blend of Metheny-esque jazz and Turkish inspired world music, Nick has toured extensively around the world with his band the Meier Group, sharing the bill with some of the biggest names in jazz including Bill Evans and Brad Mehldau. This wonderful band (featuring sax maestro Gilad Atzmon) won the overall prize for ‘best band’ at the Juan-les-Pins jazz festival!
His recent album Kismet is a wonderful heady mixture of Flamenco, jazz, Latin and Middle Eastern music. His prodigious jazz talent is matched by his other great passion: playing heavy metal guitar in his scorching group ‘Seven7’.
Nick is currently guitarist in guitar supremo, Jeff Beck’s band and this tour is wedged between forays with the Jeff Beck band to Europe and the USA! www.meiergroup.com