Oli Silk on Friday will bring his music to the Gallery Suite Jazz Series at The Knight Cap in Lansing. / Courtesy photo by Graeme Holiday
Lansing’s Gallery Suite Jazz Series, spearheaded by Lansing saxophone great Phil Denny, just finished up its 18th consecutive sold out performance, and the next show is shaping up to be equally successful.Oli Silk is one of the most talented jazz keyboardists and producers coming out of the U.K. right now, and today, he will bring his music to the Gallery Suite Jazz Series at The Knight Cap in Lansing.
Silk spoke with us about his love for jazz music, the U.K. jazz community and his latest album, “Razor Sharp Bit.”
Q: When did you first get into jazz music, and what drew you to the genre?
A: I was exposed to jazz, funk and soul music from a very young age through my older brother in particular, who was a huge vinyl collector. It was the first time I got
to hear artists like Jeff
Lorber, George Duke and The Crusaders.
Q: You’re based in the U.K. What is the jazz community like there?
A: The scene over here is quite thriving actually, we have a cool club in London called Pizza Express Jazz Club which hosts many of the big U.S. contemporary jazz artists every year. We also have several other satellite venues around the South which is exciting.
Q: You recently released a new album, “Razor Sharp Bit.” Tell me about the writing and recording process for this album.
A: Razor Sharp is my fourth solo studio album for Trippin’ Records.
It’s a project I was really psyched about as I managed to write and feature some great guest artists like Chuck Loeb, Paul Brown and Elan Trotman. The first single “At Your Service” featuring bassist Julian Vaughn went all the way to the top of the Billboard Radio Top 30, which was just fantastic.
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