Rob Luft
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Rob Luft (born November 1993) is a jazz guitarist and composer from London, United Kingdom. He has released one album, Riser, as a solo artist on British label Edition Records.
Rob Luft
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| Background information | |
| Born | November 27, 1993 |
| Origin | Sidcup, London |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician and Composer |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Labels | Edition Records |
| Website | www.robluft.co.uk |
Biography
Luft was born in Sidcup, Greater London, and attended The Judd School. While at this school, he joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Great Britain (2010-2015). He then enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music where, upon graduation, he was the recipient of the Kenny Wheeler Music Prize in association with Edition Records. In 2016, he was awarded the 2nd prize in the guitar competition at Montreux Jazz Festival, adjudicated by John McLaughlin. His debut album as a bandleader was released in 2017 and was warmly received with four star reviews in The Guardian, The Irish Times, Jazzwise and Downbeat Magazine, who described it as "the most fully-realised and rewarding debut album from a guitarist-composer since Julian Lage's 2009 outing". He has also performed as a sideman with many of Britain's leading jazz artists, including Django Bates, Laura Jurd, Loose Tubes, Byron Wallen, Tommy Smith and Iain Ballamy.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
| Year | Title | Label | Personnel |
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| 2015 | Encuentro | Self-Release | as Deco Ensemble; with Bartosz Głowacki (accordion), Sabina Rakcheyeva (violin), Ricardo Gosalbo (piano), Elena Marigómez (bass) |
| 2017 | Pond Life | Big Bad Records | as Big Bad Wolf; with Owen Dawson (trombone, synthesiser), Michael De Souza (Fender Bass VI), Jay Davis (drums) |
| 2017 | Riser | Edition Records | with Joe Wright (sax), Joe Webb (keyboards), Tom McCredie (bass), Corrie Dick (drums) |
As sideman
| Year | Band/Leader | Title | Label |
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| 2012 | National Youth Jazz Orchestra | The Change | Self-Release |
| 2015 | Patrick Hayes | Back To The Grove | Self-Release |
| 2015 | Enzo Zirilli | ZiroBop | UR Records |
| 2015 | National Youth Jazz Orchestra | Fifty | Whirlwind Recordings |
| 2015 | Liane Carroll | Seaside | Linn Records |
| 2016 | Luna Cohen | November Sky | Temps Record |
| 2017 | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Cross-Platform Interchange | Edition Records |
| 2017 | Phelan Burgoyne Trio | Unquiet Quiet | Pumpkin Records |
| 2017 | Tom Ridout | No Excuses | 33 Jazz Records |
| 2017 | Joy Ellis | Life on Land | F-IRE Collective |
| 2018 | Enzo Zirilli | Ten To Late! | UR Records |
| 2018 | Karen Lane | Passarim | 33 Jazz Records |
| 2018 | Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Sweet Sister Suite | Spartacus Records |
References
- Fordham, John (27 July 2017). "Guitar virtuoso makes enticingly vivacious debut" The Guardian
- Larkin, Cormack (27 July 2017). "An original guitarist to be prized". The Irish Times
- Rob Luft Biography. Rob Luft. Retrieved 24 September 2018.