Jarrod Lawson - Jarrod Lawson At The BBC

Jarrod Lawson releases a mini-album of four songs recorded at the historic BBC Maida Vale studios last year and broadcast on the Gilles Peterson Worldwide show on BBC 6 Music.The release coincides with Jarrod and his band's third European tour of the year, which concludes at London's O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on November 14.The mini-album, pressed on heavyweight 180g vinyl, features one new Lawson composition Soul Symphony, together with a long version of Everything I Need from his debut album and two cover songs.They are Bilal's When Will You Call? and the Anthony Hamilton R&B hit Point Of It All - described as a dope cover by Hamilton himself.The line-up is Lawson on vocals and grand piano, Chance Hayden on guitar and Farnell Newton on flugelhorn.Since his UK live debut at London's Ronnie Scotts Club last October, Lawson has enjoyed a meteoric rise. Voted Soul Artist of the Year at the 2015 Jazz FM Awards, and runner-up for Album of the Year at the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards, he has sold out two nights at London's Jazz Cafe - London's Evening Standard reviewer called him the biggest soul-jazz sensation for years - and also played festivals around Europe this summer, including Love Supreme, the North Sea Jazz Festival, Vienna Jazz Festival, Jazzopen in Stuttgart and the Pori jazz Festival in Finland.In Holland Lawson has broadcast live a number of times on 3FM and Radio 6 - and entered the Dutch album chart with his self-titled debut - while in the UK he has received heavy exposure on Jazz FM, 6 Music and has performed live on BBC 1Xtra and BBC Radio London.In France he has performed in session on TSF Jazz.