Mark Donlan - Ashia

A new album of solo piano music by British pianist/composer Mark Donlon. It features 13 original piano pieces. Mark Donlon is well known to audiences in the UK and abroad, having appeared with artists such as Dave Valentin, Fred Wesley, Tito Allen, Roberto Pla and Mistura in venues such as the Jazz Caf�, Ronnie Scotts, the Vortex and the Barbican Centre. Mark will be appearing in Toronto in January 2007 to conduct a concert by the CUK Big Band with Kenny Wheeler and Norma Winstone in a programme which will include some of his compositions for Jazz orchestra. The music on this album is very lyrical and sonorous, reflecting Mark's diverse and eclectic musical influences which include Western Classical music, the music of Jazz pianists such as Keith Jarret, John Taylor and Herbie Hancock as well as contemporary Latin Jazz.