“Marshall is a budding talent with a fertile mind and displays a youthful energy as well as a darker, deeper side.” – Downbeat Think J-Dilla or The Roots and you’re probably hitting the mark.” – JazzBreakfast
“There’s no mistaking Marshall’s ferocious talents both in composition and delivery… a well-versed pianist with an ear for everything throughout the history of jazz and beyond, certainly unafraid to bare his love of hip-hop. “A precocious talent with an ability to mix contemporary hip-hop and electronic influences with those from recent decades of jazz history… he certainly has an approach to the piano trio that shows real promise for the future.” – AllAboutJazz A rising jazz piano star, Marshall was nominated for the Edison International Jazz Award, and the trio earned a coveted set at BBC’s Manchester Jazz Festival, as unanimously selected by a jury including Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum and Jez Nelson. The DJM Trio is led by Dominic John Marshall, an Amsterdam native who is a current member of renowned British nu-jazz and electronic outfit The Cinematic Orchestra. Marshall plunges into the uncanny valley and frolics in it, inventing a fresh path for the genre with irreverent wit and divine grace.ĭominic James Marshall - keys and arrangements The trio build upon what makes beat music burrow into us so deeply, maxing out their offerings of giant synths, splintering chords and impactful beats to soul-shifting degrees. Find your song and submit a custom transcription request for free. The project is a thoughtful and inventive response to a long tradition of musical sampling.įamiliarity is a vessel through which Marshall channels a fierce artistry and selection is at the heart of what moves it. It’s upon this precipice that Dominic John Marshall makes his mark, at the helm and on the keys of Cave Art Two - a slate of scintillating digital sounds, spontaneously arranged, etched in wax. Am G Am At the time I was too young for the meaning Am G Am But its become much clearer through the years Am G F We gathered round the boy in his army clothes Dm Em Am Said goodbye and his mother shed her tears Am G Am Every day she watched for the postman Am G Am But the long awaited letter was over due Am G F Its not the silence that makes you crazy Dm Em Am Its the sound of a heart. There’s writing on the wall that speaks of time immemorial, where symbols exist on the edge of language and abstraction. “Think J-Dilla or The Roots and you’re probably hitting the mark.” – JazzBreakfastĭJM trio breathes fierce artistry into grooved out renditions of Solange, Patrice Rushen, Slum Village, Madvillain, Ohbliv and more.