Corrie Dick is a Scottish jazz musician (drums, percussion, vocals) and composer based in London. He is recognised for his fluency, gritty sound and euphoric abandon on the drum kit and for his poignant and earthy compositional style. He comes from a small family with musical and artistic parents. His sole brother Garry Dick, two and a half years his minor, is an accomplished chef in the West of Scotland.

Band and artist associations

As well as leading an ensemble under his own name, Corrie performs and records with artists and bands such as: * Laura Jurd *

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's Fellow Creatures * Rob Luft Riser * Little Lions * Blue-Eyed Hawk * Ink Line * Glasshopper * Lilli Unwin Band Corrie also plays improvised solo drum concerts and frequently collaborates with artists such as Martin Speake,

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Education

Dick graduated as the gold medal student for the jazz programme at TrinityLaban (2010–14) where he studied composition with present-day bandmate

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. He also practices traditional world music regularly with guitarist Rob Luft, a close musical peer. He is an alumnus of Tommy Smith's Youth Jazz Orchestra and of National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland.

Awards

Having been named as 'Up And Coming Artist' in the 2012 Scottish Jazz Awards, Dick won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year Competition in 2013 resulting in cash prizes as well as concert performances at London, Glasgow and Skye Jazz Festivals. Corrie was listed as 'One To Watch' in Jazzwise Magazine's forecasts for 2012 and 2016 and has twice been shortlisted for 'Newcomer of the Year' in the

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- in 2015 as part of Blue-Eyed Hawk and in 2016 as a solo artist.

Other achievements

''Impossible Things'', Dick's debut album as bandleader, was released in November 2015 on the Chaos Collective label, which he co-founded alongside close collaborators Laura Jurd and Elliot Galvin. The album, featuring 9 young stars of the British jazz scene including vocalist/violinist Alice Zawadzki, trumpeter Laura Jurd and percussionist Felix Higginbottom and produced by

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, was lauded by numerous international reviewers including the Irish Times who said "By turns folksy, rootsy, bluesy and indy, Impossible Things announces the arrival of a new and compelling voice in contemporary European jazz."

Discography

Solo albums

* 2015: ''Impossible Things'' (Chaos Collective) * 2022: ''Sun Swells'' (Ubuntu)

Collaborations

; Blue-Eyed Hawk * 2014: ''Under The Moon'' ( Edition Records) ;

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* 2012: ''Landing Ground'' (Chaos Collective) * 2015: ''Human Spirit'' (Chaos Collective) ; Dinosaur * 2016: ''Together, As One'' (Edition Records) * 2020: ''To The Earth'' (Edition Records) ; Jasper Høiby * 2016: ''Fellow Creatures'' (Edition Records) ; Little Lions * 2016: ''Embers'' (EP) (Independent) ; Chaos Orchestra * 2014: ''Island Mentality'' (Chaos Collective) ; Glasshopper * 2014: ''Jenny'' (Independent)

References

External links

Corrie Dick Soundcloud

Blue-Eyed Hawk on Edition Records

Laura Jurd Official Website

Chaos Collective Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dick, Corrie 1990 births Living people Musicians from Glasgow Scottish jazz composers Scottish jazz drummers British male drummers 21st-century British drummers Male jazz composers 21st-century British male musicians Dinosaur (band) members