Carolyn Hume

Carolyn Hume is a pianist/keyboards and composer, based in the UK. Hume has a distinctive voice between improvisation and composition, with 3 solo albums on the avant- garde jazz label...Leo Records. "Hume never relies on simplistic eulogy, and her backgroung in improvisation means that she is able to deconstruct melodies and provide a degree of emotional shading that is complex and unresolved while still connecting with traditons of English devotional music." David Keenan - The Wire She has also been in a duo for 28 years with the UK drummer Paul May and have made 8 duo albums on Leo Records. "Hume and May create a beguiling soundscape whose delicate shifts of mood and texture are simple but extraordinarily effective." Phil Johnson - The Indepedent Carolyn has worked and recorded with many artists including: Paul May, Oliver Coates, Charlie Beresford, Pete Marsh, Judie Tzuke, Patrick Dawes, Sonia Hammond, Duke Garwood, Sonja Galsworthy, Russell Webb, John McGeoch, Essam Rashad, Kuljit Bhamra, Bernd Rest.… Performing in Europe and beyond. Hume has also written for short films. She has released through ‘Leo Records’, ‘Forwind’ and ‘The 52nd’. 'Uncoiled' is her latest solo work on Leo Records.