Polar Bear were nominated for the Best Band award at the BBC Jazz Awards 2004, while Rochford was nominated for the 'Rising Star' award.[1] Their first album Dim Lit was released in the same year and was a small scale success.
Their second record, Held on the Tips of Fingers merged elements of cool jazz, funk, dance music, free jazz, electronica and drum and bass and was, by comparison, a crossover hit, earning Polar Bear a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005.[2] The success was all the more unusual for an almost purely instrumental album. The album was nominated for a BBC Jazz Award 2006. It was selected as one of "The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World" by Jazzwise magazine.[3] and featured in The Guardian's list of "1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die".[4] They have been involved with F-IRE Collective.
They released their self-titled third album, Polar Bear, in July 2008 with Tin Angel Records.[5]
In 2010, the band released Peepers and mini-album Common Ground, a collaboration with Portuguese-born, London-based rapper Jyager, on The Leaf Label.[6][7] Their 2014 album In Each And Every One was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize[8][9] and in the same year they released the single "Cuckoo" in collaboration with singer and songwriter Jin Jin.[10] In March 2015 Polar Bear released their sixth album Same as You, including the single "Don't Let The Feeling Go". This track features frequent collaborator Shabaka Hutchings (Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming) on tenor saxophone and Rochford and Hannah Darling on vocals.
polar, bear, british, band, polar, bear, british, experimental, jazz, band, drummer, rochford, with, pete, wareham, mark, lockheart, tenor, saxophone, herbert, double, bass, leafcutter, john, electronics, occasionally, guitar, mandolin, polar, bearpolar, bear,. Polar Bear is a British experimental jazz band led by drummer Seb Rochford with Pete Wareham and Mark Lockheart on tenor saxophone Tom Herbert on double bass and Leafcutter John on electronics and occasionally guitar or mandolin Polar BearPolar Bear at Taylor John s House Coventry England 2007Background informationOriginLondon EnglandGenresExperimental jazzYears active2004 presentLabelsLeaf Babel Tin AngelMembersSeb RochfordPete Wareham Mark LockheartTom HerbertLeafcutter JohnWebsitewww wbr polarbearmusic wbr com Polar Bear were nominated for the Best Band award at the BBC Jazz Awards 2004 while Rochford was nominated for the Rising Star award 1 Their first album Dim Lit was released in the same year and was a small scale success Their second record Held on the Tips of Fingers merged elements of cool jazz funk dance music free jazz electronica and drum and bass and was by comparison a crossover hit earning Polar Bear a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005 2 The success was all the more unusual for an almost purely instrumental album The album was nominated for a BBC Jazz Award 2006 It was selected as one of The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World by Jazzwise magazine 3 and featured in The Guardian s list of 1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die 4 They have been involved with F IRE Collective They released their self titled third album Polar Bear in July 2008 with Tin Angel Records 5 In 2010 the band released Peepers and mini album Common Ground a collaboration with Portuguese born London based rapper Jyager on The Leaf Label 6 7 Their 2014 album In Each And Every One was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize 8 9 and in the same year they released the single Cuckoo in collaboration with singer and songwriter Jin Jin 10 In March 2015 Polar Bear released their sixth album Same as You including the single Don t Let The Feeling Go This track features frequent collaborator Shabaka Hutchings Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming on tenor saxophone and Rochford and Hannah Darling on vocals In 2015 Polar Bear were nominated for Best Jazz Act in the MOBO Awards and Urban Music Awards 11 12 Discography editDim Lit Babel 2004 Held on the Tips of Fingers Babel 2005 Polar Bear Tin Angel 2008 Peepers Leaf 2010 In Each and Every One Leaf 2014 Same as You Leaf 2015 Collaborations Common Ground with Jyager Leaf 2010 Cuckoo with Jin Jin Leaf 2014 References edit Sherwin Adam 10 July 2004 BBC awards snub the champions of popular jazz Times The London Retrieved 19 July 2008 Antony and Johnsons win Mercury BBC News 7 September 2005 Retrieved 19 July 2008 The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World Jazzwise August 2006 Retrieved 19 July 2008 Artists beginning with P The Guardian 21 November 2007 Walters John 11 July 2008 Polar Bear Polar Bear Guardian The London Retrieved 19 July 2008 Peepers The Leaf Label 1 March 2010 Retrieved 6 February 2015 Common Ground The Leaf Label 25 October 2010 Retrieved 6 February 2015 2014 Shortlist Barclaycard Mercury Prize Archived from the original on 12 September 2014 Retrieved 16 September 2014 Mercury Prize 2014 The nominees BBC News 10 September 2014 Cuckoo The Leaf Label 3 October 2014 Retrieved 6 February 2015 Polar Bear MOBO Awards 5 October 2015 Archived from the original on 6 October 2015 Retrieved 5 October 2015 Nomination Announcement for Urban Music Awards UMA 20 October 2015 External links editPolar Bear web site Polar Bear Bandcamp Polar Bear on Facebook Polar Bear on Twitter The Leaf Label web site Held on the Tips of Fingers review at www allaboutjazz com Held on the Tips of Fingers review at BBC Jazz Review In Each And Every One review at The Guardian Same As You review at The Guardian nbsp This article on a United Kingdom band or other musical ensemble is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Polar Bear British band amp oldid 1218136429, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
