Biography Ivo Neame

Ivo Michael Beale Neame (born 13 March 1981) is a British jazz pianist and saxophonist. He is a member of London's Loop Collective, and leads his own quartet as well as performing in many bands sheltering under this umbrella.

Neame was born in Kent into the Shepherd Neame brewing family. He attended The King's School, Canterbury, and studied jazz saxophone at the Royal Academy of Music, London, in a yeargroup that included pianist Gwilym Simcock, and was mentored by Martin Speake and Steve Buckley, as well as F-IRE Collective founder Barack Schmool.

He has performed with artists such as Guy Barker, Julian Siegel, Stan Sulzmann, Matthew Herbert, Jim Mullen, and Tim Garland.

His trio has performed at jazz festivals and venues such as Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and Vortex Jazz Club. The trio's debut album, Swirls and Eddies was released in 2007, and featured Phil Donkin (bass) and George Hart (drums). The Ivo Neame Quartet album Caught in the Light of Day was released in 2009 and featured Jim Hart (vibes), Jasper Hoiby (bass) and James Maddren (drums). Alive, recorded in 2010 with Jasper Høiby's trio Phronesis, was nominated jazz album of the year by Jazzwise and Mojo magazines.

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