We saw them last Friday at the Monterey Jazz Festival, where they played for a full house – about 700 people – in one of the festival’s venues. that will bring them to the Dakota on Sunday night. They’re currently on a monthlong tour of the U.S. Turner, Blacka and Illingworth are all in their early 30s. Their third album, “Man Made Object,” came out on Blue Note in 2016 their fourth will be released in February 2018. Soon after, they signed a multialbum deal. The band met with Blue Note President Don Was and Nicholas Pflug, head of Blue Note France. Then their manager called to say that some guys from Blue Note, the most famous jazz label in the world, would be checking out their Hamburg show. GoGo Penguin – drummer Rob Turner, double bassist Nick Blacka and pianist Chris Illingworth – didn’t take home the Mercury, but they toured all over, winning fans and rave reviews. Even if you don’t win it, you’re famous overnight for being in it. Think of it as the music equivalent to the Man Booker Prize for literature. They switched out bass players and made their second album, “v2.0.” Then “v2.0” was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize.Ī prestigious and lucrative award given for the best album from the UK and Ireland, the Mercury is unknown to many Americans. Then they were talked into a last-minute gig, made up a curious name on the way, recorded their debut album, “Fanfares,” and released it on the indie label Gondwana. They just wanted to hang out, write music and play together. One day in 2012, not that long ago, there was a Manchester, England-based trio with no name and no real aspirations to perform in public.
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