SJP is happy to welcome David Lyttle back to the drum faculty for the second time.
Recently tipped as perhaps the most inventive and niche-averse artist in Ireland by Hot Press, David Lyttle is a drummer/composer/producer making waves in the jazz and urban music worlds. He is also the founder of independent record label LYTE Records.David Lyttle began performing professionally at the age of four in his family folk group and has gone on to become an acclaimed figure in the jazz and urban music worlds. In jazz, as a drummer, his groups have featured the global upper-echelon, including Greg Osby, Jean Toussaint and Soweto Kinch. On his new urban album, ‘Interlude’, he appears as multi-instrumentalist and producer, featuring a host of new and established talent from the rap and vocal genres, including rappers Soweto Kinch, iLLspokinN and Homecut, and vocalist Rhea. He also enlists A-list session guests Jason Rebello (Sting), Michael Buckley and Pino Palladino (Adele), and reveals for the first time his strong personality as a songwriter.
“…a drummer of real talent.” - All About Jazz (USA)
“…notably assured technique, greased lightning reflexes and an unfailing sense of swing…a prolific composer too.” – Jazzwise (UK)
“The word ‘awesome’ is vastly overused these days, but it might just fit…” – Jazz Journal (GB)
