Polar Bear (3)

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British post-jazz band led by drummer Seb Rochford. Signed to the Babel Label, their first album Dim Lit 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 massive crossover hit, earning Polar Bear a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005. The success was all the more unusual for an almost purely instrumental album. The album was nominated for a BBC Jazz Award 2006. They are part of the F-IRE Collective. The band includes Seb Rochford (drums), Pete Wareham (Tenor saxophone), Mark Lockheart (Tenor saxophone), Tom Herbert (Double Bass), and Leafcutter John (electronics).

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polarbearmusic.com, theleaflabel.com, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Wikipedia, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, YouTube

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John Burton (2), Mark Lockheart, Pete Wareham, Sebastian Rochford, Tom Herbert

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Image	Title	Label	Catalog Number	Year	In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Actions
Albums
	BDV2446		Polar Bear (3)	Dim Lit (Album)	Babel	BDV2446	UK	2003	Sell This Version
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	BDV2552		Polar Bear (3)	Held On The Tips Of Fingers (Album)	Babel	BDV2552	UK	2005	Sell This Version
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	TAR008		Polar Bear (3)	Polar Bear (Album)	Tin Angel Records	TAR008	UK	2008	Sell This Version
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	BAY 74CD		Polar Bear (3)	Peepers (Album)	Leaf	BAY 74CD	UK	2010	Sell This Version
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	BAY 90CDP		Polar Bear (3)	In Each And Every One (Album)	Leaf	BAY 90CDP	UK	2014	Sell This Version
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	BAY 98CD		Polar Bear (3)	Same As You (Album)	Leaf	BAY 98CD	UK	2015	Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
	BAY 78V		Polar Bear (3) With Jyager	Polar Bear (3) With Jyager - Common Ground (EP)	Leaf	BAY 78V	UK	2010	Sell This Version
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	PB1		Polar Bear (3)	Black And White	Not On Label (Polar Bear (3) Self-released)	PB1	UK	2013	Sell This Version