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The album is a 47 minute first set in its entirety and witnesses characterful and challenging performances from Tim’s longstanding quartet. It features BBC Best Instrumentalist nominee Liam Noble (piano), Milo Fell (drums) and Oli Hayhurst (double bass). The musicians create a fascinating narrative which is developed throughout the set, revealing the ever-shifting dialogue and sensitivity between them MORE>>>>>> |
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"There's an earthiness mixing with the lyricism in UK saxophonist Tim Whitehead's playing that suggests he might just jump on a bar and start rocking. Dancing in the Street is apparently the inspiration for the soul-jazzy opener, and the same atmosphere reappears after pensive beginnings in an account of John Lennon's Imagine and the early-Jarrett drive of gifted Italian pianist Giovanni Mirabassi's vivid Barcarole".John Fordham, The Guardian 4 stars***MORE>>>>>> |
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'Personal Standards may well be his masterpiece. His own playing has reached an extraordinary level of musical and emotional expression, and in all eight performances here, he seems to reach a Jarrett-like state of ecstacy, with passionate newly minted phrases and melodic lines. The unusual standards he favours all lend themselves to a funky or gospel treatment, and the very rhythms seem ecstatic. His new quartet with the superb Liam Noble on piano and the marvellous rhythm section of Sam Burgess and Milo Fell.......' Ian Carr, BBC Music Magazine January 2000 MORE>>>>>> |
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'The youthful exuberance always present in Tim Whitehead's playing makes it hard to credit that he first became a professional jazz musician in 1976. His technique and composing abilities, however, have matured over the years and this album is an impressive showcase for his multiple talents. There are many fine tenor players on the current British jazz scene, but Tim Whitehead is undoubtedly one of the best we have.' Peter Lund - Crescendo Jazz Music MORE>>>>>> |
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“… treasure troves of harmonic and rhythmical possibilities
… moon-bright clarity … an intricate web of ‘cello,
vibraphone and trip-hop inflected drum machine … intimations
of chaos … mischievously dissonant attack … intriguing
sound collisions …a fearless lucky dip of a concert.” The Guardian, April 2004 |
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“…some of the most beautiful music you will hear this year… has the hairs standing on the back of your neck. Whitehead has a highly personal, always gorgeous sound on tenor and an infinite vocabulary – in a country of fine saxophonists he is one of the finest..” Peter Bacon, Jazz CD of the Week, Birmingham Post, Oct 2002 ***** MORE>>>>>> |