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COLOUR BEGINNINGS
Colour Beginnings takes you on a musical journey through the most spontaneous, atmospheric and edgy areas of JMW Turner's famous watercolour sketches, Colour Beginnings,
that inspired Mark Rothko, David Hockney and countless other modern
artists. Tim's transcribed spontaneous compositions, originally
recorded in front of the famous works at Tate Britain, where he was
artist in residence in 2009, are performed by the Personal Standards
Quartet.
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TOO YOUNG TO GO STEADY
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.
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LUCKY BOYS
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 (***)
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PERSONAL STANDARDS
'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
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SILENCE BETWEEN WAVES
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
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INSIDE COVERS
… 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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TIDES
…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 *****
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