TIM WHITEHEAD

""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 *****

TIM'S LATEST RELEASE - "TOO YOUNG TO GO STEADY"

"A marvellously warm, attractive album - Whitehead’s ‘Happy Birthday To Me’ is simply magnificent. " 01/01/2008 Duncan Heining, Jazzwise
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"Whitehead's tough-talk sound, melodic spontaneity and the momentum of a brisk rhythm section (plus the audible enthusiasm of the audience) would make this a fine example of local contemporary jazz at full throttle. But the big bonus is an absolutely inspired performance from Liam Noble, whose piano links touch on Keith Jarrett's songlike phrasing and McCoy Tyner's thunder - except that his playing all over this set supplies a constantly changing stream of personal variations on those methods, and plenty more". 07/12/2007 John Fordham, The Guardian ****

"this absorbing album, on which he himself notes that the band is captured 'telling our stories together and revealing something of the moment in which we are playing with a real passion, dialogue, development and humour', he thoroughly justifies this status: his is an attractively sinewy yet characterful, occasionally fruity tone, and the imaginative vigour with which he approaches his material is simply exemplary" 05/12/2007 Chris Parker, Vortex website

PROJECTS

..New Standards Quartet with Liam Noble, Oli Hayhurst and Milo Fell

..Quartet with multi-award winning Italian pianist Giovanni Mirabassi Oli Hayhurst and Milo Fell

..TW6 with Kathleen Willison, Mike Outram, Gwilym Simcock, Oli Hayhurst, and Milo Fell

..Homemade Orchestra with contemporary classical composer Colin Riley

..An Evening with Bille and Ella - Highly acclaimed trio featuring the vocals of Kathleen Willison and pianist Gwilym Simcock

Websites: www.timwhitehead.co.uk | www.homemademusic.org | www.kathleenwillison.com