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Tim Whitehead/Giovanni Mirabassi Quartet – 'Lucky Boys'HomeMade Records HMR 050
Tim Whitehead, tenor saxophone; Giovanni Mirabassi, piano; Oli Hayhurst, double bass; Milo Fell, drums Recorded January to July 2005 When Loose Tubes folded, Tim Whitehead started to experiment with Fusion and Latin styles in a quintet format and although that’s almost twenty years ago, those sounds are still audible in this album, albeit aligned with modern bop. Tim never did follow the post-Coltrane sound that in many of his contemporaries sounded like ranting, but established a sound of his own; he was a lot cooler, though never icy: he was much more thoughtful, too. All of this stays with him through this album and is immediately witnessed by the opening track, his own composition, delivered with considerable verve though without any posturing: really a straight-ahead blow. The standard ‘You Don't Know What Love Is’ is a dignified performance by both saxophone and piano, with lovely bass lines from Oli Hayhurst and the subtly creative drumming of Milo Fell. This track, as much as any on the album, exhibits that very high level of musicianship, quality of playing and interaction between the quartet’s members, without which such effervescent and luminous music could not survive. New compositions and old stand happily side by side in the hands of this very fine, enthusiastic, exhilarating and inspired quartet that is not once held back by inertia, but delivers just what it intended, with gentle assertion and controlled high energy. This is a lovely album and one that will repay listening to, time and again.
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