Saxophonist Tim Garland returns to Sage Gateshead this Friday (October 21) for the third
time in three years. This will be my first time and I've heard from various
sources what I've been missing.
He's accompanied by his regular band of percussion master Asaf
Sirkis, keyboard wizard Jason Rebello and relative youngster, Ant Law who
played a fine set with his own quintet in Hexham last year, and was nominated
alongside Nigel Price and veteran Jim Mullen in the best guitar category
of Jazzwise magazine this year.
Garlands' recent music is influenced by Jazz-rock, various British and
American saxophonists, Celtic Music, Latin Music and particularly the
music of Chick Corea, with whom he clearly shares enormous mutual
respect.
The absence of a bass player in the band, he claims, made him 'search
harder as a composer' and gave more freedom to the musicians,
including Ant Laws' eight string guitar, Hammond organ and Rhodes
electric piano bringing a 'wonderful fat bass end'.
I've just played their excellent latest album One with
some striking juxtaposition between baritone and soprano and would
recommend this gig to anyone with an ear for Jazz, musicianship, Asian Fusion,
instrumental progressive rock or innovative and experimental music generally.
Steve T.
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