RELEASE DATE 2ND JUNE 2014
Songs to the North Sky TIM GARLAND Songs to the North Sky is the remarkable and bold new work by Tim Garland. The first half of this double album features Lighthouse, Garland’s expandable small group celebrating a new chapter to mark its tenth year. Garland and the astonishing percussion of Asaf Sirkis are joined here by three of the most talented pianists working in jazz today: Jason Rebello, Geoffrey Keezer and John Turville. Bassist Kevin Glasgow and guitarist Ant Law are newcomers to the Lighthouse project, but typically, Garland has devised perfect spaces in which their two singular talents can flourish. Garland himself has rarely played with such exhilarating freedom. Songs to the North Sky, for orchestral strings, both jazz and classical percussion, and Garland as soloist, takes up the other half of this recording. It reflects Garland’s ten years association with (and frequent displacement from) northeast England, its constantly changing cloudscapes and wild seas.
Label: Edition Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: EDN1051 Barcode: 5065001530555 Price: MID PRICE Format: 2 CD Packaging: cristal CD 1: TIM GARLAND tenor and soprano sax, bass clarinet, flute; JASON REBELLO piano (tracks 2,5,7,8) ; JOHN TURVILLE piano (3,4,6); GEOFFREY KEEZER piano (1); ASAF SIRKIS drum kit, custom percussion set, Hang; ANT LAW electric and steel string guitars ( 1,3,4,6); KEVIN GLASGOW electric bass (2,5,7) CD 2: TIM GARLAND tenor and soprano sax; THE ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA STRINGS; ASAF SIRKIS custom percussion kit; JOHN PATITUCCI double and electric basses; NIEL PERCY tuned and classical percussion; MAGDALENA FILIPCZAK solo violin
In its instrumental virtuosity and compositional sophistication, Songs to the North Sky is the closest thing yet we have to the Full Garland. This will delight existing fans, and serve as an ideal primer for those yet to be acquainted with one of the most remarkable British musicians of his generation. ALBUM LAUNCH: 30th May – KINGS PLACE, Hall 1 Jazz Journal cover feature May 2014 BBC Radio 3 Jazz Line up interview with Claire Martin previewing the album and concert (Sat 19th April) ‘Formidable... devastatingly creative’. THE GUARDIAN Track listing: CD 1 1. Uplift! / 2. Little Sunshine / 3. A Brother’s Gift / 4. Yes To This / 5. The Perth Flight / 6. Farewell to Ed / 7. Lammas Days / 8. She’s Out Of My Life CD 2 1. The Road Into Night / 2. Dawnbreakers / 3. Interlude 1 / 4. Tyne Song / 5. Storm Over Kielder / 6. Interlude 2 / 7. Little Bay Blue / 8. Shapes Over Northumberland / 9. Interlude 3 / 10. Lullaby Of The Road / 11. Sage And Time / 12. Interlude 4 / 13. A Journeyman’s Horizon / 14. Freedom To Wander / 15. Sage And Time (Remix)