GREAT SPIRIT
EPISTROPHY
33 JAZZ 120 CD

"Passionate, earthy, dramatic music..."
Chris Parker - JAZZ AT RONNIE SCOTTS
(for more reviews see below)

Track Listing:

1. Kirsten Sunday Morning (J Walrath*) 5:43
2. Pushing the Boat Back (E Jones) 8:08
3. Cliffs (T Richards) 8:56
4. (a) Epistrophy (T Monk) 12:00
(b) Apostrophe (T Richards)
(c) Epistrophy (reprise) (T Monk)
5. Over the Moon (T Richards) 8:05
6. Fish Wish (T Richards) 6:36
7. From the Deep (T Richards) 5:27
All tracks arranged by Tim Richards, except #2, arranged by Ed Jones
*www.jackwalrath.net

Press reviews:

"A spectacular assemblage of hot favourites on the UK scene. Richards fills his charts with solo opportunities, shaping and framing each players' spell in the spotlight... [the] expressive fire rarely lets up. 'Epistrophy' receives an elaborate big band arrangement, with Tony Kofi getting rugged and Jason Yarde smearing and stretching on alto."
Martin Longley - JAZZ REVIEW

"The big, ballsy nine-piece GREAT SPIRIT... mix up giddy, rambunctious big-band style modern jazz with funk, Monk-inspired bop and the lovely sax and piano duo of 'Fish Wish'... [They] seem to embody that brand of raw British big-group jazz pioneered in the day by The Jazz Warriors. Worth checking, and don't miss them live."
Tom Barlow - JAZZWISE

"Immediately accessible, wide-ranging album... as infectiously enjoyable as it is carefully constructed and programmed... blues and post-bop jazz, tinged with funk, African and Latin influences... powerful, earthy, dramatic music... a judiciously balanced band in top form."
Chris Parker - JAZZ AT RONNIE SCOTTS

Look out for forthcoming reviews in The GUARDIAN and OBSERVER. I'm also being interviewed by Helen Mayhew on Jazz Line-up - BBC Radio 3, Saturday 16 April (4pm)

Line-up:

Jason Yarde - alto sax
Ed Jones - tenor sax/bass clarinet (Dave Blackmore on tour 15-17 April only)
Tony Kofi - baritone sax (Chris Biscoe on tour)
Dick Pearce - trumpet
Roger Beaujolais - vibes
Leon Stenning - guitar
Tom Herbert - bass/electric bass (Neville Malcolm or Jerome Davies on tour)
Seb Rochford - drums
Tim Richards - piano/keyboards