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GREAT SPIRIT
Nine-piece band

Epistrophy(2005)

33 JAZZ 120

TR (piano/ keys)
Jason Yarde (alto/ sop sax)
Ed Jones (tenor sax/ bass clarinet )
Tony Kofi (baritone sax)
Dick Pearce (trumpet)
Roger Beaujolais (vibes)
Leon Stenning (guitar)
Tom Herbert (bass/ el bass)
Seb Rochford (drums)
 "Powerful, earthy, dramatic music... a judiciously balanced band in top form."
Chris Parker - JAZZ AT RONNIE SCOTTS magazine

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Tim Richards TRIO

Twelve by Three (2003)

33 JAZZ 072

TR (piano)
Dominic Howles
(double bass)
Matt Home (drums)
 "A swinging groove... and tender moments too..."
JAZZ UK
March/April 2003

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Tim Richards'
GREAT SPIRIT
Nine-piece band

2CDs - 1999

Includes bonus CD: Best of SPIRIT LEVEL

33 JAZZ 051

Disc 1: GREAT SPIRIT
Contemporary nine-piece band with all-star line-up (see below) plays Tim's Yorkshire Arts commission "Suite for The Shed".

The Lost Valley 1'30"
(Richards)
White Road 6'15'"
(Richards)
Ticket to Tomorrow 3'52" (Richards)

"A very fine example of British writing by a veteran of the modern UK scene."
Mark Gilbert
JAZZ REVIEW

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Gilad Atzmon (alto/sop)
Denys Baptiste (tenor)
Tony Kofi (bari)
Dick Pearce (tpt)
Roger Beaujolais (vibes)
Dave Colton (gtr)
TR (piano, elec pno)
Davide Mantovani (elec bass, double bass)
Dave Ohm (drums).
  
 
This track was nominated "one of ten best Jazz Dance tracks ever" by Jazz Cafe DJ Adrian Gibson in JAZZWISE MAGAZINE 2000!


Disc 2:
BEST OF SPIRIT LEVEL
Compilation taken from the bands' first five albums 1982-90.

5tet (1986):
Kirsten Sunday Morning 3'32" (Walrath)

www.jackwalrath.net

Jack Walrath (tpt)
Paul Dunmall (tenor)
TR (piano)
Paul Anstey (bass)
Tony Orrell (drums)

"Everyone who reads this magazine should buy this album - it's British jazz at its best. The tracks with American trumpeter Jack Walrath are barely short of sensational..."
Stuart Nicholson
JAZZWISE MAGAZINE
(4 stars - an outstanding release)
 

RIP Jerry Underwood
1957-2002

See Obituary


Other tracks feature:
Jerry Underwood (tenor)
Dave Holdsworth (trumpet)
Tony Marsh, Mark Sanders, (drums)
Ernest Mothle (bass)
  

 

Tim Richards' & Sigi Finkel's SOUNDSCAPE

Shibop (1999)

FMR-CD61-0499

Anglo-Austrian powerhouse quartet. Sigi Finkel was voted "Jazz Musician of the Year 2000" in the Austrian magazine CONCERTO.

Your Heart 2'35"
(Richards)
 "Richards mans various keyboards in somewhat Hancockian mode... the range of influences is commendably wide."
Brian Priestley
MUSICIAN MAGAZINE

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Sigi Finkel (saxes)
TR (piano/ keyboards)
Phil Scragg (electric bass)
Marc Parnell (drums).
  

 

Tim Richards TRIO

The Other Side (1998)

33 JAZZ 037

The Other Side 2'44"
(T Richards)
Alice in Wonderland 2'30" (Fain/Hilliard)
Freedom Jazz Dance 1'46"
(Eddie Harris)
Caravan 2'04"
(Ellington/Tizol)
 "Tim's crisp, rhythmic delivery suits this well-chosen collection of standards - there's also some ebullient original material and some unearthed gems by Hampton Hawes and Big John Patton."
TIME OUT

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Tim's most "straight-ahead" album - a selection of standards, blues and originals.

TR (piano, electric pno)
Kubryk Townsend (bass)
Kenrick Rowe OR
Andrea Trillo (drums).

 

 

Sigi Finkel
& Tim Richards

Dervish Dances (1997)

ORF-CD155
(Edition Jazz Austria)

Acoustic duo playing original material by Finkel and Richards

Sigi Finkel (tenor/sop sax)
TR (piano)

Recorded in Vienna for
Austrian radio.

"Covers an impressive range, from funky blues to free improvisation. They complement each other so well that you simply don't miss the rest of the band."
Dave Gelly
THE OBSERVER

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Tim Richards'
SPIRIT LEVEL

On the Level (1994)

33 JAZZ 021

SPIRIT LEVEL's last album - still available.

La Dolce Vita 3'25" (Richards/Underwood)

This track was recorded live at the Strasbourg Jazz Festival, France, 1992 (other tracks are studio tracks).

"A major force in British jazz... The pairing of Richards' sparkling keyboards with the distinctive, sumptuous tenor of Jerry Underwood produces a breadth of tone and emotion rarely seen outside the bands of Coltrane or Pharaoh Sanders."
JAZZ UK

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Jerry Underwood (saxes)
TR (piano)
Kubryk Townsend (bass)
Kenrick Rowe (drums)
  

 

Queen Bee and
Snake's Blues Quartet

"A" (1998)

Snakestone SBQ 06198CD

Blues band lead by Polish guitarist and singer.

Kate "QB" Zaitz (vocals)
Jake "Snake" Zaitz (guitar)
TR (piano, electric piano)
Javier Garcia (bass)
Magnus Fritz (drums)

 

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All CDs are £12, except for the GREAT SPIRIT double CD, which is £16 (including P&P)

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