Howard Riley, Art Themen, Mario Castronari & Trevor Tomkins
Release Date: 10 July 2013
Label: SLAM Productions
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5028386022220
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
The Howard Riley - Art Themen Quartet recorded on 19 May 1996 live at the Bull's Head, Chislehurst.
Howard Riley: piano
Art Themen: tenor and soprano saxophones
Mario Castronari: double bass
Trevor Tomkins: drums
"Catching two genuine homegrown originals at the height of their powers in congenial company, this superb album provides yet more proof that British jazz's fifty-somethings are in many ways a great deal less staid than their younger equivalents." - Chris Parker, The Times
"The resource and daring of pianist Howard Riley make these tunes harmonic environments rather than lazy fallbacks...Devoid of Berklee-School anonymity, Themen's playing is rooted in the vocal phrasing and bluesy snorts of Hawkins and Rollins. The quartet - Mario Castronari and bass and Tevor Tomins on drums - is trenchant and relaxed. Bypassing decorum and mere tidiness, this has a garrulous vibe and burns hot and inventive...Fantastic." - Ben Watson, Hi-Fi News & Record Review
Tracklisting
Esmond Selwyn
Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Philip Gibbs & Hamid Drake
Lol Coxhill
Lol Coxhill, George Haslam, Howard Riley & Paul Rutherford
Various Artists
Lol Coxhill & George Haslam
Improgressive
Howard Riley & Elton Dean
Nigel Price Organ Trio
Conrad Herwig
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
Oded Tzur
Su Rossy Girod, Nat Su, Jorge Rossy
Jonathan Salvi Arugula Sextet
Bob Baldwin
Steven Nichols
