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Interpretations Nick Smart - Trumpet, Flugelhorn | Simon Cosgrove - Soprano Saxophone | James Allsopp - Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet | Liam Noble – Piano, Fender Rhodes | Justin Quinn - Electric & Acoustic Guitars | James Opstad - Double Bass | Jon Opstad - Drums Recorded at Eastcote Studios, London, UK, September 16th 2006
Still Picture Simon Cosgrove - Soprano Saxophone | David Gange - Flugelhorn, Trumpet | Tom Rogerson - Piano | James Opstad - Fretless Bass, Cello | Chris Hill - Double Bass (track 1) | Jon Opstad - Drums, Percussion Recorded in Bristol
& Cambridge, UK, Feb-Sept 2003
As
heard on BBC Radio
3's Late Junction and Jazz Record Requests Programmes
I
am tempted to call it the 21st
century Birth Of The Cool.
Derek Ansell, Jazz Journal International Really
good, worth checking out
and then worth repeated plays. Jon
Opstad ... has already fashioned his
own take on the ECM aesthetic, combining some of its more recognizable
European elements with a slightly more American framework. The sounds produced by these six
musicians are certainly
fresh and original.
Derek Ansell, Jazz Journal International It is new and different, a fresh
slant on modern jazz today
and for that reason, if no other, it should be heard.
Derek Ansell, Jazz Journal International Opstad comes
... from the Jon Christensen
school of thought. Time is elastic. Less is more. Opstad favours light
and textural cymbal-work ... drawing the time out
rather than steadfastly asserting it.
John Kelman, AllAboutJazz.com Considering the youngest member
of this band is 16 and the oldest is
23, the musical maturity and clearness of conception shown on Still
Picture is considerable.
John Kelman, AllAboutJazz.com What [the band] also share is
youth and quite prodigious talent...
Their playing and general approach shows a startling maturity and
confidence.
Steve Baxter, JazzViews.co.uk It's beautifully done ...after
a
couple
of plays, its more human qualities start to emerge, like the
spontaneity of the interplay between the band and the subtle variations
of mood.
Steve Baxter, JazzViews.co.uk ... the five tracks meld and blur
into a unified sequence of
sonic scenes and moods, fading and shifting like a photographic
slideshow.
E.J.Iannelli, Allaboutjazz.com It heralds the arrival of an
intelligent and gifted young
talent who, if there is an ounce of pioneering spirit in him, looks set
to make quite a name for himself at home and abroad.
E.J.Iannelli, Allaboutjazz.com This group produces a
contemporary, stellar sound
track.
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