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Tim Whitehead – sax
David Gordon – piano
Dave Whitford – bass
Tom Hooper – drums
After an absence of many years, we’re delighted to welcome back to Lighthouse legendary saxophonist and composer, Tim Whitehead. Tim was born in Liverpool, the son of one of the original writers of Dennis the Menace. In his early jazz career, Tim played extensively throughout the UK and Europe, touring with Ian Carr’s Nucleus, the Morrissey Mullen Band and Graham Ceollier Music, as well as being a member of the groundbreaking big band Loose Tubes.
In 1999 Tim released Personal Standards, an album of soul and pop tunes arranged for jazz quartet, which received widespread interest and critical praise including Jazz Album of the Year in the BBC Music Magazine, and led to an educational project at Trinity College of Music under the same title. In 2009 he was the first ever musician Artist in Residence at Tate Britain (funded by an award from The Leverhulme Trust), to research and compose music in response to the work of JMW Turner. Many more collaborations, commissions, projects and awards followed, and we have now reached Personal Standards Volume 3, which Tim will be showcasing at this gig.
Personal Standards 3 sees Tim and the band revisit personal moments from their career including the Tate commission and self-composed tunes, plus others inspired by a wide range of influences, including English folk song, Stevie Wonder and Keith Jarrett. It should be some evening!
A top band includes pianist David Gordon, as at home in his own jazz trio as he is as a baroque harpsichordist, drummer Tom Hooper (drummer of choice for Grace Jones as well as a member of Christian Garrick’s band) and bassist Dave Whitford, who has worked with The Liam Noble Trio, Pavillon, Satori (19), and The Strayhorn Project.
With Q&A from 7.45pm to 8pm.