Recordings 'Tommaso Starace plays the Photos of Elliott Erwitt' 'Starace's melodious originals offer good blowing potential for alto and soprano solos delivered in a cleanly articulate post-bop style reminiscent of Phil Woods' - Jack Massarik, Jazzwise 'An entirely enjoyable CD of new and groundbreaking material of challenging music and excellent musicianship, this recording has all the elements of a successful album sure to garnish critical acclaim' - Edward Blanco www.ejazznews.com 'The quintet plays exquisitely and Tommaso Starace plays alto as it should be played' - John Gilbert www.ejazznews.com 'I'm sure we will here much of Tommaso in the future and recommend this album whole heartedly...' - - Don Mather www.musicweb.uk.net Tommaso Starace composed original tunes getting inspiration from 8 photographs by Elliott Erwitt, one of the great Magnum Photographers of this century. The CD is part of an elegant digipack which opens up on 4 sides and contains a booklet of 24 pages including a biography of Erwitt and the eight photographs selected by his vast portfolio that inspired Tommaso to write different tracks to them. Each photograph is accompanied by a short story which interprets the image and explains the reason for composing the tune to it. The quintet performing the project features: - Roger Beaujolais/ vibraphone; - Liam Noble/ piano; - Julian Bury/ acoustic and electric bass; - Jim Hart/ drums Listen to tracks: You may need Real Player - get it here. - Keep Moving Please! - Set Me Free (Lament of a Mannequin) - Goodbyes - Tickets....Please! - Spinning Out of Control - Felix, Gladys and Rover - Loving Gloves - Tongue in Cheek The CD is available to buy in: - Italy - distributed by Philology (www.philologyjazz.it) in all good record stores. - Uk : available at www.jazzcds.co.uk available at Ray's Jazz, 113-119 Tottenham Court Road, London WC2H 0EB available from September 2006 in all good UK record shops by Alternative Music Distribution/Egea (www.altmusic-dist.com) 'Tommaso Starace quartet plus special guests' 'The rhythm section is dynamic and Starace is Star material' - Ian Carr The Tommaso Starace quartet features Tim Lapthorn/piano, Andy Hamill/Bass, Ben Reynolds/drums and hosts different instrumentalists representing some of the best of Uk's Talent: - Joe Aukland / trumpet - Anthony Ormesher / guitar - Eriko Ishihara / vocals - Ingrid Laubrock / tenor sax - Gareth Lockrane / flute The CD is a mixture of unusual standards and original compositions and was recorded at the 606 Jazz Club, London and released in 2002. It's now available to buy at www.jazzcds.co.uk Home · Biography · Projects · Recordings · Reviews and Press · Diary · Gallery Contact   © Tommaso Starace 2002-7 Design: muna