Refocus

Stylistically, Tim Garland is half a century away from [Stan] Getz, in his composition as well as his playing. The whole soundscape is heavier and sometimes darker, especially in pieces such... — The Guardian, 19th September 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 23rd Oct 2020
Catalogue No: EDNLP1159
Label: Edition Records

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One of the UK's finest saxophonists, and a member of Chick Corea's legendary band, Tim Garland has taken the classic Stan Getz album with strings Focus from 1961 and created a reworking for our time.This is not a slavish recreation, or an attempt at nostalgia, but the result of a creative mind working in the spirit of the album, and with the legacy of a great artist."It is not just the spirit of Focus I wished to pay homage to on this album, but the experimental urges of the early 1960s that were heard in jazz, film music, and the classical world - fuelled by romanticism and the burgeoning psychedelia of the new decade."

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19th September 2020

Stylistically, Tim Garland is half a century away from [Stan] Getz, in his composition as well as his playing. The whole soundscape is heavier and sometimes darker, especially in pieces such as Dream State and Night Flight, while the saxophone ascends to stratospheric heights rarely attempted in the early 60s. Where Focus was charming, Refocus is challenging and definitely of our time.

November 2020

Whether you’re a fan of the past century’s jazz-with-strings experiments or not, ReFocus is a rich testament to Tim Garland’s improv eloquence and sophisticated compositional palette - and his close empathy with his subject too, since this vigorously personal music also manages to invite speculation as to what Getz, that capriciously lyrical sketch-artist of the saxophone, would have made of the same ingenious scores.

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