Artist: Kate Williams

Date of Release: 01/10/2011

Catalogue no: kwjazz737

Label: kwjazz

Price: £10

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Appearances by

Gareth Lockrane, Julian Siegel

Kate Williams Septet 'Made Up' features Gareth Lockrane, Steve Fishwick, Ben Somers, Julian Siegel, Jeremy Brown, Oli Hayhurst, Tristan Mailliot. Predominantly original material written for the septet, plus two trio tracks recorded live at The Forge.

Reviews

01/09/2011 Chris Ingham, Mojo

“Made Up is a striking summation and reflection of Kate Williams' singular gifts. With trio, quartet and quintet albums behind her, she stretches to a seven-piece for her fourth album and the expanded palette of sounds is a thrilling vehicle for her evolving and unusual musical imagination. She deftly exploits the timbral possibilities of Gareth Lockrane's flute, Julian Siegel's bass clarinet, Ben Somers' tenor saxophone and Steve Fishwick's trumpet on a series of witty, eccentric charts, full of enchanting compositional twists and fertile arrangement ideas. The set ranges from the almost comically quirky Climbing Up Falling Down and the elegiac Untitled Peace Piece to the twisted samba For Eliane and the epic title track. The playing is first-class throughout with drummer Tristan Mailliot particularly in tune with every nuance of Williams' tumbling invention.”