Artist: Frank Giasullo/Art Themen Quarte

Date of Release: 22/07/2005

Catalogue no: 884

Label: Vanderveer Records.

Price: £12

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Track Listing

- All compositions by Frank Giasullo, Bones Crew Music BMI except: "Yesterdays"(Kern/Harbach) ASCAP arranged by F. Giasullo, "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Raye/Depaul) ASCAP arranged by F. Giasullo, "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma/Mercer) ASCAP arranged by F Giasullo. Produced by Frank Giasullo, Pat Tamminen, Art Themen. Recorded at Eastcote Studios, London. Engineer and mixed by: Philip Bagenal. Photography by Andrew Cleyndert.

Reviews

25/06/2006 Dave Gelly, The Observer

If it were not for some delightfully tricky moments, you might call this set 'straight ahead', because it stays within the timehonoured conventions of saxophoneand- rhythm section jazz. But the flair, passion and sheer ingenuity which are displayed in the course of 11 pieces can be quite breathtaking. Themen's tone, when playing both tenor and soprano, is warm and flexible, and his imagination as dizzy as ever. Giasullo's fluent piano is full of satisfyingly crunchy harmonies. This Anglo- American group will be touring soon. Watch out for it.

22/07/2005 John Coates Jr.

'Frank is one of the most exciting musicians I've heard in quite some time.'

22/07/2005 Jazz Express

'Anyone who likes swinging straightahead jazz with plenty of blues & gospel tinges should beat a path to one of their gigs.

22/07/2005 AB-CD Planetwide

'The beautiful compositions reminded me of Miles Davis and the original compositions of jazz piano legend Bill Evans.'

22/07/2005 Cadence Magazine

'Their music is a group experience… Recommended.'

22/07/2005 Jack Massarik, London Evening Standard

'On tenor sax [Art Themen], a fetching silver-frosted horn with golden keys, his tone blended elements of Charles Lloyd, Sonny Rollins and Archie Shepp into distinctive solos coloured with smears, vocalised cries and truncated double-time runs. On soprano, using a softer reed, his sound was more rubbery but his ideas equally eclectic in an unpredictable style that has outlasted the Coltrane clones of his generation.'