Guilym Simcock

In 1781, the Zong – a British slave ship – left Ghana with twice the number it was designed to carry, bound for Jamaica. The ship’s owners claimed that drinking water was running low, and ordered the crew to throw more than 130 living enslaved people overboard.

Gwilym Simcock, Tim Garland, Asaf Sirkis - Lighthouse (2012) {ACT 9525-2}
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Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz / Modern Jazz

LIGHTHOUSE by Tim Garland on reeds, Gwilym Simcock on piano and Asaf Sirkis drums / percussion is the 1st recording of the 3 musicians together for German label ACT where the 9 compositions are all written by Garland and Simcock. All the three musicians got prizes and are considered among the finest British/Israeli jazz players/composers, however, the music (“contaminated” by players’ previous experience: folk, classical, pop, jazz, etc.) is never overlaid by an exaggerated virtuously way of playing but rather fresh and intriguing, never academic and cold but rather emotional and full of light … the emphatic interaction of the players gives to the performance a special energy and excitement.

This is the most ambitious project of Tim Garland's stellar career, with a celebration of Lighthouse Trio's 20th Anniversary (Gwilym Simcock and Asaf Sirkis), along with a stunning display of Tim's prowess as a composer and arranger with the Britten Sinfonia, featuring violinist Thomas Gould, along with trumpet ace Yazz Ahmed performing as a special guest on one track.

Distinguished orchestral players with enviable reputations in their own right, the Lso Percussion Ensemble returns with a vibrant, jazz-infused album of music by Gwilym Simcock, Steve Reich, Chick Corea & Makoto Ozone. Quartet Quintet centers around the world premiere of Quintet, a five-movement suite by the British pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock that pulls inspiration from seminal jazz fusion acts Steps Ahead, Yellowjackets and Weather Report, and Steve Reich's 2013 Quartet for two vibes and two pianos. The album also includes new arrangements of classic pieces by jazz legends Chick Corea, Makoto Ozone and Joe Locke.