Live Music

On the Lookout: Tim Whitehead's Personal Standards Vol. 3

Tue 2 Jun Free Cadogan Hall

Major projects, commissions and collaborations often rise to prominence in a rare welter of funding and publicity, only to disappear beneath the waves of the next new thing. Fortunately, people sometimes recognise the intrinsic value of their contents well after the world-changing event is over, and maybe even re-evaluate them.

Personal Standards Vol. 3 is a synthesis of that re-evaluation. Tim has been fortunate enough to have been invited and funded to write several major projects, including for the London Jazz Festival Nine Sketches of England for Solo Saxophone, and Turner and The Thames. As Artist-in-Residence at Tate Britain, he wrote, premiered and recorded Colour Beginnings, which received a 5-star review in BBC Music Magazine.

Personal Standards Vol. 1 was the expression of a long-held desire to record popular and personally influential songs from his life history in the context of an acoustic jazz quartet. It was rewarded by becoming a Jazz Album of the Year in BBC Music Magazine and Album of the Week in The Guardian. It led to further adventures which are reaching their maturity in Personal Standards Vol. 3.

Tim says it's a joy to bring together all these apparently disparate influences under one roof, which, like the strengths of human community, produce something remarkable in their interaction, with the crucial interception of these perceptive musicians, David Gordon, Tom Hooper and Dave Whitford, to catalyse the elements. Part of the free On the Lookout lunchtime jazz series. Approximately 2 hours including a 30-minute break.