reviews

Explications reviews aqui
read 4* Guardian review of Mesmer aí
there's some reviews of Mesmer if you click here
read 4* Guardian review of recent arthurs.høiby.ritchie Vortex gig here
and 4* Jazzwise review of the Tom Arthurs / Ollie Bown EP here
read Jazzwise review of Tom's performance with John Taylor at the BBC Electric Proms here
and a couple of reviews of Squash Recipe can be found precisely here


quotes

'Arthurs is superb on both trumpet and flugelhorn (comparisons with the young Kenny Wheeler aren't out of place), his tone pure, his range effortlessly wide. This threesome (A.H.R.) has deserved all the praise it's received this year. They are due for a lot more.'

[John Fordham, The Guardian]

'Tom Arthurs sounds as if he has a lot of fascinating music to come.'

[John Fordham's 2006 in Review, The Guardian]

'Tom Arthurs is a world-class improviser'

[Tom Barlow, Jazzwise]

'brilliant young trumpet player'
'a cracking album of highly original music'

[Jez Nelson, BBC Jazz on 3]

'Arthurs is ingenious in the way he can make a line seem at once rhapsodically free and focused'

[Ivan Hewett, Daily Telegraph]

'It is so nice to hear a group of young musicians creating some new music. And Tom Arthurs' band, Centripede is just that - Bravo!'

[Joe Lovano, international saxophonist]

'If jazz is to flourish as a living art form, young musicians such as Tom Arthurs will be a valuable commodity.'

[James Griffiths, The Guardian]

'...who some talk of as a 21st Century Kenny Wheeler, except that he increasing sounds like nobody but himself'

[John Fordham, Jazz on 3]

'Their conception is so advanced they may just be the best jazz piano trio of the next ten years'

[Mike Butler, Metro on Squash Recipe]

'...what immediately impresses is the sureness and controlled power of Arthurs’s playing throughout; whether he’s rattling through a free-ish solo or punching out a quirky melody, his is an arresting sound, straightforwardly fleet where required, but also capable of extraordinary textural and dynamic variation.'

'A delightful album that demands, and richly rewards, sustained attention.'

[Chris Parker on Squash Recipe]

'Worth a serious listen. Original in the best sense.'

[Birmingham Post on Squash Recipe]

'Describing this music is like trying to come up with peppy alternative names for the seven dwarfs. Snappy, Sprightly, Bouncy, Thoughtful... well, you get the idea. Forgive the frivolity, but it's infectious; this is excellent music, expertly produced… Centripede's sound is very much the group's own… Do get this one.'

EDITOR'S CHOICE
[Roger Thomas, Jazz Review]

'A music of contrapuntal subtlety in which playfully intricate melodies repeat and are progressively ensnared by contrasting ones... Arthurs emerges as a thoughtful composer whose cleanly-blown, pure-toned trumpet playing perfectly suits the dreamlike atmosphere'

[John Fordham, The Guardian on Centripede]

‘L’une des decouvertes du mois’

[AMR, Geneva]

'A bright, bustling but surprisingly quirky, original-sounding quintet [and] a highly proficient album, replete with neat, tricksy, yet airily propulsive and immediately accessible themes, impeccably played by a full-blooded but sure-footed band... a highly promising debut album.'

[Chris Parker, BBC Music Magazine]

'Arthurs is already an incredibly accomplished player. A virtuoso, his sound is fat-toned and fluid… maturity is clear from the outset… it's as if he has nothing to prove… swerving the dull politeness and predictability of Britbop, this is a striking debut'

[Tom Barlow, Jazzwise on Centripede]

‘Fun, passionate, beautiful music’

[Ben McDonnell, allaboutjazz.com on Centripede]

'a stunningly mature piece of work'

[Alyn Shipton on Centripede]

'a fresh vigourous quintet that sounds (a) like a real band and (b) like a real band that could develop further if it gets a chance... Arthurs and Laubrock share a vivid capacity for improvising together'

[Ray Comisky, Irish Times]

'Tom Arthurs is a trumpeter making great music far from the mainstream… the music is advanced but far from imposing… each of [Centripede] are excellent players, treating every gig as an inspired adventure… This gig is particularly important for the insight that it gives into jazz new wave'

[Mike Butler, Metro]

‘Original, engaging and demanding music that’s a world away from retro-jazz’

[Kerstan Mackness, Timeout London]

‘…die soli von Arthurs, der zuweilen ein Kenny Wheeler auf Speed tönt!’

[baz, Basel]

'a talented yound band'

[Geoffrey Smith, BBC Jazz Record Requests]

'an astonishingly assured debut album of original compositions. This is contemporary music of the highest level - original, forward looking, lyrical and intelligent. The influences are clear and diverse - everything from Steve Coleman, Django Bates and Kenny Wheeler to Bulgarian, African and Western Classical music. Tom Arthurs is set to become a world class voice in contemporary music.'

[Ian Latham, BBC Online Jazz]