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Paul Grabowsky
Tales of Time & Space
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Tailfin
2. Sideshow Sarabande
3. Silverland
4. Angel
5. Medium Rare
6. Wist
7. Reason and Rhyme
8. Updraft
9. Circle of Trust
10. Silverland [Decoy Mix]

CD Details

All Artists: Paul Grabowsky
Title: Tales of Time & Space
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sanctuary
Release Date: 5/10/2005
Genres: Jazz, Pop
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 021823410524, 9325583023736

Synopsis

Album Description

· "This giant of the Australian jazz piano rises to the occasion on his best album. 5 Stars." ? The Australian · Australian composer and pianist Paul Grabowsky is known for his extensive score work. Having written original compositions for more than 20 other film and TV scores, his credits include the music for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 2003?s It Runs in the Family (starring Michael Douglas), and Disney?s The Jungle Book 2. · For his first stateside solo release, Paul Grabowsky enlisted some of his all-time favorite players: Branford Marsalis (soprano sax), Joe Lovano (tenor sax), Scott Tinkler (trumpet), Ed Schuller (bass), and Jeff ?Train? Watts (drums). · "Tales of Time and Space" is a set of original instrumentals recorded in New York and originally released in Australia in 2003. This domestic release includes a bonus remix of "Silverland" by Philip Rex.

CD Reviews

Say you're a brilliant, middle-aged, unknown jazz pianist

Jan P. Dennis | Monument, CO USA | 05/22/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"And Australian, to boot. What do you do?

You could do worse than hire one of the greatest aggregations of musicians alive--Branford Marsalis (soprano sax), Joe Lovano (tenor sax), Ed Schuller (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums), and ringer Scott Tinkler (trumpet). It probably also helps to have an arm's length of credits in classical, film, television, theater, and live performance.

In short, Paul Grabowsky, unknown though he may be to North American ears, is not your average middle-age jazz journeyman. On his debut stateside release he instantly establishes himself as a new musical voice of depth and subtly. I, for one, would travel some distance to hear him, and I would gladly snap up any subsequent releases based on the strength and beauty of this one. Let's just hope he's successful enough on this outing to warrant another shot.

And there's no reason why he shouldn't be. Charging out of the gate with the powerhouse "Tailfin," featuring some wicked drum moves and blistering trumpet before settling into a cool if off-kilter groove, he sets the stage for not only some pretty spectacular playing, but also a wide-ranging and fully realized compositional acumen.

I admit, it took me a while to warm up to the long-legged and eccentric compositions, but once I did, I begin to see that they sprang from the mind of a genuinely iconoclastic musician, teeming with fresh ideas. Pretty much of a surprise, but entirely worth encountering."