# CD review: John Turville – Head First 2019: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2019/03/06/cd-review-john-turville-head-first-2019-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2019-03-06T20:30:14+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Pianist and educator John Turville has established himself as a mainstay of the
UK and European contemporary jazz scenes in his varied roles as sideman, co-leader
and trio/quartet leader. This debut quintet release, ‘Head First’, includes the 
estimable names of saxophonist Julian Argüelles, double bassist Dave Whitford, drummer
James Maddren and versatile trumpeter Robbie Robson.**

Available on a high quality, 6 panel digipack with a velvety soft-touch laminate
finish and 180 gram, 12″ LP – comes with download code containing the digital album
in multiple formats.

Inspired greatly by the music of mentor John Taylor, as well as Kenny Wheeler, Turville
was one of many artists who came together for the Jazz Piano Summit concert of 2015
dedicated to Taylor’s immeasurable musical legacy. There, Turville presented his
own homage, “A Perfect Foil” (which appears on this album), igniting a desire to
realise originals and interpretations for an expanded line-up. The resulting collaboration,
featuring Julian Argüelles, is a radiant celebration of British jazz creativity 
which also confirms the pianist’s mastery of composition and performance.

Turville’s sound world is informed by the likes of Fred Hersch (the album title 
a playful though gracious twist on his name) and Bill Evans, yet is frequently imbued
with the harmonic colouring of classical composers such as John Ireland, Federico
Mompou and the French Romantics.

Other tracks include the bustling “Fall Out”, with strong horn motifs and driving,
bass-propelled rhythms and turbulent, piano-figured “Seahorses” recalls a stormy
sea trip off Seahouses, on the wild Northumberland coast, reflected in billowing,
improvisatory freedom. “Almagro Nights”, for piano trio, is full of Buenos Aires
hustle, spotlighting Turville’s brightness at the keyboard, while impressionistic
soprano-and-piano “Interval Music” finds Argüelles waltzing oh so elegantly into
the sublime, descending phrases of ‘A Perfect Foil’.

 1.  Fall Out
 2.  Almagro Nights
 3.  Seahorses
 4.  Interval Music
 5.  A Perfect Foil
 6.  Head First
 7.  Ennerdale
 8.  Cancion 4
 9.  Francisca
 10. A Month In Tunisia
 11. Cyclic Chorale
 12. Beautiful But Why?

**John Turville (piano),**
 **Julian Argüelles (tenor and soprano saxophone),** **
Robbie Robson (trumpet),** **Dave Whitford (double bass),** **James Maddren (drums).**

[Full album free download](https://turbobit.net/ob6wawyxd0nk.html?short_domain=turbo.to)

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