Artist: Michael Garrick, Martin Hathaway, Paul Moylan & Alan Jackson
Title: The New Quartet
Cat Number: JAZA7
Label, Year Released: Jazz Academy Records, 2002
Format: CD & all digital platforms
Barcode: 801082005828
Legendary pianist/composer Michael Garrick‘s “new” quartet in 2001 featured saxophonist Martin Hathaway bassist Paul Moylan and drummer Alan Jackson. They perform a mix of Garrick originals, including the classic “Black Marigolds”, plus compositions by Benny Golson, Joe Harriott, Jaco Pastorious and others.
“A perfect showcase. Immediately identifiable, inexhaustibly fecund piano, continually surprising. Hathaway: telling passion-filled solos. Rhythm section: simply faultless.” – Chris Parker, The Tablet
“If there were any justice, this recording would top the bestsellers.” – Chris Lee, Manchester Evening News
Michael Garrick: piano
Martin Hathaway: alto and soprano saxophone
Paul Moylan: double bass
Alan Jackson: drums
Recorded and mixed at Red Gables Studios by Richard Hamitt and Matthias Garrick, October – November 2001