Tim O'Dell - composer/soprano and alto saxophones
Ryan Shultz - bass trumpet
Steve Grismore - guitar
Tatsu Aoki - bass
David Pavkovik and James Dreier - drums and percussion
CRITICAL ACCLAIM for BEFORE MY LIFE:
"A young, new master of the [+]Tim O'Dell - composer/soprano and alto saxophones
Ryan Shultz - bass trumpet
Steve Grismore - guitar
Tatsu Aoki - bass
David Pavkovik and James Dreier - drums and percussion
CRITICAL ACCLAIM for BEFORE MY LIFE:
"A young, new master of the saxophone has arrived, and his name is Tim O'Dell . . . Before My Life is what contemporary jazz is all about and is a showcase of perfect performances."
Lee Prosser --Jazz Review
" . . . Unexpectedly grand . . ."
Lloyd Sachs --Chicago Sun Times
"Elton Dean. Tim Berne. Tim O'Dell. Welcome to the exclusive club of outstanding sax players/composers/improvisers . . . a perfect album . . . This disc is a great blend of composition and improvisation and it swings! . . .Before My Life has a uniqueness of vision.
O'Dell is the composer of Chicago." --Beyond Coltrane
" . . . A thinking man's player and composer . . .”
Owen Cordle --JazzTimes
"This is a really fine recording, generous in terms of playing, with considered compositions and a ton of spirit."
Jason Bivins --Cadence
" . . . Meditating on alto, Tim sounds like 'Trane did on Central Park West . . ." John Barrett --Jazz USA
"This is the sound of . . . expanding American art.”
James Nichols --All About Jazz
" . . . A fine new voice on alto . . . loose and swinging and broadly expressive . . ." Stuart Broomer --Cadence
TIM O'DELL'S BIOGRAPHY:
Composer/Saxophonist/Educator, Tim O'Dell, was born in Lebanon, Oregon in 1966 and moved to the east coast in 2001 from the Chicago scene. In Chicago, O'Dell has performed at such premier venues as the Jazz Showcase, the Hot House and the Bop Shop with some of the city's finest musicians and recently released his latest CD, Ancient Pines for Chicago's Southport record label. O'Dell also performs with, and composes for new music ensembles in Boston and he performs and records around New England in a wide variety of musical styles.
As a recording artist for Southport Records, O'Dell has been acclaimed by the critics. His 2005, Ancient Pines CD featuring Chicagoans Tatsu Aoki and Ryan Shultz, has been highly praised as was Tim’s previous Southport release, Before My Life, which features ten of Tim's diverse compositions for jazz sextet. In 1998, O'Dell was a featured soloist on
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