When Life Was In Black & White

Dave Stapleton is a real find for British Jazz. A young musician of real maturity and vision. It's the breadth of his talent that's most encouraging. He writes exceptionally well drawing on his classical training as well as Jazz and he's hungry to explore the possibilities of free improvisation. There's something refreshingly unstuffy about Dave Stapleton's sources of inspiration. There's Jarrett and Hancock, of course, Dave Holland and Joshua Redman but also the American Minimalists like Phillip Glass, Steve Reich and Terry Riley. - Jazzwise. Dave Stapleton - piano, Marcin Wright- saxophones, Jonny Bruce - trumpet / fluglehorn, Paula Gardiner - double bass, Elliot Bennett - drums.