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Another positive review for Nick Hempton “The Business”…
http://www.criticaljazz.com/
“I don’t like jazz but I like that…”
Sound familiar? Nick Hempton’s sophomore release from 2011 is text book straight ahead swing with as a label executive friend of mine is fond of saying, “more hooks than a fisherman’s hat!” It is called the record business for a reason. Nick Hempton and his band can blow, they swing ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews Nick Hempton “The Business”…
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Australian native alto sax practitioiner Nick Hempton is distingished by his smooth tone and direct delivery. The Business is distinguished by a few things, too. First of all, Hempton is joined by Art Hirahara, is in-demand session pianist who last spring delivered a solid album himself. Secondly, Hempton’s eight originals are all dulcet, deviating and resolutely swin ...Read More
AAJ interview with Nick Hempton….
www.allaboutjazz.com
“I like to chat with the audience between songs. Sometimes it gets absurd; sometimes I’m quite happy with it. And sometimes I’ll spin some nonsense story, it will fall flat and everyone will stare at me. Sometimes it works, and everybody has a good time.”
The Business (Posi-Tone, 2011) is a milestone in the career of Nick Hempton. Since arriving in the USA ...Read More
Some coverage for Nick Hempton “The Business” on burningambulance.com
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The other day I bought an album from eMusic, and by the end of the second track I already regretted it. I won’t tell you what record it was; I’ll just say it was the second album by a young alto saxophonist (the only album of his available on eMusic), and as I posted on Twitter yesterday, I should have taken the fact that it had the word “Cerebral” right there in the ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay reviews Nick Hempton “The Business”…
www.allaboutjazz.com
Saxophonist Nick Hempton’s decision to call his second album The Business might be a comment on the commercial nature of jazz, or it might be a rather hubristic statement about the nature of his own music. Big, fat grooves, a real sense of swing, strong melodies and even stronger rhythms suggest that Hempton is right to name this album The Business on both counts: be ...Read More
Tim Niland on Nick Hempton “The Business”….
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Nick Hempton is a straight-up mainstream saxophonist and leader who plays in a very confident manner and has a very appealing musical tone. On this album, he is joined by Art Hirahara on piano, Marco Panascia on bass, and Dan Aran on drums. Yotam Silberstein sits in on guitar for a few tracks. The group plays an appealing mix of standards and originals beginning w ...Read More
Step Tempest review for Nick Hempton “The Business”…
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Saxophonist Nick Hempton has got something good going-on in his sophomore release, “The Business” (Posi-Tone Records). If you just put the CD on and go about your business, this sounds like fairly solid, straight-ahead, “post-bop.” When you listen closely, you hear a real band at work. Whether it’s singing, swinging, lines of bass ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky’s AAJ review for Nick Hempton “The Business”….
www.allaboutjazz.com
The workaday details of the business world don’t really relate to jazz very much. Boring meetings, piles of paperwork, and endless conference calls have little to do with the in-the-moment magic that surrounds this music, but that doesn’t mean that jazz musicians don’t know how to get down to business when the tape is rolling.For his Posi-Tone debut, saxophon ...Read More
Lucid Culture weighs in on Nick Hempton “The Business”….
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Classic Tunefulness from Nick Hempton
File this one under melodic jazz composition – really, really good, interesting tunes and tasteful playing, classic late 50s/early 60s style. On saxophonistNick Hempton’s new album The Business, the blues is always lurking somewhere, if not always centerstage, one reason why the hooks are so strong. Hempton goes for a clean, un ...Read More
SaxShed reviews Nick Hempton “The Business”….
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Native Australian saxophonist Nick Hempton has recently released “The Business” on Posi-tone Records. Hempton plays both alto and tenor saxophone as well as having composed all but one of the tunes on his second release. Hempton is joined by fellow bandmates Art Hirahara, piano; Yotam Silberstein; guitar; Marco Panascia; bass and Dan Aran on drums.
Nick Hempton’s quintet on “Th ...Read More