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Amanda Whiting
Highly-acclaimed Welsh harpist & composer and a virtuoso in her field,
this classically trained musician has quickly established herself as an
essential player on the world jazz scene, carving her own unique sound,
following on from the paths forged by Ashby and Coltrane.
She has previously toured extensively with her own band (Aidan Thorne on bass
and Jon Reynolds on drums), as well as with Matthew Halsall, Greg Foat, Rebecca Vasmant,
DJ Yoda and Chip Wickham.
With three solo albums on Jazzman Records, and a remix project with
Bruno Herbert, Robby Ameen, Sofia Goodman & Amanda Whiting
by Joe Dimino
From harpist Amanda Whiting, we begin the 865th Episode of Neon Jazz with music from her album The Liminality of Her. From there, we dive into music from Sofia Goodman's Receptive followed by Robby Ameen, Andy James, Anthony Stanco and Bruno Herbert. The final track puts a bow on the show with music from Twin Talk's ...
Lost In Abstraction
Label: Jazzman Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Abstraction; Lost; Venus Fly Trap; Temptation; Too Much; Where Would We Be; Up There; Discarded; Suspended; Got It?
Cloud 10
By Chip Wickham
Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Cloud 10; Stratospheric; Lower East Side; Winter; Tubby Chaser; Dark Eyes; The Hit; Before I Go.
Chip Wickham: Cloud 10
by Peter Jones
Is it OK for music to be background? In other words, does all music have to be listened to with the same degree of concentration and freedom from distraction? It may be a moot question in these greatly distracted times. Here's another, related question: is the music you want on in the background necessarily inferior to ...
David Virelles, Amanda Whiting, Marco Mezquida, Mamud Band & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
It's just early July and there's no denying that we're already feeling the effects of climate change, with unusually high temperatures and extreme events like floods or severe thuderstorms. When it comes to music, however the downpour of new releases is a very welcome development... especially when they sound so delicious!Happy listening!Playlist ...
Amanda Whiting: Lost In Abstraction
by Peter Jones
The revival in the fortunes of the harp has been one of the more unexpected developments in jazz: Brandee Younger's 2021 album Somewhere Different made an impact on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK, the instrument has been finding favor in the hands of both Tara Minton and Alina Bzhezhinska. Now Wales' very own ...
Amanda Whiting: Lost In Abstraction
by Gareth Thompson
Ahh, the angelic harp, a symbol of celestial beings, Biblical healing, Irish identity and a rubbish lager. In jazz terms we think of the instrument in relation to Casper Reardon, Dorothy Ashby, Alice Coltrane and more recently Deborah Henson-Conant. A noble list of names if not exactly boundless. The harp is, after all, much less portable ...
Blue To Red
By Chip Wickham
Label: LoveMonk Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Blue To Red; Route One; Interstellar; The Cosmos; Double Cross; Mighty Yusef.
Chip Wickham: Blue To Red
by Chris May
The marketing thrust accompanying Chip Wickham's third album emphasises an affinity between the disc and the late 1960s / early 1970s work of Yusef Lateef and Alice Coltrane. Certainly, Blue To Red ticks two boxes: Wickham puts aside his saxophone to play only flute and alto flute, whose seraphic tones were favoured by Lateef and Coltrane; ...
