After Dark, by Amanda Whiting

After Dark

by Amanda Whiting

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Sam Tweaks Jazzman always release fine albums and this is certainly no exception. When the artist is someone you know and admire it makes it all the more special. Welsh music at it's absolute finest.

G.E Prince A beautifully put together album. Amanda has the capability to play as though one is floating in a boat on the sea or punctuate her music with flaming fire. The chord changes, melody and harmonic structures she creates are breathtaking. The bowed upright and intricate drumming creates a perfect recipe. Occasionally I feel like I am at Willy Clancy week in Co Clare, other times at an intimate Jazz concert, either way I am witnessing Amanda’s gentle language through her music. Favorite track: Gone.

Leon Frey With captivating elegance and starlight cool, Whiting has created an album that mesmerises, distilling the atmosphere to a point of absolute luxury.

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1.	Time Stands Still 01:30
2.	Messed Up 04:25	buy track
3.	Who Knows 04:20	buy track
4.	Stay For One 07:11	buy track
5.	Strut Your Stuff 01:36	buy track
6.	After Dark 05:43	buy track
7.	Leave Me Be 02:35	buy track
8.	The Feist 04:04
9.	Gone 04:13	buy track
10.	Just Blue 03:20	buy track
11.	Back To It 02:36	buy track
12.	After Dark (Rebecca Vasmant Remix Feat. Nadya Albertsson) 05:48	buy track

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Taking cues from Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane at their most delicate, renowned Welsh harpist Amanda Whiting’s mesmerising Jazzman full-length LP After Dark arrives as soft as moonlight to gladden the soul and delight the ear—without forgetting to bring the swing.

Summoning the nocturnal mood suggested by the album’s title, Whiting’s harp flows and cascades, dances and alights, broods and haunts, informed by a deep understanding of both classical and jazz music, ultimately revealing a top-drawer composer with rare melodic gifts at the top of her game. From the melancholy opening track ‘Time Stands Still’ to the more rhythmically unorthodox ‘Who Knows’ to the achingly beautiful title track, the album is underpinned by a supportive band, John Reynolds on drums and Aidan Thorne on bass, who are perfectly suited to engage in an effortless, intimate musical dialogue.

Already an inveterate international jazz festival performer with Matthew Halsall’s Gondwana Orchestra, Whiting has supported and performed with a diverse range of Djs and jazz and pop artists including Jamie Cullum, DJ Yoda, Rebecca Vasmant, True Jazzchild, Danii Minogue, Jazzanova, and Chip Wickham (who features on three tracks on After Dark, adding a touch of the graceful warmth for which he has been so justly acclaimed). And as Jazz harp teacher at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and RNCM, Amanda is as warmly received in the lecture hall as the concert hall. Be sure to to expect more from Amanda in the not too distant future.

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released April 10, 2021

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Amanda Whiting UK

From Wales, land of the harp, Amanda has taken her classical roots and forged a path following on from Ashby and Coltrane.

With albums on Jazzman Records and Albert’s Favourites her latest release is from First Word Records.

“Extraordinary… an astonishing musical mind” Cerys Matthews BBC 6 Music

The Liminality is due out 22 March 2024 ... more

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