Infinite Riches In A Little Room

As at home with John Dowland (whose "Lachrymae" provide the inspiration for half the music on this wholly absorbing album) as with Charlie Parker or Hermeto Pascoal, UK pianist Huw Warren demonstrates a commendably wide-ranging talent on this, his second solo outing on Babel. By turns gently lyrical and pungently vigorous, but consistently original (his sparing use of electronics and the instrument's insides is a striking feature of his music), Warren is one of Britain's most accomplished pianists. BBC Music Magazine, September 2001 The Guardian CD of the week 20 July 2001 Huw Warren delights in entertaining experimentalism. This solo piano album already sounds like a classic. Huw Warren is one of those quietly ambitious players who for some time has contributed flair and musical intelligence to the British jazz scene. "Infinite Riches is terrific stuff: a big, inspiring album from a little record label. Already sounds like a classic. John L Walters, The Guardian, "Huw Warren works on the basis that the keyboard is a virtual reality orchestra, creating a collage of sound that has more colour, body and texture than most real groups can summon up *****" - Echoes