THE IMPOSSIBLE GENTLEMEN

EUROPEAN TOUR

22 june -12 july 2012

Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker, Adam Nussbaum, Steve Swallow

"one of the most exciting and satisfying collaborations for a very long time" The Jazz Breakfast

VOTED BEST ALBUM OF 2011 IN MOJO

IN THE 2011 TOP TEN IN:

JAZZWISE

THE JAZZ BREAKFAST

LONDON JAZZ

RAVE REVIEWS IN LONDON AND UK

THE JAZZ BREAKFAST - BEST ALBUMS OF 2011

NO 4 IN THE FAVOURITES OF 2011
The first recording by this perfectly balanced transatlantic band – guitarist Mike Walker and pianist Gwilym Simcock from this side of the pond; drummer Adam Nussbaum and electric bassist Steve Swallow from the other side – builds upon and confirms what those of us who heard them playing live in the spring of 2010 already knew: that it’s one of the most exciting and satisfying collaborations for a very long time. There is also, for me, a particular joy in hearing Mike Walker finally getting some of the attention and acclaim he so thoroughly deserves.

14/06/2011 Jack Massarik, Evening Standard 5 stars *****

Crazy name, crazy group, but crazy like foxes. An OBE, please, for the anonymous producer who thought to introduce two US veterans, bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Adam Nussbaum, to a couple of Mancunian mavericks who had never worked together before.
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"Packing more into eight tracks than many could manage in that number of albums ...it’s simply outstanding" BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 5 STARS *****

"This shimmering jewel of style and substance is jazz at its most exalted, and simply has to be heard. Here's a crude and approximate map reference, but one that gets close to the buried treasure. Imagine guitarist Pat Metheny's trio masterpiece, Day Trip (Nonesuch, 2007), add a pianist of commensurate genius, and you are banging on the disc's front door. It is that good".

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VOTED MOST MEMORABLE GIG IN 2010 BY THREE OUT OF FIVE JOURNALISTS IN JAZZUK.

VOTED BEST GIG OF 2010 BY PETER BACON IN THE BIRMINGHAM POST AND AT THE JAZZ BREAKFAST

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