News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... for their own tunes, cut to Dolphy's measure.Drummer and co-founder Shane Forbes, alto saxophonist Nathanial Facey and bassist Tom Farmer complete the current line-up, and the latter two players provided the compositions. There was no doubting the commitment they brought to the music, and their new pieces seemed to grow naturally from absorbing Dolphy's ground-breaking precedents....
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... for their own tunes, cut to Dolphy's measure.Drummer and co-founder Shane Forbes, alto saxophonist Nathanial Facey and bassist Tom Farmer complete the current line-up, and the latter two players provided the compositions. There was no doubting the commitment they brought to the music, and their new pieces seemed to grow naturally from absorbing Dolphy's ground-breaking precedents....
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... for their own tunes, cut to Dolphy's measure.Drummer and co-founder Shane Forbes, alto saxophonist Nathanial Facey and bassist Tom Farmer complete the current line-up, and the latter two players provided the compositions. There was no doubting the commitment they brought to the music, and their new pieces seemed to grow naturally from absorbing Dolphy's ground-breaking precedents....
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Nathanial Facey (alt), Lewis Wright (vbs), Tom Farmer (bs), Shaney Forbes(dms). The last time I heard Empirical they had Jay Phelps on trumpet which gave the frontline a nice fat sound. Last night – bonfire night – the fireworks were missing. Instead we had a measured quartet with Facey the man in the spotlight. The young man is a good player with an appealing sound...
