12th March 2018: Worldwide review round up for Tony Tixier’s ‘Life of Sensitive Creatures’ includes ★★★★★ from UK Vibe

Find out more about ‘Life of Sensitive Creatures’: here

 

Pianist Tony Tixier’s debut piano trio release, Life of Sensitive Creatures, features his original work alongside inspired interpretations in a stimulating program which breathes beauty and ingenuity.

See below for the latest press highlights for Life of Sensitive Creatures from the UK, Europe and Japan.

 

 

 

 

“An album that repeats well, as you will hear new things in subsequent plays due to its numerous layers and complexities. Highly recommended.” ★★★★★ UK Vibe (full review)

​“Vibrant yet sensitive… An album full of poetry and emotion.”
Latins de Jazz (full review)

“Modern, beautiful interpretations… Poetry in sound.”
Radio REC

“Combines shifting-sand emotions, ebb-and-flow tensions and moments of surprise.”
Financial Times (full review)

​”I​t’s the original pieces that shine strongest on this solid straight-ahead modern work.​”
Bird is the Worm (full review)​

“Tixier has a light, fluid touch, able to move seamlessly from hushed block chords to rippling streams of notes… Highly virtuosic.”
Jazz Views​ (full review)

Tixier shines on this album as both an acoustic pianist and a composer and it’s a record that proves to be immediately attractive but which offers a wealth of satisfying detail just below the surface.”
★ The Jazz Mann (full review)

“An irresistible play on rhythms, dense colors that provide vivacity and contrast, a phrasing of the right hand that projects the melody forward at sharp angles and fiery intense lyricism.”
★ Le Magazine du Jazz
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“An indisputably talented leader, composer and pianist… Definitely one to take notice of.”
Over Blog (FR) (full review)

“Sensitive yet vibrant, poetic and full of emotion.”
Vento Azul (Japan) (full review)


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