Henry Lowther’s Still Waters

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“Still Waters was born out a long association and friendship going back 40
years between myself and Britain’s premiere bassist Dave Green. We both
felt that the time had arrived to play music of our choice together with some of
the finest jazz musicians working in Britain today. As a result Still Waters is
now one of the most accomplished and creative bands around.
Although a classic quintet of two front line and rhythm, Still Waters plays
radical and original music, ranging from gentle, quietly pastoral and melodic
music, reflecting the band’s name, through to dynamic, free improvisation.
I am immensely proud of the band. The main thing to say about it is that it is a
BAND and not just a collection of individual musicians; in other words the
whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The level of creativity, adventure
and interplay on gigs never ceases to astonish me; no two gigs are ever the
same and this is truer of Still Waters than of any other band I’ve ever played
in.
Dave Green, is without doubt the foundation of Still Waters. He has a way of
finding the right thing to do at exactly the right time. Whatever else goes on
around him he always keeps it right there, allowing everybody else maximum
freedom.
Paul Clarvis is the most idiosyncratic, original and creative drummer in British
jazz who, together with pianist Barry Green’s ability to move from straight
ahead playing to wayward free improvisation, makes the rhythm section an
absolute joy. I love its ability to go anywhere it chooses to go.
My partner on the front line, Pete Hurt, is not only a wonderful and inventive
saxophone player but also an all round accomplished master musician and
one of Britain’s very greatest composers of music for big band”