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TIMELINE | PRESS

latest GUARDIAN review of Timeline click here

"...their music curves and dives in so many different directions that they find thousands of tunnels of escape inside every beat. ... when Timeline play their bass heavy rhythms they untie their moorings and face the rapids."
Kate Wharton - STRAIGHT NO CHASER, May 2003 (for the full review click here )

"... a funky stew of improvised jazz and funky spirituals... keep your eyes out for them live"
Max Cole - STRAIGHT NO CHASER, Mar 2003 (for the full review click here )

"…as soulful as it is experimental… the traditional roles of each instrument are subverted, and arrangements are painstakingly crafted … it has a sound of its own: the input of multi-cultural rhythms dominates, and while the creative concepts are ambitious, the music is actually accessible…a fresh attitude to improvisation…"
Tom Barlow - JAZZWISE, Dec 2002 (for the full article click here )

"...a versatile jazz offering... The dizzying complexity of the melodic soundscape races ahead time and time again, offering the jazz listener thegenuine article."
Luke Prater - SONGLINES, Nov 2002

"…One of the country's most exciting jazz acts in performance"
Neil Bennun - STRAIGHT NO CHASER, Oct 1999
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"It's very catchy."
Alex Kasriel - HENDON TIMES, Aug 2003

"...Timeline delivered some nice laid-back tropical grooves and themes reminiscent of Pharaoh Sanders and Lonnie Liston Smith – guitarist David Okumu sounded particularly promising." - JAZZ UK June 2003

"The musicians charmed the audience with their unusual compositions and with their typical British ease."
Ondrej Ernyei, Director Prague Jazz Festival

"...Tightly-knit and dynamic group of exciting new jazz performers, presenting music that is intriguing and rhythmically creative...a quality jazz act that's fresh and punchy."
Pam Chowhan, Music manager QEH and Rhythmsticks Festival