''In Deep'' is an album by jazz musician

Mark Lockheart Mark Lockheart (born 31 March 1961) is a British jazz tenor saxophonist who was a member of the Loose Tubes big band during the 1980s. Career After the demise of Loose Tubes, Lockheart formed jazz/folk quartet Perfect Houseplants with Huw Warr ...

, released in 2009 on

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'', John Fordham said "Lockheart picked the right title: that's exactly where it takes you" and awarded it 4 stars.Fordham, John
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'', John Kelman wrote "The line-up may suggest mainstream, but this is no straight-ahead session...As impressive as Lockheart was on ''Moving Air'', his playing has become even more muscular, combining the late Michael Brecker's visceral power with his own kind of tension-and-release."Kelman, John
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'' wrote "Lockheart's work nods to Coltrane and Michael Brecker, but he's firmly his own man.""Mark Lockheart: ''In Deep''"
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'' 12 June 2009 Ray Comiskey in ''

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'' drew attention to Lockheart's skills in utilising the talents of his band "Lockheart’s voicings (using some brass overdubbing) have a fine appreciation of the tonal qualities the players bring to the table".Comiskey, Ray
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'' 10 July 2009 Ian Mann said the album was a "strong candidate for Lockheart's best work to date".Mann, Ian
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'' in June 2009, where he explained that the title of the album described how improvising is about connecting with another musician at a very deep level.Shore, Robert. Interview in ''

'' magazine June 2009 pages 30–31 "Still Waters Run Deep"

Track listing

All compositions by

, except track 8 by Lockheart and Liam Noble, and track 10 by Lockheart, Noble,

Jasper Høiby Jasper Høiby (born 10 May 1977) is a Danish jazz bass player known for his virtuosity and high-energy eloquence. Career Høiby started to play the double bass in Denmark before he moved to the UK in 2001 to study at the Royal Academy of Musi ...

, and Dave Smith. # "Stairway" – 1:50 # "Surfacing" – 10:05 # "Golden People" – 6:42 # "Long Way Gone" – 5:53 # "Undercovers" – 3:06 # "Believe It or Not" – 7:49 # "Not In My Name" – 7:33 # "Falling" – 2:44 # "Sand Into Gold" – 5:58 # "Snakeout" – 1:14 # "Nutter" – 2:10 # "Sunday Soon" – 5:34 :* Total length – 60:38

Personnel

– saxophone * Dave Priseman – trumpet * Liam Noble – piano *

– bass * Dave Smith – drums * Produced by Mark Lockheart * Recorded June 2008 at Phoenix Sound,

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, Iver Heath * Mixed January 2009 by Steve Baker at Galapagos Studios, London * Mastered February 2009 by Mark Tucker * Photography by Dave Stapleton and Tim Dickeson

References

{{Authority control 2009 albums Edition Records albums Jazz albums by English artists