Ein ruhiges Auge von Tabor June. Performer Notes :
- Personnel includes: June Tabor (vocals); Richard Bolton (cello); Mark Lockheart (clarinet, soprano & tenor saxophones); Richard Fox (tuba); Huw Warren (piano); Dudley Phillips (upright bass); Roy Dodds (percussion).
- Recorded at Wessex Studios, London, England.
- Personnel: Mark Emerson (violin, viola); Richard Bolton (cello); Iain Dixon (clarinet, bass clarinet); Mark Lockheart (clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Andy Schofield (clarinet, alto saxophone); Richard Iles (trumpet); Jim Rattigan (French horn); Llam Kirkman, Mark Bassey (trombone); Richard Fox (tuba); Huw Warren (piano); Dudley Phillips (double bass); Roy Dodds (percussion).
- Audio Mixer: Trevor Hallesy.
- Recording information: Wessex Studios, London, England.
- Editor: Tony Dixon .
- Photographer: Tom Howard.
- Arrangers: Huw Warren; June Tabor.
- Long thought of as one of the most resolutely traditional vocalists on the British folk scene, June Tabor took many by surprise with 2000's A QUIET EYE. Instead of one of her usual small acoustic drummerless combos, Tabor is backed by the 13-piece Creative Jazz Orchestra, a progressive jazz/folk/world group along the lines of the Penguin CafT Orchestra. The combination of Tabor's stunning clarion voice and these layered, textured arrangements is intoxicating. The fact that A QUIET EYE has one of Tabor's finest song selections ever certainly helps as well. Along with a handful of traditional ballads and story songs, A QUIET EYE includes two Richard Thompson selections, "Pharoah" and the lovely "Waltzing's for Dreamers," and possibly the definitive interpretation of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," halfway between Roberta Flack's soul-jazz torch ballad and John Renbourn's more traditional folk version. There is not a single false step on this remarkable album, and it ranks up there with ABYSSINIANS and AIRS AND GRACES as one of Tabor's finest works.
Professional Reviews : CMJ (1/31/00, p.34) - "...pairs Tabor's spellbinding voice with a small jazz-tinged group, which provides a melancholy and atmospheric accompaniment to her ballads." Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, p.31) - Included in Mojo Magazine's "Best Folk Albums" of 1999. NME (Magazine) (11/6/99, p.38) - 7 out of 10 - "...a curious juxtaposition of eerie traditional stuff and 1930s ballads which could just provide the mythical link between Gracie Fields and Nico's 'The Marble Index'..."
Producer : John Ravenhall
Format : CD (1 Disc); Stereo
Country : United Kingdom
Studio/Live : Studio
Release Date : 1 November, 2008
Label : City Hall Records
Dimensions : 12.8 x 14.3 x 1 centimeters (0.09 kg)