Track Listing and Notes:
1. Mud Eye (05:50) Composed in 1996, originally for Angel Machine (an earlier trio of cello bass and sax), the title refers to a slang term for mosquito lava.... [Extract of Mud Eye]
2. Broken River (07:10) This title track was one of a series of pieces composed in late 2003, when Tim was living back home in Eaglehawk Bendigo.... Broken River "refers to a stream in the Castlemaine region of Victoria just below the 37th parallel and east of 37 degrees longtitude..." [Extract of Broken River]
3. Theatre Royale (07:42) Composed on the train on the way to Melbourne from Bendigo in 2003, the title refers to an old-fashioned movie theatr Castlemaine..
4. The Stranger (04:00) This was part of the same group of pieces written in late 2003 - 2004, and was not finished until 2005. It is the only piece with chord changes and form and closest to a conventional jazz tune. [Extract of Stranger]
5. The Black Fowl (03:58) [Extract of Black Fowl]
6. Flood Rhumba (07:02) Composed in 1996, this was another piece originally written for Angel Machine. The title was inspired by the Merri Creek in Northcote, Melbourne.
[Extract of Flood Rhumba]
7. Papyrus (16:07) 2004
As the name suggests, an old soul song....
8. The Wooden Bird (05:11) 2003 frenetic spaz jazz- this is a concept piece about velocity inspired by the energy music of Cecil Taylor....