Music of its time (1973), maybe, but not enslaved to its fashions, and therefore after all these years it does not sound badly dated. At a time when Herbie Hancock's 'Headhunters' was about to become the best-selling jazz album ever Garrick does not bludgeon us with funk or backbeats. Some vaguely rock rhythms creep in, but they're subverted by the variety of unusual time signatures and the agile lightness of drummer Trevor Tomkins' touch. Electric piano appears now and then, but seems to serve little real purpose apart from varying the texture a bit. The writing is strong on textures and atmospheres; the title track takes a labyrinthine journey via improvisations within improvisations before leading us back to the opening theme.
Some of the best local musicians around are chosen for this album: Henry Lowther, trumpet/violin, Don Rendell & Art Themen, sax/flute, Norma Winstone, voice, Coleridge Goode & Dave Green, bass, Trevor Tomkins, drums. Ms. Winstone should be singled out for the way she not only handles lyrics when they arise, but uses her voice as an instrument in the ensembles and for improvising. On 'Fellow feeling' an elegy to Joe Harriott who had died not long before Coleridge Goode raises the bowing and humming routine on the bass (too often just a stunt) to new levels of musical feeling.
Of its time? Maybe, but of its place too? Only non-British listeners can say how British it sounds to them. This was when G.B. jazz was said to have found its feet and stopped slavishly aping U.S. models. Chick Corea's acoustic album 'Inner space' may not have influenced Garrick as such, but 'Troppo' has in common the episodes of 'arranged freedom' that fall back into composed material so deftly. Garrick also shares Corea's evident admiration for McCoy Tyner, shown in suspended fourth chords and modes.
Some listeners may find parts of 'Troppo' too delicate or even genteel. Those who prefer Garrick in the company of Joe Harriott and Shake Keane may prefer 'Black marigolds' or, if they want to avoid the poetry, 'October woman.' But 'Troppo' is a satisfying re-issue, a good example of his mid-sized ensemble work.

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