Amanda Whiting

Amanda Whiting – The Liminality of Her (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 37:43 minutes | 415 MB | Genre: Jazz Fusion, Jazz Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © First Word Records

First Word Records is very proud to present ‘The Liminality of Her’, a brand new 10-track album from their newest signing, Amanda Whiting; a highly-acclaimed Welsh harpist & composer.

A virtuoso in her field, this classically trained musician has quickly established herself as an essential player in the UK jazz scene, carving her own unique sound, following on from the paths forged by Ashby and Coltrane.

Amanda recently joined the First Word label roster, via a collaborative project with Don Leisure, ‘Beyond The Midnight Sun’, as well as a feature on his Welsh Music Prize nominated project ‘Shaboo Strikes Back’.

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Amanda Whiting-Lost In Abstraction-(JMANLP132)-24BIT-WEB-FLAC-2022-BABAS
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 00:39:06 minutes | 413 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Amanda Whiting – Lost in Abstraction (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:06 minutes | 415 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzman

Welsh harpist Amanda Whiting returns on Jazzman Records following on from her successful debut album After Dark (JMAN 125CD/LP, 2021). New explorations and global changing events have led Whiting to Lost in Abstraction. The Reynolds/Thorne/Whiting trio is joined again by the mesmerizing lines of flautist Chip Wickham, resuming their conversation reminiscent of Dorothy Ashby and Frank Wess. Lost in Abstraction was written during a period of the unknown when Whiting, like most, explored her own sense of self. The world paused, with no timeframe, and the fragility of life was laid bare. A time when humanity was left searching for purpose. Freedom and the dependable structures of familiarity were dissolved in most aspects of life. But music stayed constant. Creativity kept weaving its thread, connecting music and its makers in an indissoluble bond. The album explores the questions and realizations whilst confined. The spiritual findings, the playful curiousness and the reflective moments of loss. Whiting’s writing indulges the listener with the spiritual ethereal washes of sound demanded of the harp, whilst also embracing her influences across many genres. Classically trained, her roots are evident. But with an emotionally charged energy and spiritual questioning, a new soundscape of modernity has emerged. So often associated with Ashby and Coltrane, the harp finds itself in the hands of a new voice which tells the story of a period of time where the world was unified in reflection. So, what is that feeling when you resonate? When your breath steadies and you let go. Lines no longer restrict or choke. Energies envelop, yet set you free. Are you lost or found?
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Amanda Whiting – After Dark (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 47:25 minutes | 490 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzman

Taking cues from Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane at their most delicate, renowned Welsh harpist Amanda Whiting’s mesmerising Jazzman full-length LP After Dark arrives as soft as moonlight to gladden the soul and delight the ear—without forgetting to bring the swing.

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