Tim Whitehead
British jazz found a generation of practitioners in the latter decades of the twentieth century who committed themselves to the genre as a working discipline, sustaining it through performance and craft. Tim Whitehead, born in Liverpool on 12 December 1950, belongs to that generation as a saxophonist whose professional life has been given over to jazz.
Whitehead is a citizen of the United Kingdom, and his work has been conducted in English. The saxophone is his instrument, and jazz is the genre in which he has worked — a form that places particular demands on those who take it up, requiring sustained engagement with improvisation and musical expression. These are the coordinates that define his professional identity: a British saxophonist, rooted in jazz, whose career has extended across decades.
The available record describes Whitehead in terms that are precise in their scope: a saxophonist, working in jazz, born in Liverpool. No specific recordings or critical honors appear in the documented facts, but the consistency of those defining details — instrument, genre, nationality — points to a musician whose engagement with jazz has been a constant across his working life. His continued identification with the saxophone and with jazz as a genre marks him as a practitioner for whom that commitment has been the central fact of his career.
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I am proud of the way the guys played tonight in a challenging situation. We feel good about coming out of the weekend with four points in the league standings. It was a tougher challenge than last night, but we were able to put forth a consistent effort all three periods. Ben Bishop was fabulous tonight and really strong in net. He made some great defensive stops and also played the puck extremely well.
If he wasn't nervous, I'd be surprised. I thought he was great, especially given that it was only his second collegiate game.
He's just been a great teacher for us. I think that's the first and foremost thing, that he's a great teacher, especially one-on-one with the players. It just seems like he has an endless supply of those thoughts on the game.
His impact on Wisconsin's program is very significant. He's had the exact same type of impact on our program. And he's been the common denominator right through (former) coach (Shawn) Walsh and myself. ... He's been successful wherever he's been, and that's not an accident. You don't get here so many times by mistake.
I honestly think we would've tied it up. We had so much momentum, so much jump at that point. That is one of the reasons it's such an exciting game. Momentum can swing so dramatically at a moments notice.
I just told the guys as coaches we were very, very proud of what they accomplished this year. They need to hold their heads up. They left it all out on the ice. We had a great run this year.
In the end, we got that surge of momentum, which is fortunate in some ways. We did a pretty good job of team defense. Our forwards really helped our defensemen tonight, and our goalie.
Anytime you have to sit some guys out, you know those guys coming in are going to play hard. I was real impressed with their team and their effort. That was a good hockey game.