This composition is dedicated to my friend Claire Keet, also a saxophonist. When I was at WAAPA, I used to go to her house to have cups of tea. I always drank from a mug with a cow on it, hence ‘tea cow’.

My debut album 'Hopeful' is out now! Buy it on Bandcamp https://maximillianwickham.bandcamp.com/

Composed by Maximillian Wickham
Recorded 20th-21st November 2021 and 19th January 2022 at Loop Recording Studios, West Perth
Engineered and mixed by Kieran Kenderessy
Mastered by William Bowden
Produced by Daniel Susnjar
Cover artwork by David Booth (Ghost Patrol): david-booth.com
Cover design and layout by Rachel O'Brien

This album was produced with the generous support and assistance of the Perth Jazz Society and the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY:
This album was produced on the land of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia. I acknowledge the contribution of elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Hopeful

Tea Cow

Maximillian Wickham is a jazz saxophonist and composer based in Perth. In 2019, Max attained a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours in Jazz from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He has performed with artists including the Mace Francis Orchestra (PER), Sam Anning (MEL), Daniel Susnjar (PER) and Jean-Baptiste Bridon (FRA). Drawing inspiration from Australian jazz artists such as Barney McAll, Julien Wilson, and Andrea Keller, Max aims to create music full of passion, emotion and intensity and seeks to blur the lines between the composed and the improvised.

Debut album 'Hopeful' out now!

For enquiries contact mphwickham@hotmail.com

Tea Cow

Maximillian Wickham

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