Recorded in two days in Brisbane in March 2005, 'Umlaut' perfectly sums up the energy and interplay of the early Toby Wren Trio. The original trio with Toby Wren on guitar, Andrew Shaw on double bass and Joseph Marchisella on drumset carves it up on 13 original tunes that range from up tempo post bop to pop-pretty to abstract and ambient."Timeless and unaffected...sweet, bluesy and inscrutable" The Courier Mail."A full ringing tone and suppleness of melodic invention" Limelight magazine."...every track is a masterpiece...a significant contribution to Australian jazz" www.jazz.org