‘eclectic trajectory’
Tim Rollinson is a guitarist and composer who is best known as a founder member of Dig (Directions in Groove). He has also played with a range of other artists such as The Greasy Chicken Orchestra, Clayton Doley and the Flashy Dashbacks, Vince Jones, The Black-Eyed Susans, Louis Tillett, The Young Northside Big Band, Phil Slater, The 10 Guitar Project, Jurassic Bark,
Tim has written and released seven albums: Cause + Effect (1998), You Tunes (2010), Nitty Gritty (2016), Old New Blues (2019), Undertones (2022), Lost and Found (2024), Chiromancy (2024)
Tim's playing career has been described as an ‘eclectic trajectory’, including jazz, indie rock, funk, soul and free improvisation.
In 2011 Tim was voted 12th best in a readers poll held by ‘Australian Guitarist’ magazine.
‘With his experience in rock and in the more avant reaches of jazz (as well as the mainstream) Rollinson has many distortion and colouristic effects at his disposal. He can play hard and gritty as well as lyrically’
John Clare
'Drawing on material from the impressive You Tunes album, they moved between brooding ambience, fairly straight-ahead jazz, extended journeys and howling climaxes...one of the best guitar sounds in Australian jazz'
John Shand Sydney Morning Herald
‘Guitarist Tim Rollinson proves himself to be a thorough modernist, taking bits and pieces from the styles of Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Jerry Garcia, and a lot of others, then synthesizing them into an expansive and easy-going approach that’s pretty much a pleasure to listen to.’
Stuart Kremsky Cadence Magazine (USA)