Release Date: 10 October 2011
Label: Jazz Cat Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060114363199
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 10 October 2011
Label: Jazz Cat Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060114363199
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
A set of new compositions by bassist/composer Ben Crosland inspired by sculptures at Yorkshire sculpture park commissioned for the 20th Marsden jazz festival 2011 performed by Crosland's new band, the brass group.
The brass group which features Steve Waterman and Martin Shaw on trumpet/flugelhorn, Mark Nightingale and Barnaby Dickinson on trombone and pianist Steve Lodder, has grown out of Threeway, Crosland's trio which explores the possibilities of a group without drums. This stellar sextet retains the same intimacy and subtlety whilst the larger instrumentation provides Crosland with a broader compositional palette to develop the colours and textures of his pieces with rich voicings and imaginative ensemble writing. The improvisational skill and creativity of these great soloists are a given.
Personnel: Steve Waterman, Martin Shaw (trumpet, flugelhorn), Mark Nightingale, Barnaby Dickinson (trombone), Steve Lodder (piano, keyboard), Ben Crosland (bass)
Tracklisting
Ben Crosland Quintet
Ben Crosland
Threeway & John Etheridge
John Etheridge Trio North
Ben Crosland
Ben Crosland Quintet
Ben Crosland Quartet & Alan Skidmore
Adrian Ingram - Ben Crosland Quartet, Jim Mullen & Eryl Roberts
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu