John Warren & The Brass Project
Format Details:
Release Date: 24 February 2017
Label: Fledg'ling
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5020393310321
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
In the early 1990s John Warren and John Surman fulfilled a long-held ambition to form a brass-led ensemble – The BRASS PROJECT. The ensemble toured to great acclaim and released an album on the ECM label.
JOHN SURMAN – soprano and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet
CHRIS LAURENCE – bass
JOHN MARSHALL – drums
STEVE SIDWELL, GUY BARKER, STEVE WATERMAN – trumpets
PETE BEACHILL, MALCOLM GRIFFITHS – trombone
RICHARD EDWARDS, KENNY HAMILTON – bass trombone
JOHN WARREN – composer, arranger, director
This, previously unreleased, suite of tunes were inspired by stories of the early life and travels of John Warren's grandfather and composed especially for the BRASS PROJECT.
Recorded live in London, June 1993 by BEN SURMAN. Mastered for CD by longtime John Surman collaborator Jan Erik Kongshaug in Rainbow Studios, Oslo.
Tracklisting
John Renbourn & Jacqui McShee
The Young Tradition
Bob & Ron Copper
Anne Briggs
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Hedy West
Davy Graham
Shirley & Dolly Collins
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Jiem
Ant Law & Brigitte Beraha
Tom Green Septet
Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
Elaine Delmar
Ross McHenry
