John Warren & The Brass Project
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
Bob & Ron Copper
The Young Tradition
Shirley & Dolly Collins
Anne Briggs
The Young Tradition
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Hedy West
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu
