5029385992330

The Jack Davies Big Band

The Jack Davies Big Band

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Cat No: VAVM0003

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Release Date:  30 April 2012

Label:  V & V Music

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5029385992330

Genres:  Jazz  Big Band  

  • Description

    This highly atmospheric big band album of new compositions by Jack Davies has a strong narrative line and was produced by Colin Towns. Featured soloists include saxophonists Josh Arcoleo and Martin Speake and trumpeters Nick Smart and Percy Pursglove.

    Bringing together several generations of British jazz musicians and influenced by the tradition of great innovative British big bands, The Jack Davies Big Band draws on the raucous power of Colin Towns' Mask Orchestra, the lyrical melancholy of Kenny Wheeler and the boundary-pushing work of Loose Tubes.



    This is big band music which retains the energy and individualism of Duke Ellington, but is infused with the powerful and uncompromising aesthetic of contemporary jazz.



    "Jack Davies is producing a very strong and inventive body of work, and he's only just begun." - Colin Towns



    Personnel: Andy Greenwood, Tom Walsh, Percy Pursglove, Nick Smart, Reuben Fowler (trumpets), Kieran McLeod, Richard Foote, Patrick Hayes, Ed Hilton (trombones), Josh Arcoleo, Martin Speake, Mike Chillingworth, Joe Wright, Rob Cope (saxophones), Alex Munk (guitar), Tom Taylor (piano), James Opstad (bass), Jon Ormston (drums), Joe Wright (electronics)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Entropy
      • 2. (I Had) A Bad Dream
      • 3. Some New Infection
      • 4. I Will Wait For You To Get Up / You Will Wait for a Long Time
      • 5. Circle
      • 6. 1984 Suite - I. Telescreen
      • 7. 1984 Suite - II. If There is Hope
      • 8. 1984 Suite - III. Dance of the Proles
      • 9. 1984 Suite - IV. Thrush Song
      • 10. 1984 Suite - V. Mr Charrington's Shop