Loose Tubes (album)
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Loose Tubes is the debut album by the English big band
Loose Tubes
, that was released on the Loose Tubes Limited record label as an LP in 1985. The recording has never been reissued on CD.
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
Loose Tubes
Loose Tubes
Loose Tubes was a British jazz big band/orchestra active during the mid-to-late 1980s. Critically and popularly acclaimed, the band was considered to bethe focal point of a 1980s renaissance in British jazz...
, that was released on the Loose Tubes Limited record label as an LP in 1985. The recording has never been reissued on CD.
Track listing
- "Eden Express" (Django BatesDjango BatesDjango Bates , is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. He currently lives in Copenhagen where he is a professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and leader of the StoRMChaser orchestra.-Career:Django Bates was born in Beckenham,...
) – 8:15 - "Rowing Boat Delineation Egg" (Bates) – 3:55
- "Descarga" (Dave Pattman, John ParricelliJohn ParricelliJohn Parricelli is a jazz guitarist, appearing and recording mainly in the United Kingdom.Parricelli began his career as a guitarist in 1982 and was one of the founding members of the British big band Loose Tubes, with whom he recorded three albums...
, Steve Berry) – 8:00 - "Descarga Ocurriencia" (Berry) – 2:43
- "Yellow Hill" (Bates) – 6:01
- "Mister Zee" (Berry) – 7:08
- "Arriving" (Chris BatchelorChris BatchelorChris Batchelor is a jazz trumpeter and composer. He gained his first professional experience with Dudu Pukwana's Zila aged 17, at the suggestion of Harry Beckett. He subsequently became a founder member,composer and soloist with Loose Tubes, contributing many pieces to the repertoire of the band...
) – 4:22
- Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7 recorded at Portland Studios, London 29/12/84
- Tracks 3 & 4 recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London 15/9/85
Personnel
- Iain BallamyIain BallamyIain Ballamy is a British composer, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone player.- Career :Ballamy was schooled at 1975-80 George Abbot School, Guildford. He then studied Musical Instrument Technology from 1980-1982 Merton College...
- alto & soprano saxophones (soloist: track 5) - Steve BuckleySteve BuckleySteve Buckley is a British jazz musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who is most often heard playing alto, soprano and tenor saxophones, penny whistle and bass clarinet....
- alto & soprano saxophones - Mark LockheartMark LockheartMark Lockheart is a British jazz tenor saxophonist who came to prominence as a member of the Loose Tubes big band during the 1980s....
- tenor saxophone (soloist: track 1) - Tim Whitehead - tenor saxophone (soloist: track 6)
- Dave Bitelli - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7)
- Howard Turner - - baritone saxophone (tracks 3 & 4)
- Dai Pritchard - clarinet & bass clarinet
- Eddie ParkerEddie Parker (musician)Eddie Parker is an English jazz flautist and composer.As well as being one of Britain's leading jazz flautists, Eddie is a multi-instrumentalist and often plays keyboards during live performances and workshops....
- flute - David DeFries - trumpet (soloist: track 3)
- John EacottJohn EacottJohn Eacott is a British composer and Principal Lecturer in Music at the University of Westminster.-Life:Eacott's career started in the 1980s with anarchic jazzers Loose Tubes, post-industrial metal bashers Test Dept, Roman Holliday, acid jazz group Vibraphonic, and a diverse array of artists...
- trumpet - Chris BatchelorChris BatchelorChris Batchelor is a jazz trumpeter and composer. He gained his first professional experience with Dudu Pukwana's Zila aged 17, at the suggestion of Harry Beckett. He subsequently became a founder member,composer and soloist with Loose Tubes, contributing many pieces to the repertoire of the band...
- trumpet - Lance Kelly - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7)
- Steve WatermanSteve Waterman (musician)Steve Waterman is a British jazz trumpeter, composer and educator.Waterman was born in Lincolnshire and educated at Trinity College. He leads a quintet and 18-piece jazz orchestra, holds several teaching posts...
- trumpet (tracks 3 & 4) - John Harborne - trombone (soloist: track 3)
- Steve Day - trombone
- Richard Pywell - trombone
- Ashley SlaterAshley SlaterAshley Slater is a UK based trombone player and best known for his work with Norman Cook in the band Freak Power. He was born in Schefferville, Canada in 1961...
- bass trombone - Dave Powell - tuba
- Django BatesDjango BatesDjango Bates , is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. He currently lives in Copenhagen where he is a professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and leader of the StoRMChaser orchestra.-Career:Django Bates was born in Beckenham,...
- keyboards, melodica (soloist: tracks 1, 6 and 7) - John ParricelliJohn ParricelliJohn Parricelli is a jazz guitarist, appearing and recording mainly in the United Kingdom.Parricelli began his career as a guitarist in 1982 and was one of the founding members of the British big band Loose Tubes, with whom he recorded three albums...
- electric guitar (soloist: track 4) - Steve Berry - double bass
- Nic France - drums, electric drums
- Steve ArgüellesSteve ArgüellesSteve Argüelles is an English jazz drummer, producer and is the boss of the record label . He has also worked in film and theatre. He is the elder brother of saxophonist Julian Argüelles...
- percussion - Colin Lazzerini - bass telephone, typewriter & rabbit