Open Letter (Loose Tubes album)
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Open Letter is the third album by the English big band
Loose Tubes
, that was released on the EG label in 1988.
Allmusic gives the album 3 out of 5 stars.
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 EG label in 1988.
Allmusic gives the album 3 out of 5 stars.
Track listing
- "Sweet Williams" (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,...
) – 8:54 - "Children's Game" (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....
) – 5:27 - "Blue" (Steve Berry) – 5:52
- "Shadow Play" (Parker) – 5:40
- "Mo Mhuirnin Ban" (Trad, arr. 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...
) – 3:37 - "Sticklebacks" (Batchelor) – 4:24
- "Accepting Suites from Strangers" (Bates) – 7:39
- "The Last Word" (Parker) – 6:39
- "Open Letter to Dudu Pukwana" (Dave DeFriesDave DeFriesDavid DeFries is a British jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and percussionist born in London, UK, probably best known for having been a member of Brotherhood of Breath founded by Chris McGregor....
) – 6:39
Personnel
- 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, bass flute - Dai Pritchard - clarinet, bass clarinet
- 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 and soprano saxes and flute - 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 and soprano saxes and penny whistle - 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 and soprano saxes - Tim Whitehead - tenor sax
- Julian ArgüellesJulian ArgüellesJulian Argüelles is a saxophonist. He is currently a member of the HR Big Band in Frankfurt am Main, Germany....
- soprano and baritone saxes - Dave DeFriesDave DeFriesDavid DeFries is a British jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and percussionist born in London, UK, probably best known for having been a member of Brotherhood of Breath founded by Chris McGregor....
- trumpet, flugelhorn and percussion - 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, flugelhorn
- 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, flugelhorn, bugle, clay trumpet - Richard Pywell - alto trombone, tenor trombone
- John Harborne - tenor trombone, flugelbone
- Steve Day - tenor trombone, euphonium
- 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, tuba - 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, tenor horn - 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...
- guitar - Steve Berry, bass
- 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...
- drums, percussion - Thebe Lipere - percussion