Summer_Fruits_(and_Unrest)

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Summer Fruits (and Unrest)

1993 studio album by Django Bates

Summer Fruits (and Unrest) is an album led by composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader Django Bates which was recorded in 1993 and released on the JMT label.[1]

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AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "hot full of breezy humor -- while also falling prey to the needless clutter so popular in fusion bands and jazz schools -- Summer Fruits will no doubt please fans who like their swing embedded in left field, yet logical dress".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Django Bates

  1. "Tight Rope" – 1:17
  2. "Armchair March" – 7:01
  3. "Food for Plankton (In Detail)" – 5:03
  4. "Säd Afrika" – 6:08
  5. "Three Architects Called Gabrielle: Just What I Expected" – 6:14
  6. "Queen of Puddings" – 8:19
  7. "Hyphen" – 5:32
  8. "Nights at the Circus" – 4:19
  9. "Discovering Metal" – 3:50
  10. "Little Petherick" – 6:30
  11. "March Hare Dance" – 3:02

Personnel

  • Django Bates – piano, keyboards, peck horn
  • Eddie Parker – flute, bass flute
  • Sarah Homer – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Iain Ballamy, Steve Buckley – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Mark Lockheart, Barak Schmool – tenor saxophone
  • Julian Argüelles – baritone saxophone
  • Sid Gauld – high trumpet
  • Chris Batchelor – soloing trumpet
  • David Laurence – French horn
  • Roland Bates – trombone
  • Richard Henry – bass trombone
  • Sarah Waterhouse – tuba
  • Steve Watts – acoustic bass
  • Mike Mondesir – electric bass
  • Stuart Hall – electric guitar, violin, lap steel, banjo
  • Martin France – drums
  • Thebe Lipare – percussion

References

  1. [1]
    Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 9, 2014
  2. [2]
    Cook, S., Allmusic Review accessed December 9, 2014
  3. [3]
    Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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