Results for "Brian Smith"

Brian Smith

Born: January 3, 1939

For Future Reference

Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD1: Chapter One; GRS; Celeste; Ugetsu; ‘Smatter; Early Spring; Your Eyes Are Love; The Right Moment. CD2: Zemlja; Summer Night; Three Four Piece; Evansong; Your Dancing Toes; For Future Reference; Ballad No. 1.

Trevor Tomkins' Sextant: For Future Reference

by Chris May
April 12, 2023

A 2-CD collection of four sessions recorded for BBC Radio between 1980 and 1983, For Future Reference is a snapshot, just one of many snapshots that might be taken, of British jazz in the period immediately before the so-called “jazz boom" of the mid to late 1980s. That boom was marked by an acknowledgement of the ...

Penumbra II

By Karl Jenkins

Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2022
Track listing: First Movement; Second Movement; Third Movement.

Karl Jenkins: Penumbra II

by Chris May
November 24, 2022

Multi-instrumentalist Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) is a successful composer of classical, film and TV music. But before he went over to the Dark Side, the then plain old Karl Jenkins was a member of the Rebel Alliance and a pivotal presence in British jazz rock. He ...

Nucleus: Nucleus Live at the BBC

by Maurizio Comandini
March 21, 2022

Dio salvi la regina. E la BBC. L'emittente di stato britannica ha capito fin da subito che da quelle belle energie musicali, che spuntavano come l'erba di Hyde Park sotto al tiepido sole di quelle latitudini, passavano le scelte esistenziali e culturali delle nuove generazioni e sin dagli anni sessanta ha dato ampio spazio alla musica, ...

Nucleus Live at the BBC

Label: Repertoire
Released: 2021
Track listing: Introduction: John Peel; Elastic Rock; 1916 (The Battle of Boogaloo); Orpheus; Persephone’s Jive; Twisted Track; Song for the Bearded Lady; Elastic Rock; Stonescape; Single Line; Twisted Track; 1916 (The Battle of Boogaloo); Persephone’s Jive; Never Carry Any More Than You Can Eat; Ballad of Joe Pimp; 1916 (The Battle of Boogaloo); Sun Child; Introduction: Brian Priestley; Freudian Saturday; Outro: Brian Priestley; Oasis; Introduction: Brian Priestley; Jam; 1916 (Battle of Boogaloo); Song for the Bearded Lady; We’ll Talk About It Later; Snakehips’ Dream; Song for the Bearded Lady; Elastic; Snakehips’ Dream; Snakehips’ Dream; Introduction: John Peel; Song for the Bearded Lady; Morning Call; Introduction: John Peel; Song for the Bearded Lady; Snakehips’ Dream; Crude Blues Part Two; Introduction: Don Locke; The Dream; Mayday; Belladonna; Suspension; New Life; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Sarsaparilla; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Pastoral Graffiti; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Theme 3: Rites of Man; Snakehips Etcetera; Introduction: Charles Alexander; Alive and Kicking; Rat’s Bag; Outro: Charles Alexander; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Splat; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Brain Child; Introduction: Peter Clayton; In Flagrante Delicto; Introduction: Charles Fox; Sassy (American Girl); Black Ballad (Ecce Domina); Simply This (The Human Condition); Outro: Charles Fox; Conversation with the Blues Part 1; Conversation with the Blues Part 2; Sidewalk; Introduction: Charles Fox; Easy Does It Now; Introduction: Charles Fox; The Pretty Redhead; For Miles and Miles; Dawn Choruses; Introduction: Peter Clayton; After the Rain; Introduction: Peter Clayton; You Can’t Be Serious You Must Be Joking; Outro: Peter Clayton; Introduction: Charles Fox; Symptoms of Love; She Tells Her Love; Introduction: Charles Fox; Love in Barrenness; Remorse Code; Outro: Charles Fox; Something for Mister Jelly Lord; Introduction: Ian Carr; She Tells Her Love; Introduction: Ian Carr; Bouquets Pour Ma Belle; Introduction: Charles Fox; Chiaroscuro; Introduction: Charles Fox; Midnight Oil; Introduction: Charles Fox; Awakening; Outro: Charles Fox; Dawn Choruses; Introduction: Peter Clayton; For Miles and Miles; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Easy Does It Now; Outro: Peter Clayton; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Dawn Choruses; Introduction: Ian Carr; For Miles and Miles; Open Country; Outro: Peter Clayton; Introduction: Ian Carr; Trio for Open Trumpet, EWI and Drums; Duo in B Minor for Harmon-Muted Trumpet and Bass Guitar; Quintet in A; Introduction: Ian Carr; Duo for Trumpet and Soprano Saxophone; Trio in D for Flugelhorn, Guitar and Bass Guitar; Introduction: Ian Carr; Duo in Fast Tempo for Cup-Muted Trumpet and Drums; Duo for Straight Muted Trumpet and Guitar; Duo for Open Trumpet and Tenor Saxophone; Introduction: Ian Carr; Old Heartland; Outro: Unknown Announcer; Introduction: Digby Fairweather; Uncertain Seduction; Introduction: Digby Fairweather; Full Fathom Five; Introduction: Digby Fairweather; Pandemonium; Outro: Digby Fairweather; Dawn Choruses; Introduction: Ian Carr; For Miles and Miles; You Can’t Be Serious You Must Be Joking; Easy Does It Now; Gone with the Weed; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Out of the Long Dark; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Lady Bountiful; Outro: Peter Clayton; Mutatis Mutandis; Introduction: Peter Clayton; Things Past; Introduction: Peter Clayton; You Can’t Be Serious, You Must Be Joking; Outro: Peter Clayton.

Solar Session

By Ian Carr

Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2021
Track listing: Element 1; Bedrock Deadlock; Spirit Level; Torso; Snakehips’ Dream.

Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows Live '75

By Neil Ardley

Label: Jazz In Britain
Released: 2021
Track listing: CD1: Intro; Prologue/Rainbow 1; Interlude 1; Rainbow 2; Interlude 2; Rainbow 3 (incomplete). CD2: Rainbow 4; Rainbow 5/Rainbow 6; Interlude 3; Interlude 4; Rainbow 7; Rainbow 8; Interlude 5; Rainbow 9; Epilogue; Outro.

The Rodger Fox Big Band: Plays New Zealand

by Jack Bowers
December 20, 2021

Even though such news would hardly make a ripple beyond the South Pacific, trombonist Rodger Fox's superlative big band was nearing its golden anniversary when Plays New Zealand was recorded in 2021. As the milestone loomed only two years in the distance, Fox decided it was time the band produced an album devoted entirely to new ...