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UltraSound - North Utsire, South Utsire

Mark McKergow

Label: Toco Records
Released: 1996
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Tracks

Opening; Oceanology; The Matthew Variations, Variation I; Ocean Blue; Variation II; All At Sea (Kevin Figes); Variation III; Eighth Voyage; Variation IV; A Thousand Miles Or More; Breaking Water; Variation V

Personnel

Mark McKergow

saxophone

Kevin Figes

saxophone, alto

Jake McMurchie

saxophone

Ben Waghorn

saxophone

Andy Hague

trumpet

Pete Judge

Gethin Liddington

trumpet

Ralf Dorrell

trombone

Savio Pacini

trombone

Nicky Sullivan

trombone

Jonathan Taylor

piano

Jon Stein

keyboards

Clive Radford

guitar

Andy Keep

bass, electric

Simon Gore

drums

Matt Griffiths

percussion

Album Description

UltraSound was a contemporary jazz orchestra/big band based in Bristol in the mid 1990s. Led by saxophonist Mark McKergow, the band wrote and recorded this CD as a project based around the International Festival of the Sea, Bristol, May 1996. A key theme of the festival was John Cabot's voyage aboard the Matthew from Bristol to the new world five hundred years before. This work includes a set of 'Matthew Variations' along with other nautically inspired works by band members. The music was premiered at the Festival and subsequently performed at venues including London's South Bank Centre (Purcell Room) and Glastonbury Festival 1997.

1. Opening (Jonathan Taylor)
2. Oceanology (Jonathan Taylor)
3. The Matthew Variations, Variation I (Ralf Dorrell)
4. Ocean Blue (Savio Pacini)
5. Variation II (Ralf Dorrell)
6. All At Sea (Kevin Figes)
7. Variation III (Ralf Dorrell)
8. Eighth Voyage (Andy Keep)
9. Variation IV (Ralf Dorrell)
10. A Thousand Miles Or More (Jake McMurchie)
11. Breaking Water (Jon Stein)
(followed by Variation V, Ralf Dorrell)

UltraSound were (for this project)
Mark McKergow (soprano saxophone)
Kevin Figes (alto & baritone saxophones & flute)
Jake McMurchie (tenor & alto saxophones)
Ben Waghorn (saxophones, flute and clarinet)
Mike Daniels (trumpet)
Andy Hague (trumpet and flugelhorn)
Pete Judge (trumpet)
Ralf Dorrell (trombone and bass trombone)
Savio Pacini (trombone)
Nicky Sullivan (trombone)
Jonathan Taylor (keyboards)
Jon Stein (keyboards)
Clive Radford (guitar)
Andy Keep (bass guitar)
Simon Gore (drums)
Matthew Griffiths (percussion)

Recorded at QEH Theatre, Bristol 2-4 March 1996. Engineer Jonathan Lane. Producer, Andy Keep. Executive Producer, Mark McKergow. Recorded live with no overdubs.

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