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The Colin Byrne Jazz Orchestra

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Jazz Orchestra composer, Colin Byrne was born in Cork City, Ireland in 1974 where he spent many years playing and touring with various bands. In 1995 he moved to Leeds, England and in 1999 he completed a BA degree in Jazz Studies at Leeds College of Music. In 2000 completed his M.Mus in Jazz Composition. The idea for Big Band Byrne was first conceived in June 1999 just as Colin Byrne was about to complete his B.A. degree in Jazz Studies at Leeds College Of Music. Colin had been writing prolifically during his degree years and had, without realising, produced the first few compositions for the exhilarating pad that Big Band Byrne uses today. Friends of Leeds College of Music--Composer of the Year 1999 and The Yorkshire Television Arranger of the Year 1999

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Leaving For Home

Label: TDCB Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Crazy Monday; Talking; 1916; Leaving For Home; Time To Remind Me; As If Only; Demolition Baritone.

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The Colin Byrne Jazz Orchestra: Leaving for Home

Read "Leaving for Home" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Even though it veers occasionally into choppy waters, this ambitious album by the Colin Byrne Jazz Orchestra starts on an even keel and charts a generally straight-ahead course before crashing headlong onto the shoals of free jazz. Among comparable ensembles, the one that most immediately came to my mind is the Mingus Big Band, which should ...

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Article: Album Review

Big Band Byrne: Leaving For Home

Read "Leaving For Home" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Leaving for Home is the bold and brash big band debut from the new Big Band Byrne, Colin Byrne's jazz orchestra from Leeds, United Kingdom. In February 2005 the composer/drummer went on the internet and advertised on Jazz in Leeds to attract musicians interested in playing original music in a new band. The result was the ...

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Talking

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Label: TDCB Records
Released: 2006
Duration: 9:03


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