Jez Nelson rounds up the best studio sessions of 2006 with music from Ralph Towner, Chick Corea, Paul Dunmall, Veryan Weston and more...
Playlist
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producer: Robert Abel
Assistant Producer: Peggy Sutton
Artist Russell Gunn
Title Seventy Four Miles Away
Composer Zawinul
Label Atlantic
LP Title Ethnomusicology Volume 1
Mike Westbrook's Art Wolf Plus recorded in session on 20th March 2006 by Steve Lowe
Mike Westbrook - piano, euphonium
Kate Westbrook - voice, tenor horn
Chris Biscoe and Pete Whyman - saxophones
Seb Rochford - drums
Tim Harries - bass
Title Art Wolf Sketches
Composer Mike Westbrook & Kate Westbrook
Tom Arthurs Trio recorded in session on 15th March 2006 by Steve Lowe
Tom Arthurs - trumpet and flugelhorn
Jasper Hoiby - bass
Stuarat Ritchie - drummer
Title Second Base
Composer Tom Arthurs
Ralph Towner recorded in session on 3rd April 2006 by Barry Gardner
Ralph Towner - guitar
Title Come Rain or Come Shine
Composer Harold Arlen
Reid Anderson recorded in session on May 22nd 2006 by Barry Gardner
Reid Anderson - double bass
Title Special BBC Solo Bass No. 3
Composer Reid Anderson
Paul Dunmall's Zoochosis plus Four recorded in session on 13th July 2006 by Steve Lowe
Paul Dunmall - saxophone
Paul Rogers - double bass
Trevor Taylor - percussion and electronics
Jonathan Impett - trumpet
Chris Bridges - trombone
Hilary Jeffreys - trombone
Dave Powell - tuba
Title Pretty Faced Kangaroo
Composer Paul Dunmall / Paul Rogers
Avishai Cohen Trio recorded in session on 6th October 2006 by Barry Gardner
Avishai Cohen - double bass
Sam Barsh - Fender Rhodes
Mark Guiliana - drums
Title Ani Maamin
Composer Tuvia Shlonsky
Tom Arthurs Trio (as above)
Title Leaves
Composer Tom Arthurs
Mike Westbrook's Art Wolf Plus (as above)
Title Il Mio Chiaro Parasole
Composer Mike Westbrook & Kate Westbrook
Paul Dunmall's Zoochosis (as above)
Title Homosapiens
Composer Paul Dunmall / Paul Rogers
Veryan Weston's Quintet of Uncertainty recorded in session on September 15th 2006 by Steve Lowe
Line-up:
Veryan Weston - piano
Satoko Fukuda - violin
Yedo Gibson - clarinet and tenor saxophone,
Hannah Marshall - cello
Nana Tsiboe - percussion
Title Disoriental
Composer Veryan Weston
Chick Corea group recorded in session in March 2006 by Barry Gardner
Chick Corea: keyboard
Tim Garland: saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
Hossam Ramzy: percussion
Title City of Brass
Composer Chick Corea
Mike Westbrook's Art Wolf Plus (as above)
Title My Pale Parasol
Composer Mike Westbrook & Kate Westbrook
