Days on Earth

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Days on Earth
Studio album by
Mark Lockheart
Released2019
RecordedDecember 2017
Studio British Grove Studios
Genre Jazz
Length50:22
Label Edition
Producer Mark Lockheart
Mark Lockheart chronology
Salvator Mundi
(2019)		Days on Earth
(2019)		Dreamers
(2022)

Days on Earth is a 2019 album by musician Mark Lockheart released on Edition Records.

Contents

The album is a six-piece suite of compositions by Lockheart for jazz sextet alongside 30-piece orchestra conducted by John Ashton Thomas. It was recorded at Mark Knopfler's British Grove Studios in Chiswick, West London [1] over 2-days in December 2017. [2] Featured musicians include Liam Noble, Seb Rochford and John Parricelli.

Reception

The album was well received with reviews in many publications. The Guardian newspaper's John Fordham gave a 4-star review referencing "Lockheart’s laconically Wayne Shorter-ish sax sound" in a "fine, ambitious recording" which "invites a wider audience" than jazz lovers [3] , while Mike Hobart of the Financial Times also awarded 4-stars to an album interweaving "spiky lines and smooth contours of contemporary European jazz with the shifting textures of a 30-piece orchestra." [4] Jazzwise called the work Lockheart's "magnum opus" and "an impressive achievement in both concept and execution" [5] . DownBeat noted the "indelible, head-bobbing groove" of the track “Believers", and how "Lockheart frequently crafts segments within each of the seven songs, so an element of unpredictability arises and the overall momentum never sags." [6] . MOJO deemed this album Lockheart's "boldest yet… Lush and ambitious, it's cinematically compelling from the off”. [7] The album also received reviews in the German music magazine Rondo [8] and in The Times [9] .

Live Performances

The first performance and album launch were held at Milton Court Concert Hall (part of the Barbican Estate) with jazz sextet and the Studio Orchestra of Guildhall School of Music & Drama. [10] [11]

Track Listing

All tracks are composed by Mark Lockheart. The album is a six-piece suite with tracks 2 and 3 forming one piece.

  1. "A View From Above" - 6:39
  2. "Brave World" - 2:48
  3. "This Much I Know Is True" - 7:23
  4. "Party Animal" - 8:55
  5. "Believers" - 9:49
  6. "Triana" - 5:07
  7. "Long Way Gone" - 9:41

Personnel

Jazz Musicians

Orchestra

Violins
  • Jackie Shave (leader of strings)
  • Warren Zielinski
  • Rita Manning
  • Tom Pigott-Smith
  • Magnus Johnston
  • Marije Johnston
  • Katherine Shave
  • Patrick Kiernan
  • Shlomy Dobrinsky
  • Tom Crehan
  • Ruth Ehrlich
  • William Hillman
  • Matthew Ward
Violas
  • Bruce White
  • Oli Langford
  • Clare Finnimore
  • Paul Cassidy
  • Ruth Gibson
Cellos
  • Caroline Dearnley
  • Jonathan Tunnell
  • Jacqueline Thomas
  • David Daniels
Harp
  • Helen Tunstall
Clarinets
  • Nick Rodwell
  • James Allsopp
Flutes
French Horns
  • Jim Rattigan
  • Laurence Davies
Trumpets
Trombone

Alistair White

Bass Trombone

Andy Wood

Other credits

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Richard (10 January 2019). "Mark Lockheart's Days on Earth". The Blue Moment. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mark Lockheart - Days on Earth". Edition Records. 24 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Fordham, John (18 January 2019). "Mark Lockheart: Days on Earth review – brightest recording of a glittering career". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Hobart, Mike (18 January 2019). "Mark Lockheart: Days on Earth - orchestral jazz". The Financial Times. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Nicholson, Stuart. "Mark Lockheart: Days on Earth". Jazzwise Magazine. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Reed, Bobby (January 2019). "Days on Earth review". Downbeat Magazine. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  7. ↑ Cowan, Andy (February 2019). [www.mojo4music.com "Mojo"]. Mojo (303): 87.{{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)
  8. ↑ Stiefele, Werner (19 January 2019). "Days On Earth - Mark Lockheart". Rondo. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Bungey, John (25 January 2019). "Mark Lockheart: Days on Earth". The Times Newspaper. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Guildhall Studio Orchestra with Mark Lockheart". Barbican.org. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Guildhall School Spring Programme". Guildhall School. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
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