The Brass Project

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The Brass Project
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Studio album by
John Surman / John Warren
Released1993
RecordedApril 1992
Genre Jazz
Length72:51
Label ECM
ECM 1478
Producer Steve Lake
John Surman chronology
Adventure Playground
(1991)		The Brass Project
(1993)		 Stranger than Fiction
(1994)
CD Reissue Cover
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The Brass Project is an album by English jazz saxophonist John Surman and Canadian conductor and composer John Warren, recorded in April 1992 and released on ECM the following year. Warren's brass nonet consists trumpeters Henry Lowther, Stephen Waterman, and Stuart Brooks, trombonists Malcolm Griffiths and Chris Pyne, bass trombonists David Stewart and Richard Edwards, and rhythm section Chris Laurence and John Marshall. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "This episodic set has its share of sound explorations but also contains swinging sections and an impressive amount of excitement. The colorful solos (mostly by Surman) and the unpredictable writing make this a highly recommended disc." [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by John Warren except where noted.

  1. "The Returning Exile" – 7:46
  2. "Coastline" (Surman)– 3:38
  3. "The New One Two Part 1" – 6:38
  4. "The New One Two Part 2" – 7:33
  5. "Spacial Motive" – 4:56
  6. "Wider Vision" (Surman) – 8:33
  7. "Silent Lake" – 6:01
  8. "Mellstock Quire / Tantrum Clangley" – 11:19
  9. "All for a Shadow" (Surman, Warren) 5:35

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ ECM discography accessed October 4, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 4, 2011
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1364. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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