''Loose Tubes'' is the debut album by English jazz

Loose Tubes Loose Tubes were a British jazz big band/orchestra active during the mid-to-late 1980s. Critically and popularly acclaimed, the band was considered to be the focal point of a 1980s renaissance in British jazz. It was the main launchpad for the ...

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Track listing

# "Eden Express" ( Django Bates) – 8:15 # "Rowing Boat Delineation Egg" (Bates) – 3:55 # "Descarga" (Dave Pattman, John Parricelli, Steve Berry) – 8:00 # "Descarga Ocurriencia" (Berry) – 2:43 # "Yellow Hill" (Bates) – 6:01 # "Mister Zee" (Berry) – 7:08 # "Arriving" (

Chris Batchelor Chris Batchelor is a British jazz trumpeter and composer. He gained his first professional experience with Dudu Pukwana's Zila aged 17, at the suggestion of Harry Beckett. He subsequently became a founder member, composer and soloist with Loose ...

) – 4:22 Notes *Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7 recorded at Portland Studios, London 29/12/84 *Tracks 3 & 4 recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London 15/9/85

Personnel

Iain Ballamy Iain Ballamy (born 20 February 1964) is a British composer and saxophonist. He is considered one of the greatest modern jazz saxophonists. Career Ballamy was born in Guildford, Surrey, and educated at George Abbot School, Guildford, from 1975 ...

– alto & soprano saxophones (soloist: track 5) * Steve Buckley – alto & soprano saxophones *

Mark Lockheart Mark Lockheart (born 31 March 1961) is a British jazz tenor saxophonist who was a member of the Loose Tubes big band during the 1980s. Career After the demise of Loose Tubes, Lockheart formed jazz/folk quartet Perfect Houseplants with Huw Warr ...

– tenor saxophone (soloist: track 1) * Tim Whitehead – tenor saxophone (soloist: track 6) *Dave Bitelli – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7) *Howard Turner – baritone saxophone (tracks 3 & 4) *Dai Pritchard – clarinet & bass clarinet * Eddie Parker – flute *

David DeFries David DeFries (born 24 May 1952) is an English jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, percussionist, composer and arranger, who was born in London, England. He was a member of Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath from 1981 onwards, and continues in b ...

– trumpet (soloist: track 3) *

John Eacott John Eacott (born 19 December 1960) is a British jazz trumpeter and composer. Life Beginnings, early influences John Eacott was born in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. His father Kenneth Eacott was a pianist, arranger and composer. His moth ...

– trumpet *

Lance Kelly Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

– trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7) * Steve Waterman – trumpet (tracks 3 & 4) *John Harborne – trombone (soloist: track 3) *Steve Day – trombone *Richard Pywell – trombone * Ashley Slater – bass trombone *

Dave Powell David John Powell (18 February 1876 – 22 August 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Aust ...

– tuba * Django Bates – keyboards, melodica (soloist: tracks 1, 6 and 7) * John Parricelli – electric guitar (soloist: track 4) * Steve Berry – double bass *Nic France – drums, electric drums *

Steve Argüelles Stephen Argüelles Clarke (born 16 November 1963) is an English jazz drummer, producer and is the proprietor of the Plush record label. He has also worked in film and theatre. He is the elder brother of saxophonist Julian Argüelles. Steph ...

– percussion *Colin Lazzerini – bass telephone, typewriter & rabbit

References

{{Authority control 1985 debut albums Loose Tubes albums