Oriole are a London-based band fusing lyrical world music with jazz spontaneity, who create an aural form of

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Oriole's members consist of many of the most well established figures in the new British Jazz scene and are perhaps one of the few groups to feature two Mercury nominated artists: '' Ben Davis (cellist), Ben Davis'' on cello and ''

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'' on drums. They have also released two albums on the

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label. The music of Oriole is composed by prolific guitarist Jonny Phillips (musician).

Discography

* ''Song for the Sleeping'' ( F-ire, 2005) * ''Migration'' (F-ire, 2006) * ''Every New Day'' (F-ire, 2012)

Compilation albums

*''F-ire Works Vol. 1'' (F-ire, 2006) *''F-ire Works Vol. 2'' (F-ire, 2007) *''ZOOM! European Jazz Collective'' (F-ire, 2007)

Personnel

* '' Jonny Phillips'' - guitar * ''

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'' - tenor saxophone * '' Ben Davis (cellist), Ben Davis'' - cello * '' Idris Rahman'' - tenor saxophone * '' Nick Ramm'' - piano * ''Adriano Adewale'' - percussion * ''Ruth Goller'' - bass * ''Fernando De Marco'' - bass * ''

'' - drums * Guests and previous members have included Sarah Homer,

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, Okou, Steve Buckley, Guillermo Rozenthuler,

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and Anders Christensen.

References

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External links

Oriole-music.co.uk

F-ire.com

myspace/oriole2

Jonnyphillips.com
Musical groups from London Jazz fusion