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Compañeros (album)
''Compañeros'' is the second album by the British jazz dance band Working Week, released by Virgin Records in 1986. Allmusic Review: ''Compañeros''accessed 14 October 2017 Track listing # "Too Much Time" (Don Van Vliet) – 4:01 # "Dancing in Motion" ( Simon Booth, Juliet Roberts, Larry Stabbins) – 4:10 # "Friend (Touche Pas à Mon Pote)" (Booth, Stabbins) – 4:44 # "South Africa" (Booth, Stabbins) – 4:53 # "Shot in the Dark" (Booth, Roberts, Stabbins) – 4:54 # "Soul Train" (Booth, Stabbins) – 4:45 # "King of the Night" (Booth, Stabbins) – 5:20 # "Touching Heaven" (Booth, Roberts, Stabbins) – 4:11 # "Southern Cross" (Booth, Stabbins) – 7:58 Personnel ;Working Week * Juliet Roberts – vocals * Simon Booth – guitars * Larry Stabbins – tenor and soprano saxophone and flute with: * Paul Spong – trumpet * Richard Edwards – trombone * Jess Bailey – keyboards * Nick Graham – keyboards * Iain Prince – keyboards * Paul "Tubbs" Williams – bass * Jeff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Stabbins
Larry Stabbins (born 9 September 1949) is a British jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer. Biography Larry Stabbins learned clarinet at school from the age of eight, when his musical idol was Acker Bilk. He started playing saxophone at the age of eleven. He was soon playing in local dance bands, doing his first paid gig aged twelve, and later also playing in soul bands such as Bristol group The Strange Fruits, particularly the music of Junior Walker and James Brown. He started working with pianist Keith Tippett when he was sixteen and later contributed to various Tippett projects such as Centipede, Ark, Tapestry and the Keith Tippett Septet. In addition the two also worked for a time in a trio with South African percussionist Louis Moholo. In London in the early 1970s, after a brief period in the Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, he played with John Stevens’ Spontaneous Music Orchestra, and occasionally with the Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME). During this period he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Albums
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. * January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. * January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. * January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. * January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. * January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a Ugandan Bush War, five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Album Charts
The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays). It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and found on the OCC website as a Top 100 or on '' UKChartsPlus'' as a Top 200, with positions continuing until all sales have been tracked in data only available to industry insiders. However, even though number 100 was classed as a hit album (as in the case of ''The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums'') in the 1980s until January 1989, since the compilations were removed, this definition was changed to Top 75 with follow-up books such as ''The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums'' only including this data. As of 2021, Since 1983, the OCC generally provides a public charts for hits and weeks up to the Top 100. Business customers can require addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bedford
David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter and author Herbert Bedford and the composer Liza Lehmann, and the son of Leslie Bedford, an inventor, and Lesley Duff, a soprano opera singer. From 1969 to 1981, Bedford was Composer in Residence at Queen's College, London. From 1968 to 1980, he taught music in a number of London secondary schools. In 1996 he was appointed Composer in Association with the English Sinfonia. In 2001 he was appointed Chairman of the Performing Right Society, having previously been Deputy chairman. Early life and career Bedford was born in Hendon, London to Leslie Bedford, the director of engineering for the guided weapons division of the British Aircraft Corporation, and Lesley Duff, a soprano singer who worked with the English Opera Group. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Ricotti
Frank E. Ricotti (born 31 January 1949) is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist. Early life and education Frank E. Ricotti was born in St Pancras, London, England; his father was a drummer. Bill Ashton, founder of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), was an early mentor. As a teenager, Ricotti played vibraphone and learned composition and arranging in the NYJO, and later attended Trinity College of Music between 1967 and 1970. Career Ricotti worked with Neil Ardley (1968–71), Dave Gelly, Graham Collier, Mike Gibbs (1969–72), Stan Tracey (1970), Harry Beckett (1970–72), Norma Winstone (1971), Gordon Beck (1973–74), and Hans Zimmer. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ricotti led his own jazz quartet. A line-up of the band featuring the guitarist Chris Spedding, bassist Chris Laurence and drummer Bryan Spring recorded the album ''Our Point of View'', released in July 1969. In 1971, in partnership with bassist Mike de Albuquerque, he releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston Heyman
Preston Heyman is a British record producer, drummer and percussionist. He is credited on the Kate Bush album '' Never for Ever''. Not too long afterwards, he was recruited to be the drummer for Atomic Rooster's reformation, and appeared on their self-titled comeback album ''Atomic Rooster'' (1980). In May 1983, he played with the Waterboys on their first public appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test. He also played on "The Three Day Man" on the 12 inch single of "December" He played Oriental percussion instruments on the track "Blood Sucking" of Mike Oldfield's soundtrack for the film '' The Killing Fields'', released in 1984. He played drums on the single "Wishing Well A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe water well, wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the notion that water housed deity, deities or had ..." from the 1987 album '' Introducing the Hardline Accord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Clyne
Jeffrey Ovid Clyne (29 January 1937 – 16 November 2009) was a British jazz bassist (playing both bass guitar and double bass). Clyne worked with Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott in their group the Jazz Couriers for a year from 1958, and was part of the group of musicians who opened Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in November 1959.Steve Voc"Jeff Clyne: Bassist and stalwart of the British jazz scene for 40 years" ''The Independent'', 20 November 2009. He was a regular member of Hayes' groups from 1961. Clyne accompanied Blossom Dearie, Stan Tracey (on his ''Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood"'' album), Ian Carr, Gordon Beck (on ''Experiments With Pops'', with John McLaughlin), Dudley Moore, Zoot Sims, Norma Winstone, John Burch and Marion Montgomery. He was a member of Nucleus, Isotope, Gilgamesh, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band and Turning Point in the 1970s. He often worked with drummer Trevor Tomkins. Jeff Clyne died from a heart attack on 16 November 2009, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Graham (musician)
Nick Graham is a British vocalist, songwriter, flautist, pianist and bassist. He was one of the original members of the English progressive rock band Atomic Rooster from 1969 to 1970. He is sometimes mistakenly identified as a member of the End and Tucky Buzzard, but that was a different musician with a similar name. Career Graham founded Atomic Rooster with Vincent Crane and Carl Palmer in 1969, and appeared on the band's first album. He then joined Skin Alley, with whom he performed on three albums before leaving in 1974. Afterward, he toured with Edwin Starr. In 1977, Graham formed Alibi, as a songwriting project with drummer Tony Knight, who was later replaced by Charlie Morgan. The group recorded an album produced by Muff Winwood and Rhett Davies, which was never released. It was re-recorded with Chris Rea as producer in 1980, and the song "Friends" became a radio hit. In 1985, Graham performed as part of the Explorers with former Roxy Music members Phil Manzanera and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edwards (musician)
Richard Edwards is a London-based classical and jazz trombone player as well as composer/arranger. Discography As sideman With Jamiroquai * ''Blow Your Mind'' (Sony Soho Square, 1993) * ''Emergency on Planet Earth'' (Sony Soho Square,1993) * ''Too Young to Die'' (Sony Soho Square, 1993) * ''Half the Man'' (Sony Soho Square, 1994) * ''The Return of the Space Cowboy'' (Sony Soho Square, 1994) With Colin Towns * ''Mask Orchestra'' (Jazz Label 1993) * ''Nowhere & Heaven'' (Provocateur, 1996) * ''Bolt from the Blue'' (Provocateur, 1997) * ''Another Think Coming'' (Provocateur, 2001) With Working Week * ''I Thought I'd Never See You Again'' (Virgin, 1985) * ''Companeros'' (Virgin, 1986) * ''Fire in the Mountain'' (10 Records, 1989) * ''May 1985'' (Promising Music 2015) With others * Kim Appleby, ''Breakaway'' (Parlophone, 1993) * Kim Appleby, ''Kim Appleby'' (Parlophone, 1990) * Lorne Balfe, ''Penguins of Madagascar'' (Sony Classical, 2015) * Gilbert Becaud, ''Ensemble'' (RCA, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Roberts
Juliet Roberts (born 6 May 1962) is a British jazz, rock, soul and house music singer of Grenadian descent. Career Roberts was born in London, England. She originally recorded as Julie Roberts in 1982, and performed on the 1983 top 10 hit single "It's Over" by Funk Masters. In July 1983, she released the single "Fool for You" backed with "It's Been a Long, Long Time" on the Bluebird Records label, catalogue reference BRT3. The single peaked at No. 77 on the Gallup chart, week ending 20 August 1983. In 1984, Roberts began a four-year stint as vocalist for the jazz group Working Week. She also released another single on Bluebird, "The Old Rugged Cross" b/w "I'm So Glad". In 1986, she released "Ain't You Had Enough Love", which was covered by Phyllis Hyman the following year. in 1986, Roberts also presented Channel 4's ''Solid Soul'' programme with Chris Forbes. In 1990, she provided backing vocals on Cathy Dennis's '' Move to This'' album, as well as on Breathe's album ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Working Week (band)
Working Week were a British jazz-dance band active in the 1980s and 1990s. Working Week was formed in 1983 by guitarist Simon Emmerson, Simon Booth and saxophonist Larry Stabbins from the band Weekend (Welsh band), Weekend, which ended when singer Alison Statton left to become a chiropractor. Initially a floating ensemble of nine players including trombonist Annie Whitehead, vocalist Julie Driscoll, Julie Tippett, pianist Keith Tippett and percussionist Bosco D'Oliveira, Working Week released their debut single "Venceremos (We Will Win)" during the following year. The song was a tribute to Chilean protest singer Víctor Jara, with vocals by Robert Wyatt and Tracey Thorn (the latter from the band Everything but the Girl). It became the band's highest placing in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. 64. Booth and Stabbins then recruited Juliet Roberts as permanent vocalist and started working on an album. The debut album ''Working Nights (album), Working Nights'' was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
