''Open Letter'' is the third album by English
big band
A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and ...
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 ...
, that was released on the
EG label in 1988.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars.
[ Allmusic: ''Open Letter''accessed 19 May 2010]
Track listing
# "Sweet Williams"
(Django Bates
Django Bates (born Leon Bates, 2 October 1960) is a British jazz musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader and educator. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. Bates has been described as "one of the most talented musici ...
) – 8:54
# "Children's Game"
( Eddie Parker) – 5:27
# "Blue"
( Steve Berry) – 5:52
# "Shadow Play"
(Parker) – 5:40
# "Mo Mhuirnin Ban"
(Trad, arr. Chris Batchelor) – 3:37
# "Sticklebacks"
(Batchelor) – 4:24
# "Accepting Suites from Strangers"
(Bates) – 7:39
# "The Last Word"
(Parker) – 6:39
# "Open Letter to Dudu Pukwana"
( Dave DeFries) – 6:39
Personnel
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Eddie Parker – flute, bass flute
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Dai Pritchard – clarinet, bass clarinet
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Iain Ballamy
Iain Ballamy (born 20 February 1964) is a British composer and saxophonist. He is considered one of the 25 greatest jazz saxophonists of all time and was featured as one of the world's all-time greats in ''BBC Music Magazine''s "100 Jazz Legen ...
– alto and soprano saxes and flute
*
Steve Buckley – alto and soprano saxes and penny whistle
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Mark Lockheart – tenor and soprano saxes
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Tim Whitehead – tenor sax
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Julian Argüelles
Julian Argüelles (born 28 January 1966) is an English jazz saxophonist.
He is best known for his work during the 1980s and '90s with the ensemble Loose Tubes. Argüelles has also worked extensively as a solo performer and with American and E ...
– soprano and baritone saxes
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Dave DeFries – trumpet, flugelhorn and percussion
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Chris Batchelor – trumpet
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Lance Kelly – trumpet, flugelhorn
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John Eacott – trumpet, flugelhorn, bugle, clay trumpet
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Richard Pywell – alto trombone, tenor trombone
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John Harborne – tenor trombone, flugelbone
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Steve Day – tenor trombone, euphonium
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Ashley Slater
Ashley Slater (born 1961) is a Canadian-born British trombone player and best known for his narration on the television series '' Boo!'' as well as his work with Norman Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) in the band Freak Power.
Career
In 1983 after le ...
– bass trombone, tuba
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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 competition in ...
– tuba
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Django Bates
Django Bates (born Leon Bates, 2 October 1960) is a British jazz musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, band leader and educator. He plays the piano, keyboards and the tenor horn. Bates has been described as "one of the most talented musici ...
– keyboards, tenor horn
*
John Parricelli
John Parricelli (born 5 April 1959 in Evesham, Wychavon, Worcestershire, England) is a jazz guitarist who has worked mainly in the United Kingdom.
Parricelli began his career as a guitarist in 1982. He was one of the founding members of the Brit ...
– guitar
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Steve Berry, bass
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Steve Argüelles – drums, percussion
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Thebe Lipere – percussion
References
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1988 albums
Loose Tubes albums
Albums produced by Teo Macero
E.G. Records albums