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Django Bates’ Beloved: The Study of Touch

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On November 3, 2017, “ECM” label released “The Study of Touch”, the 14th Django Bates album. It was recorded in June 2016, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Django Bates – piano
  • Petter Eldh – bass
  • Peter Bruun – drums
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Nadia F. Romanini – photography
  • Ainis Radzevicius – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Django Bates except where noted

  1. Sadness All the Way Down
  2. Giorgiantics
  3. Little Petherick
  4. Senza Bitterness
  5. We Are Not Lost, We Are Simply Finding Our Way
  6. This World – Iain Ballamy
  7. The Study of Touch
  8. Passport – Charlie Parker
  9. Slippage Street
  10. Peonies as Promised
  11. Happiness All the Way Up

Marius Neset: Golden Xplosion

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On April 15, 2011, “Edition Records” label released “Golden Xplosion”, the second Marius Neset studio album. It was recorded by in January 2010, at “Village Recording”, and was produced by Marius Neset and Anton Eger.

Personnel:

  • Marius Neset- tenor and soprano saxophones
  • Django Bates- piano, keyboards, E-flat horn, trumpet
  • Jasper Høiby- double bass
  • Anton Eger– drums
  • August Wanngren – mixing
  • Thomas Eberger – mastering
  • Dave Stapleton – artwork, design
  • Siv-Anne Skogen – front cover photography
  • Tim Dickeson, Dave Stapleton – additional photography
  • Dave Stapleton – executive producer

Track listing: 

All tracks by Marius Neset except where noted.

  1. Introducing: Golden Xplosion
  2. Golden Xplosion
  3. City On Fire
  4. Sane
  5. Old Poison (XL)
  6. Shame Us – Marius Neset, Anton Eger
  7. Saxophone Intermezzo – Marius Neset, Daniel Davidsen
  8. The Real YSJ
  9. Saxophone Intermezzo II
  10. Angel Of The North
  11. Epilogue

Bill Bruford’s Earthworks: Dig?

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Dig

On August 16, 1989, “EG Records” label released “Dig?”, the second Bill Bruford’s Earthworks album. It was recorded November – December 1988, and was produced by Adam Moseley and Bill Bruford.

Personnel:

  • Bill Bruford- acoustic and electronic drums, percussion
  • Django Bates- keyboards, tenor horn, trumpet
  • Iain Ballamy- soprano, alto and tenor and baritone saxophones
  • Tim Harries- acoustic and fretless bass

Track listing:

  1. Stromboli Kicks – Iain Ballamy, Django Bates, Bill Bruford
  2. Gentle Persuasion – Iain Ballamy, Django Bates
  3. Downtown – Tony Hatch
  4. Pilgrim’s Way – Iain Ballamy, Bill Bruford
  5. Dancing on Frith Street – Django Bates
  6. A Stone’s Throw – Iain Ballamy, Django Bates, Bill Bruford
  7. Libreville – Iain Ballamy, Django Bates, Bill Bruford
  8. Coroboree – Iain Ballamy, Bill Bruford