Tag Archives: Sarah Williams

Kenny Wheeler: A Long Time Ago

Leave a comment

On October 19, 1999, “ECM” label released “A Long Time Ago”, the 16th Kenny Wheeler album. It was recorded September 1997 – January 1998, at “Gateway Studio” in Kingston, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
  • John Taylor – piano
  • John Parricelli – guitar
  • Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Henry Lowther, Ian Hamer – trumpet
  • Pete Beachill, Mark Nightingale, Richard Edwards- trombone
  • Sarah Williams, Dave Stewart – bass trombone
  • Tony Faulkner – conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenny Wheeler.

  1. The Long Time Ago Suite
  2. One Plus Three (Version 1)
  3. Ballad for a Dead Child
  4. Eight Plus Three / Alice My Dear
  5. Going for Baroque
  6. Gnu Suite
  7. One Plus Three (Version 2)

Mike Gibbs: Mike Gibbs + Twelve Play Gil Evans

Leave a comment

On August 12, 2013, “Whirlwind Recordings” label released “Mike Gibbs + Twelve play Gil Evans”, the twelve Mike Gibbs album. It was recorded in 2013 and was produced by Mike Gibbs, Hans Koller, Michael Janisch, and Alex Bonney.

Personnel:

  • Mike Gibbs – arranger, conductor
  • Finn Peters – alto saxophone, flutes
  • Julian Siegel – soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Lluis Mather – tenor saxophone, clarinets
  • Percy Pursglove, Robbie Robson, Joe Aukland – trumpet
  • Jim Rattigan – French horn
  • Mark Nightingale – trombone
  • Sarah Williams – bass trombone, tuba
  • Hans Koller – piano
  • Michael Janisch- double bass
  • Jeff Williams– drums
  • Alex Bonney – engineer, editing
  • Tyler McDiarmid – mixing, mastering
  • Michael Janisch – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Bilbao Song – Kurt Weill(arranged by Gil Evans)
  2. Las Vegas Tango – Gil Evans
  3. Ida Lupino – Carla Bley
  4. Feelings & Things – Michael Gibbs
  5. Sister Sadie – Horace Silver(arranged by Gil Evans)
  6. Spring is Here – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart(arranged by Gil Evans)
  7. Ramblin’ – Ornette Coleman
  8. Louis Blues – W.C. Handy (arranged by Gil Evans)
  9. Tennis, Anyone? – Michael Gibbs
  10. Wait till You See Her – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (arranged by Gil Evans)