SIMPLY BLUE
Bryan Corbett
Quintet
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Tunisia
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Interlude
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Work Song
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Simply Blue
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Sky Dive
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Midnight Voyage
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Love for Sale
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Milestones
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Bryan Corbett - Trumpet & Flugel
Mark Overton - Tenor Sax
Trevor Davies - Guitar
Neil Humphris - Bass
Geof Hawker - Drums |
The recording was made at the Ealing Jazz festival in 2000, before an almost
live audience!
The choice of programme is excellent; it includes a couple of tuneful Corbett
originals including the title track. The band is well organised and all the
musicians give a good account of themselves, there is however only one star,
the leader his playing shows an exceptional maturity for a young man. He
combines cleanly played ensemble work with a fascinating gift for original
improvisation. His tone is always round, but it varies with the mood of the
piece whilst always retaining an identity. Bryan Corbett is obviously one
of the UK's jazz stars of the future. He lists as his favourite players Chet
Baker, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davies and Wynton Marsalis, the influence of
all of them can be heard in his work. He studied at Liverpool University
and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, he also benefited
from scholarships in Norway and the USA, it is not surpising that already
he sounds like the finished article.
I strongly recommend this album. which is available from Bryan Corbett, Flat
151,Halesowen Rd.Old Mill, Cradley Heath B64 6HX Phone 0411 601 657
Don Mather
Don Mather is a Saxophone Player and Bandleader in Coventry UK
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