Summer Fruits (and Unrest)

Summer Fruits (and Unrest)
Studio album by
Django Bates
Released1993
Recorded9–13 June 1993
GenreJazz
Length57:14
LabelJMT
JMT 514 008
ProducerStefan F. Winter
Django Bates chronology
Music for The Third Policeman
(1990) 		Summer Fruits (and Unrest)
(1993) 		Autumn Fires (and Green Shoots)
(1994)

Summer Fruits (and Unrest) is an album led by composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader Django Bates which was recorded in 1993 and released on the JMT label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "hot full of breezy humor -- while also falling prey to the needless clutter so popular in fusion bands and jazz schools -- Summer Fruits will no doubt please fans who like their swing embedded in left field, yet logical dress".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Django Bates

  1. "Tight Rope" – 1:17
  2. "Armchair March" – 7:01
  3. "Food for Plankton (In Detail)" – 5:03
  4. "Säd Afrika" – 6:08
  5. "Three Architects Called Gabrielle: Just What I Expected" – 6:14
  6. "Queen of Puddings" – 8:19
  7. "Hyphen" – 5:32
  8. "Nights at the Circus" – 4:19
  9. "Discovering Metal" – 3:50
  10. "Little Petherick" – 6:30
  11. "March Hare Dance" – 3:02

Personnel

  • Django Bates – piano, keyboards, peck horn
  • Eddie Parker – flute, bass flute
  • Sarah Homer – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Iain Ballamy, Steve Buckley – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
  • Mark Lockheart, Barak Schmool – tenor saxophone
  • Julian Argüelles – baritone saxophone
  • Sid Gauld – high trumpet
  • Chris Batchelor – soloing trumpet
  • David Laurence – French horn
  • Roland Bates – trombone
  • Richard Henry – bass trombone
  • Sarah Waterhouse – tuba
  • Steve Watts – acoustic bass
  • Mike Mondesir – electric bass
  • Stuart Hall – electric guitar, violin, lap steel, banjo
  • Martin France – drums
  • Thebe Lipare – percussion

References

  1. ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 9, 2014
  2. ^ a b Cook, S., Allmusic Review accessed December 9, 2014
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.