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Lullabite

by The Brass Monkeys

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Please visit thebrassmonkeys.bandcamp.com/album/lullabite to read about, listen to and buy this album!

For Tim - ‘Necessity produces both tragedy and comedy. It is what you kiss or bang your head against.’ John Berger

All compositions by Ben Higham except 4 Post Poolonk - Higham, Keeffe, Rattigan, 5 Barbados - Charlie Parker, 7 Dem Bones - McLeod, Whitehead, 11 Whispers - Blackman, Dowding, Milne, 13 Now is the cool of the day - Jean Ritchie, and 14 Charlie M - Lester Bowie

Sammy Stein – Freejazzblog 4/8/23

‘… [an] eclectic jewel box … this is music to dive deeply into.
This is a truly collective – and eclectic – album, everyone gets to solo, and the musicians get to play with each other in a variety of combinations but at the heart of it is the respect to both traditional jazz and improvisation.

Had some of the great jazz players not been lost young, I have a sense they might have developed this style that mixes tradition with even more innovation. Of course, this music is helped not inconsiderably by the fact these outstanding players in the lineup mean it is carefully crafted and delivered by those best equipped in the medium…

There [is] often a discussion between musicians (and reviewers) that asks something like, “if you could put certain musicians together and watch what happened, who would you choose?” On this occasion, I think I might now argue for this particular lineup if you want both a nod to tradition and history of jazz and the joyous revealing music that is free improvisation.’

www.freejazzblog.org/2023/08/the-brass-monkeys-lullabite-33-jazz.html

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released March 17, 2023

Chris Dowding, Charlotte Keeffe - trumpets/flugels
Jim Rattigan - French horn
Annie Whitehead, Kieran McLeod - trombones
Paul Jolly (10, 13, 14), Rob Milne - tenor saxophone
Ben Higham - tuba
Olly Blackman - drums

Recorded at The Premises, London on 27th June, 5th July and 28th August 2022; engineer, Curtis Elvidge. ‘Charlie M’ recorded live at Café Oto, London on 28/8/22

Mixed and produced by Ben Higham and Paul Keeler at Sugati Sound, Norwich

Cover painting – The Danger of Brollies by Bokcaerin

Photographs – Monika S Jakubowska

www.8brassmonkeys.co.uk

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Musician/trumpeter, Keeffe, wears her love for freely improvising on her sleeve. Whether performing regularly as a soloist (Sound Brush), or leading a variety of different ensembles, including her RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Quartet, she carves out spaces for the free movement of ideas & individual expression... ... more

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