Open Letter (Loose Tubes album)

Open Letter (Loose Tubes album)
Open Letter
Studio album by Loose Tubes
Released 1988
Recorded December 1987
Genre Jazz
Length 56:17
Label EG Records
Producer Teo Macero
Loose Tubes chronology
Delightful Precipice
(1987)		 Open Letter
(1988)

Open Letter is the third album by the English big band Loose Tubes, that was released on the EG label in 1988.

Allmusic gives the album 3 out of 5 stars.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Williams" (Django Bates) – 8:54
  2. "Children's Game" (Eddie Parker) – 5:27
  3. "Blue" (Steve Berry) – 5:52
  4. "Shadow Play" (Parker) – 5:40
  5. "Mo Mhuirnin Ban" (Trad, arr. Chris Batchelor) – 3:37
  6. "Sticklebacks" (Batchelor) – 4:24
  7. "Accepting Suites from Strangers" (Bates) – 7:39
  8. "The Last Word" (Parker) – 6:39
  9. "Open Letter to Dudu Pukwana" (Dave DeFries) – 6:39

Personnel

  • Eddie Parker - flute, bass flute
  • Dai Pritchard - clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Iain Ballamy - alto and soprano saxes and flute
  • Steve Buckley - alto and soprano saxes and penny whistle
  • Mark Lockheart - tenor and soprano saxes
  • Tim Whitehead - tenor sax
  • Julian Argüelles - soprano and baritone saxes
  • Dave DeFries - trumpet, flugelhorn and percussion
  • Chris Batchelor - trumpet
  • Lance Kelly - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • John Eacott - trumpet, flugelhorn, bugle, clay trumpet
  • Richard Pywell - alto trombone, tenor trombone
  • John Harborne - tenor trombone, flugelbone
  • Steve Day - tenor trombone, euphonium
  • Ashley Slater - bass trombone, tuba
  • Dave Powell - tuba
  • Django Bates - keyboards, tenor horn
  • John Parricelli - guitar
  • Steve Berry, bass
  • Steve Argüelles - drums, percussion
  • Thebe Lipere - percussion

References

  1. ^ Allmusic: Open Letter accessed 19 May 2010
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Eddie Parker • Dai Pritchard • Iain Ballamy • Steve Buckley • Mark Lockheart • Tim Whitehead • Julian Argüelles • Dave Bitelli • Howard Turner • Dave DeFries • Chris Batchelor • Lance Kelly • John Eacott • Richard Pywell • John Harborne • Steve Day • Ashley Slater • Dave Powell • Django Bates • John Parricelli • Steve Berry • Nic France • Steve Argüelles • Thebe Lipere
Studio albums
Loose Tubes  • Delightful Precipice  • Open Letter
Live albums
Loose Tubes: JazzbucheBerlin 87  • Dancing on Frith Street
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