2009 B.C | LIVE AT THE OLD BULL | STEPPIN' OUT | IT DON'T MAKE SENSE
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Big Chief Live at the Dignity : £6.00 + 90p P&P
A number of Big Chief tunes taken from a couple of recent gigs at The Dignity in Finchley Central.
"This is Big Chief's fourth CD release in ten years. This North London based band of stunning jazz orientated musicians recorded this live in the Dignity, Finchley Central over two gigs in 2009 A.D. The title of the album in no way denotes that the band is a jazz dinosaur, far from it. (I fell into the trap of asking why 2009 BC – B.C. Big Chief... doh!)
Now here are a group of musicians who love doing what they do, done it for a long time, make it sound fresh and make sure that the audience joins in too. Big Chief's take on tracks from Paul Simon to Tom Waits, and Percy Mayfield to Duke Ellington allow for a bit of modernism and jazz eclecticism". - Sian Phillips, November 2009.
Track list
Way down in the Hole, Flute Song, River's Invitation, Little Sunflower, 50 Ways to Leave your Lover, Just a Lucky So and So, Occupation, Tune 88, I Love the Life I Live, Africa Rag, I Wish I Knew..., Bye Bye Blackbird, Little Sunflower (trumpet solo)
Features
- Edward Benstead: trumpet and flugel horn
- Steve Taylor: drums
- Tony Edwards: vocals & percussion
- Chris Fry: trombone
- John Fry: vocals & saxophones
- Barry Langton: guitar
- Adrian Paton: keyboards
- Tony Reeves: bass guitar
Recorded by Big Chief at The Dignity, Finchley Central 12th July, 9th August and 9th May 2009. Engineered and Produced by Tony Reeves. Cover illustration: Ed Benstead. Cover layout: John Fry. Photos: Linda & Tony Edwards and John Fry. Special thanks to Andy Banks and Linda Moore.
Big Chief Live at the Bull : £10.00 + 90p P&P
"A Big Chief gig at The Bull in Barnet: what more could any ageing child of the late sixties' jazz/blues revival wish for?
Actually that's a little unfair on the audience, peppered with young people as it was. But as the great Humphrey Lyttleton once observed, there are three good things about Barnet - the White Lion Pub, the football team and the band, Big Chief." - Chris Hall
Track list
Anthem for the New Nation, Compared to what, Yellow Moon, Blow Wind Blow, Song for My Father, I'm Going Down to the River, Soweto, Aberaeron Skies, Freedom Sounds, Let the Four Winds Blow, She Caught the Katy, Breakin' Up Somebody's Home
Samples from the live album
Features
- Edward Benstead: trumpet and fugal horn
- Louis Borenius: drums
- Tony Edwards: vocals & percussion
- Chris Fry: trombone
- John Fry: vocals & saxophones
- Mike Jacques: guitar
- Adrian Paton: keyboards and backing vocals
- Tony Reeves: bass guitar
Recorded by Pete Freshney at the Bull Theatre, Barnet 29th November 2003 Produced by Tony Reeves and remixed and engineered by Gavin Beckwith at G.B.Studio, Alston Works, Alston Road, Barnet. Art Direction: Louis Edwards Cover illustration: Ed Benstead Photos: Tony Reeves and Tony Edwards.
Steppin' Out : £4.00 + 90p P&P
It is unlikely that the music of Big Chief will ever appeal to the purist. The band's tendency to gleefully hop and skip between styles and continents can leave some feeling dizzy. To these we would say, we come in friendship and mean no harm.
Here then, is and offering of township, reggae, jazz and blues. And we hope you like it.
Track list
Fiyela, Come Sunday, Stranger In My Own Home Town, Steppin' Up In Class
Features
- Edward Benstead: trumpet and fugal horn
- Louis Borenius: drums
- Tony Edwards: congas & percussion
- Chris Fry: trombone
- John Fry: vocals & tenor sax
- Mike Jacques: guitar
- Adrian Paton: keyboards
- Tony Reeves: bass guitar
Recorded & mixed by Wan Hewitt at Scarlet Studio, London, N17 9QU.
It don't make sense : £6.00 + 90p P&P
Give or take, jazz is a hundred years old and has been recorded for around eighty. It has taken Big Chief nearly a quarter of a century to get its music recorded, but at last here it is - loud, lovely, and as unfashionable as ever.
Track list
Breakin' Up Somebody's Home, Hots It, Rock Awhile, It Keeps Rainin', Mood Indigo, After Midnight, Work Work Work, Song for My Father, Big Chief, Flacka, It Don't Make Sense, Yellow Moon
Features
- Dick Heckstall-Smith: saxes
- John Fry: vocal & saxes
- Mike Jacques: guitars
- Adrian Paton: keyboards & vocal
- Tony Reeves: bass
- Gary O'Toole: drums
- Tony Edwards: drums, percussion & vocal
- Dave Chambers: saxes & flute
- Chris Fry: trombone
- John Dillon: drums
Recorded & mixed at the BBC Television Music Studio, Shepherds Bush, London.
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Purchase all 4 CDs for £20.00 + £4.00 P&P
Purchasing Information
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Big Chief , 35 Hillside Gardens, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 2NQ
Telephone +44 (0) 20 8449 4096
Email: john.fry@bigchief.org.uk