Love, by Julian Nicholas Band

Love

by Julian Nicholas Band

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The music I made in Brighton in 1995 incorporated ‘World music’ and fusion elements and technologies designed to be accessible AND improvised - inspired in parts by West African percussion, South African jazz, early ‘Weather Report’ and Miles Davis.

The ‘core’ band are colleagues from London and Brighton. They are ‘jazz’ musicians with listening ears, open to broad influences and inspirations. We were also touring a set of my compositions nationally through the ‘90s.

Terry Seabrook - keyboards
Thad Kelly – double bass
Mike Pickering - drums
Dawne Adams – congas and hand percussion
Julian Nicholas - tenor & soprano saxophones, penny whistle & zoom' effects

With our esteemed guests, Nigerian batá drummers Séwànú ‘T.J.’ and Adé, I went on to develop 6 compositions I titled ‘Leaf Storm’, after Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the magic-realist novelist. You can also hear Geoff Hearn striking up in the background on soprano sax at some stages, Danny D’Azevedo on shakers, and Gareth McGahan is the icing on the cake, with mbira, kora and berimbau.

This recording was made by Colin ‘Wizz’ Walker in exceptional circumstances: my core community came together to stage a child-friendly event for the Rockinghorse Appeal (our neighbours, the Royal ‘Alex’ Children’s Hospital) in 1995, 96 and 98.

We did play my tunes that evening, too. However, these two sides of vinyl consist of a 45-minute improvised groove – going wherever the musicians wanted to take it – or simply listen to each other. We visit Abdullah Ibrahim’s ‘Homecoming Song’ briefly. Indeed, I take a complete break in one stretch so as to fully absorb the magical atmosphere of the goings on all round, just outside my front door, on this balmy night in August 1995.

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The music I made in Brighton in 1995 incorporated ‘World music’ and fusion elements and technologies designed to be accessible AND improvised - inspired in parts by West African percussion, South African jazz, early ‘Weather Report’ and Miles Davis.

The ‘core’ band are colleagues from London and Brighton. They are ‘jazz’ musicians with listening ears, open to broad influences and inspirations. We were also touring a set of my compositions nationally through the ‘90s.

Terry Seabrook - keyboards
Thad Kelly – double bass
Mike Pickering - drums
Dawne Adams – congas and hand percussion
Julian Nicholas - tenor & soprano saxophones, penny whistle & zoom' effects

With our esteemed guests, Nigerian batá drummers Séwànú ‘T.J.’ and Adé, I went on to develop 6 compositions I titled ‘Leaf Storm’, after Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the magic-realist novelist. You can also hear Geoff Hearn striking up in the background on soprano sax at some stages, Danny D’Azevedo on shakers, and Gareth McGahan is the icing on the cake, with mbira, kora and berimbau.

This recording was made by Colin ‘Wizz’ Walker in exceptional circumstances: my core community came together to stage a child-friendly event for the Rockinghorse Appeal (our neighbours, the Royal ‘Alex’ Children’s Hospital) in 1995, 96 and 98.

We did play my tunes that evening, too. However, these two sides of vinyl consist of a 45-minute improvised groove – going wherever the musicians wanted to take it – or simply listen to each other. We visit Abdullah Ibrahim’s ‘Homecoming Song’ briefly. Indeed, I take a complete break in one stretch so as to fully absorb the magical atmosphere of the goings on all round, just outside my front door, on this balmy night in August 1995.

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released November 20, 2023

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Julian Nicholas Band Brighton, UK

Julian Nicholas is a well-respected saxophonist from Brighton that has been a regular performer in the UK for the past three decades. He is also known as the co-promoter of the South Coast Jazz Festival. Julian brought together a collection of great players for these recordings that we feel deserve further acclaim. We are releasing three albums from recordings made in the 1990s. ... more