Summer Fruits (and Unrest)

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.

Reception

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".

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