The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra is a retro-jazz ensemble founded and led by Bryan Ferry. They exclusively play his work in a 1920s jazz style. Ferry formed the orchestra out of a desire to focus on the melodies of his songs, and "see how they would stand up without singing". Their album, The Jazz Age, was released on 26 November 2012 as a 10-inch vinyl folio edition and on 12-inch vinyl, CD and digital download, on BMG Rights Management. Ferry neither plays nor sings with the orchestra; BBC reviewer Chris Roberts called it a "peculiar concept then, with Ferry now, almost Warhol-like, sagely mute to one side while collaborators silkscreen his own icons. As fascinating as it is perplexing, anything but obvious, and therefore to be applauded."

Personnel

Performance

• Colin Good – piano and arrangements
• Enrico Tomasso – cornet and trumpet
• Malcolm Earle-Smith – trombone
• Richard White – alto and bass saxophones, saxinet, bass clarinet
• Robert Fowler – tenor saxophone and clarinet
• Alan Barnes – alto and baritone saxophones, clarinet, saxinet
• Martin Wheatley – banjo and guitar
• John Sutton – drums

Discography

• The Jazz Age (26 November 2012)
• ' (6 May 2013)
• "Love Is the Drug" <small>(with Bryan Ferry)</small>
• "Crazy in Love" <small>(with Emeli Sandé)</small>
• A Selection of Yellow Cocktail Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby (The Great Gatsby Jazz Recordings) (10 May 2013)
• Babylon Berlin (Music from the Original TV Series) (2017)
• "Dance Away"
• "Reason or Rhyme"
• "Bitters End"
• "Alphaville"
• "Chance Meeting"
• Bitter-Sweet (30 November 2018)