Paul Booth has curated a new project, ‘Secret Sessions’, which is an outlet for new music that is created, played and ultimately recorded by grouping like-minded artists and friends together. It works like this... Paul carefully selects highly talented musicians who turn up to the recording studio, only knowing the instrumentation of the music but not knowing who they will be playing with. The result is a dynamic cocktail of spontaneous, exciting and highly rewarding music.
The albums recorded are released on Ubuntu Music and we also partner with Spice Jazz for our first performances. So far there have been two releases: ‘Fragile Eagle’ released in 2020 and ‘Hoop’ which will be released on 5th November 2021.
‘Fragile Eagle’ is the first in the ‘Secret Sessions’ series and was recorded in 2019. Compositions by Tom Cawley, Oli Hayhurst, Trevor Mires, Steve Fishwick, Paul Booth & Tom Jobim.
Personnel:
Steve Fishwick - trumpet/flugelhorn
Paul Booth - tenor sax
Trevor Mires - trombone/bass trumpet
Tom Cawley - piano
Oli Hayhurst - bass
Dave Ingamells - drums
‘Hoop’ is the second creation in the ‘Secret Sessions’ series, recorded in 2019. Compositions by Tom Walsh, Nichol Thomson, Chris Allard and Paul Booth.
Personnel:
Tom Walsh - trumpet/flugelhorn/keys
Paul Booth - tenor sax/bass clarinet
Nichol Thomson - trombone/keys/vocoder
Chris Allard - guitars
Laurence Cottle - electric bass
Ian Thomas - drums
Additional musicians:
Steve Hamilton - keys (track 1)
Ross Stanley - organ (track 3)
Miles Bould -percussion (track 2)
“This is uplifting music and is sure to be another popular release from Ubuntu
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“The writing is intelligent and varied and the playing uniformly excellent throughout ****”
“What you get is a great set of fusion tunes with bright and sunny brass, lots of adventurous solos and plenty of fun”