Artist: Mark Lockheart

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Catalogue no: ST004

Label: Stay Tuned

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Huw Warren, John Parricelli, Martin France, Rowland Sutherland

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The Scratch Band's 'Imaginary Dances' features John Parricelli on guitar, Richard Henry on bass trombone, Dudley Phillips on electric and acoustic bass, Huw Warren on piano, Sid Gauld on trumpet and flugelhorn, Mark Lockheart on tenor and soprano saxes, Rowland Sutherland on flute and piccolo , Martin France on drums, Rob Townsend on alto and soprano saxes, Dave Priseman on trumpet and flugelhorn and JimRattigan on French horn.

Reviews

08/03/2002 Mojo

Saxist Mark Lockheart has done much striking work with quartet Perfect Houseplants in the past decade, but on Imaginary Dances his restless ingenuity (almost Zappa-esque in places) is given wing by a superb 10-piece band. With a huge stylistic and emotional range, Lockheart's music is contemporary and compelling". MOJO

01/01/2002 The Observer

" As both composer and saxophonist, Lockheart has always had a talent for creating impressions and atmospheres. These dozen pieces with his 11-piece Scratch Band are as evocative as ever, conjuring 1930's musicals, rainy afternoons, dusty bullrings and a general air of fond nostalgia. The playing is superb throughout, especially Huw Warren's piano, Rowland Sutherland's flute and John Parricelli's guitar. The most remarkable piece is the two-part Busby Berkeley, which sounds at one point as though it is being played underwater, and ends most satisfactorily, with everyone chasing everyone else". THE OBSERVER"

01/01/2002 The Guardian

"There was Tubesy clamour; dark, urgent bass ostinatos with fast car-chase horn themes on top; long brass fanfares reminiscent of Mike Gibbs and Carla Bley. It also marked the maturing of Lockheart as an ambitious composer".