A spectacular tribute to Bob Marley and The Wailers' classic album, Catch A Fire, with 31-piece band and the wonderful 85-voice Southbank Centre Voicelab choir.

Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London - October 2012

Jazz Jamaica All Stars, Brinsley Forde, USO - No More Trouble

Jazz Jamaica: Liquidator

Gary Crosby's Groundation featuring Nathaniel Facey (alto sax), Shirley Tetteh (guitar), Gary Crosby (double bass), Moses Boyd (drums)

'Liver Quiver' composed by Moses Boyd

Recorded live at Jazz Re:freshed at Mau Mau, Portobello Road, W London 8 August 2013

http://garycrosbybass.com/groundation/

Gary Crosby's Groundation-Liver Quiver

Gorée Island, by Gary Crosby, is a piece inspired by his visit in 1995 to this small island off the coast of Senegal where, back in the days of the Europeans’ first major exploitation of Africa, slaves were imprisoned pending transportation to the New World.  Tony Kofi ­features on alto sax, clearly referencing the vocal styles of the likes of Baba Maal and Youssou Ndour.  Crosby’s strong Caribbean roots are also in evidence with the reggae-style “chops” played by the horns throughout the main groove.

Migrations

Gorée Island

Goree Island

The Nu Civilisation Orchestra 
Firebird - A Stravinsky-Parker Sound Clash

Saturday 3 March:  Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London 
Saturday 28 April: Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton

Firebird is an engaging programme of new work exploring musical paths that converge at the crossroads of jazz and classical music. It's an exciting place where two musical revolutionaries - Igor Stravinsky and Charlie Parker - meet and cross swords utilising their distinctive armouries of rhythmic ingenuity and harmonic invention.

Firebird features a remodelled version of Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto (originally commissioned by jazz clarinetist, Woody Herman in 1946); the Musical Director, Peter Edwards' angular creation, Blues Ostinata along with his orchestration of British jazz composer, Steve Williamson's How High The Bird; composer/conductor, Binker Golding's rhythmically primeval, yet harmonically sophisticated Maenads Suite; and other captivating new works and re-works. 

Brainchild of award-winning bassist and bandleader Gary Crosby, The Nu Civilisation Orchestra is London's newest and most diverse orchestra. Resident at Southbank Centre in the heart of the UK's capital city as part of the Tomorrow's Warriors At Southbank Centre weekend residency, the Orchestra is also proud to be a new Associate Artist at Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton.

The Nu Civilisation Orchestra
Artistic Director:	Gary Crosby OBE
Musical Director:	Peter Edwards


Blues Ostinata by Peter Edwards

Half Close Your Eyes by Binker Golding

The Jazz Jamaica All Stars, bassist Gary Crosby's outrageously brilliant 'skazz' (ska-jazz) 20-piece big band that successfully combines Jamaican music with jazz to produce 'rousing, infectiously joyous music that should satisfy and intrigue aficionados from both traditions' (Chris Parker).

'❈❈❈❈❈ Massive…an immediate classic!!' Amazon.co.uk

'Music for the head as well as the hips' Times   

'Unashamedly enjoyable' Financial Times

'The sheer energy and high spirits that the Jazz Jamaica All Stars generates is quite overwhelming' Observer

'❈❈❈❈❈ A real achievement  - a new big band sound that’s easy to love.' 
Q Magazine

'In a head-to-head battle of the bands, Jazz Jamaica would see off Jools Holland’s more famous Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.'  Times

'Jazz Jamaica All Stars…Britain now has its own rival to the Buena Vista Social Club.'   Guardian

'Jazz Jamaica: a national treasure. Joy and exhilaration fill the air.'  Independent On Sunday  

'Grooves from start to finish and is a completely successful amalgamation of Caribbean rhythms and the big band tradition.'  Jazz UK

'Britain’s finest big band'  Times

02 My Boy Lollipop

04 Again

09 Liquidator

10 Capullito De Aleli

The Jazz Jamaica Allstars, a core band of 20 with a pool of around 30 musicians have achieved a cohesive big band album with Massive. Led by double bassist Gary Crosby of Dune Music the Jazz Jamaica Allstars break down the barriers of Jamaican Jazz with big band rhythms, jazzy influence and Crosby's own personal touch.  

11 Medley  Love Theme From The Godfather Al Capone

Cantaloupe Island

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Recado Bossa Nova

Witch Hunt

Watermelon Man

Take Five

promoting Britain’s most talented jazz artists 

founded in 1997 by double bassist and producer, Gary Crosby OBE and his partner, Janine Irons MBE 

Tomorrow's Warriors sits under the multi-award winning Dune Music

its aim is to create learning and performance opportunities for aspiring young jazz musicians, with a special, but not exclusive, focus on those from the African diaspora

founded in 1991 by Artistic Director Gary Crosby OBE and established as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee in 1998

Dune Music and Tomorrow's Warriors are committed to upholding the highest standards of artistic and technical excellence 


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