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.Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 9, 2014
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".Cook, S., Allmusic Review accessed December 9, 2014
Track listing All compositions by Django Bates "Tight Rope" – 1:17 "Armchair March" – 7:01 "Food for Plankton (In Detail)" – 5:03 "Säd Afrika" – 6:08 "Three Architects Called Gabrielle: Just What I Expected" – 6:14 "Queen of Puddings" – 8:19 "Hyphen" – 5:32 "Nights at the Circus" – 4:19 "Discovering Metal" – 3:50 "Little Petherick" – 6:30 "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
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