Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze) is an album led by composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader Django Bates which was recorded in 1995 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed 10 December 2014
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing accessed 10 December 2014 On AllAboutJazz Chris May stated "The unfettered idiosyncrasy of the album—overflowing with new ideas and previously uncharted vistas—sums up much, and the parts themselves continue to make for enthralling listening".May, C., AllAboutJazz Review, 30 October 2005
Track listing All compositions by Django Bates "You Can't Have Everything" – 7:46 "The Loneliness of Being Right" – 7:00 "...and a Golden Pear" – 8:11 "New York, New York" (Fred Ebb, John Kander) – 4:56 "Early Bloomer" – 2:13 "X = Thingys X 3 ÷ MF" – 4:33 "Fox Across the Road" – 12:01 "Powder Room Collapse" – 6:10 "Kookaburra Laughed" – 6:32 "You Can't Have Everything (Reprise)" – 7:11
Personnel Django Bates – piano, keyboards Eddie Parker – flute, bass flute Iain Ballamy – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Steve Buckley – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tin whistle Mark Lockheart – tenor saxophone, clarinet Barak Schmool – tenor saxophone, piccolo Julian Argüelles – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone Sid Gauld, Chris Batchelor – trumpet David Laurence – French horn Roland Bates – trombone Richard Henry – bass trombone Sarah Waterhouse – tuba Mike Mondesir – electric bass Stuart Hall – guitar, violin, banjo Martin France – drums, percussion Christine Tobin – vocals
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