This group led by John Williams (baritone saxophone) is an innovative combination of jazz septet and classical wind septet. The line-up includes Dick Pearce (trumpet), Phil Lee
(guitar) and members of the English Serenata.
Alyn Shipton introduces a recording from last October's concert at the Phoenix Arts
Centre, Leicester, featuring On the Four Winds, a new extended composition by Neil Ardley. Other pieces are by Duke Ellington, Gil Evans , Oliver Nelson and John Williams. During the interval Alyn Shipton talks to Neil Ardley and John Williams about their work.
Producer Derek Drescher