https://youtu.be/hxhSGKUIi24

muzycy:
MARK LOCKHEART tenor sax
ALICE LEGGETT alto sax
LIAM NOBLE piano
JOHN PARRICELLI guitar
TOM HERBERT bass
SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD drums
30 piece orchestra conducted by JOHN ASHTON THOMAS

Violins: Jackie Shave (leader), Warren Zielinski, Rita Manning, Tom Piggot Smith, Magnus Johnston, Marije Johnston, Katherine Shave, Patrick Kiernan, Shlomy Dobrinsky, Tom Crehan, Ruth Ehrlich, William Hillman, Matthew Ward
Violas: Bruce White, Oli Langford, Clare Finnimore, Paul Cassidy, Ruth Gibson
Cellos: Caroline Dearnley, Jonathan Tunnell, Jacqueline Thomas, David Daniels
Harp: Helen Tunstall
Clarinets: Nick Rodwell and James Allsopp
Flutes: Anna Noakes and Roland Sutherland
French Horns: Jim Rattigan and Laurence Davies
Trumpets: Pat White and Toby Street and Laura Jurd on tracks 4 & 7
Trombone: Alistair White , Bass Trombone: Andy Wood

Solos
1. A View From Above (openness) Mark Lockheart
2. Brave World (our fragile world) Tom Herbert
3. This Much I Know Is True (adoration) Mark Lockheart and John Parricelli
4. Party Animal (innate tendencies) Rowland Sutherland, Laura Jurd, Alice Legge , Mark Lockheart and Liam Noble
5. Believers (fundamentalism) John Parricelli and Alice Legge
6. Triana (acceptance) Jackie Shave, Mark Lockheart and Liam Noble
7. Long Way Gone (reconciliation) Sebastian Rochford, Laura Jurd (noodling), Helen Tunstall, Tom Herbert, Liam Noble, Mark Lockheart, Nick Rodwell and Jackie Shave

Produced by Mark Lockheart and Steve Baker. Executive Producer Dave Stapleton.

Editor's info:
Days On Earth epitomises the eclectic mix of influences and genres that have shaped Lockheart’s concepts – from the expansive improvising and lush soundscapes of Polar Bear to 70’s funk, African Kora type harp melodies and soaring strings.

“The day we embarked on the recording of Days On Earth, 13th December 2017, I had been on Earth for 20,711 days. This also means that I’ve been on Earth for 2,958 weeks, 680 months, 497,000 hours, 30 million minutes and not far shy of 2 billion seconds. This record is a culmination of many of those experiences over the 2 billion seconds that I’ve been eating, sleeping, thinking, playing and composing music. Music is intrinsically connected to life, love and joy.”
MARK LOCKHEART

Days on Earth is Mark Lockheart’s most ambitious album to date, wrapping 25 years of musical and life influences into a one career-defining album. With a heavyweight band featuring some of the leading figures of British Jazz including Liam Noble, Tom Herbert, Seb Rochford and John Parricelli, and a 30 piece orchestra, Days on Earth combines off-kilter Polar Bear grooves with unique and fascinating orchestral colours, all beautifully performed by a specially assembled crack London orchestra. Days on Earth shines a spotlight on Mark both as an exemplary instrumentalist and as a fine composer, firmly establishing him as one of the most original voices in European Jazz.

Drawing from a vast palette of eclectic tastes, from cutting edge improvising to soaring strings, African Kora harp melodies and 70’s inspired funk, the album is structured as a ‘grand suite’. Each of the six movements is inspired by human traits and tendencies – a subtle comment on the state of our world: the fragility and strength of humankind (This Much I Know Is True), fundamentalism and those who fail to question their beliefs (Believers), the inn.......
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