• DIGIPACK EDITION

The latest chapter in the unfolding musical story of Bill Wells finds the Scottish jazz outsider’s compositions played by a trio of tuba players with contributions from young brass players from his adopted hometown of Glasgow.

The results, The Viaduct Tuba Trio Plays The Music Of Bill Wells, are alternately ruminative, playful and profound, ranging from the cyclical opener Fanfare For Three Tubas to a mischievous interpretation of The Midges, a comic tribute to the entomological scourge of the Highlands by Scottish singer Kenneth McKellar, and the doleful Chorale 4K before the arresting finale of Stone Throw Dream Anthem. Throughout the record you are reminded of both the power and tenderness of brass instruments – their capacity to astound and reassure, to soothe and tickle.

PERSONNEL:

• Antony Hook; Danielle Price; Mark Reynolds (tuba)
• Iman Djoudi; Lauren Paul, Adam Djoubi; Nathan Reid; Isabelle Faleyimu (cornets)
• Katie Scott; Angel Faleyimu (tenor horn)
• Marta Blaze; Helen Adakomola; Michelle Adakomola (trombones)
• The Gorbals Young Brass Band (on tracks 4, 7 & 10

TRACKS:

• 01. Fanfare For Three Tubas
• 02. Stud In The Muck
• 03. No More Cons
• 04. The Midges
• 05. Unhealthy Exercise
• 06. Three Layers
• 07. Hydra Mini / Jalopy
• 08. Chorale 4K
• 09. Slow Worm
• 10. Stone Throw Dream Anthem