This compilation album issued in 2002 contains seven numbers composed by Barbara Thompson and performed live or in the studio with the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble between 1978 and 1999.
This is one of a series of United Jazz and Rock Ensemble albums showcasing the compositions of individual band members.
Barbara has composed many works for various ensembles, choirs and orchestras. Scores and parts in PDF format and mp3s can be downloaded free at here
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Composed by Barbara Thompson for The Apollo Saxophone Quartet “Jazz rhythms met minimalism in a lyrical embrace. Motifs and patterns intertwined and chased tails in music instantly attractive, but never vacuous. Allied to the music’s ebullience came the phenomenal skill of the Apollo Four. Thompson’s writing made their fingers scamper off their knuckles in search of new swoops and gurgles, or the silkiest transformation from furnace blast to the softest whisper this side of the Milky Way.”Geoff Brown’s review of an April 2003 concert in the London Times
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10 original compositions by Barbara Thompson for 12-piece saxophone orchestra released 16th July 2012. "The wide spectrum of the compositions shows us the dark side of saxophone sound. The performance of this orchestra is perfect on this CD with highest recording quality. It's more than a milestone!" -
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Barbara Thompson MBE would have celebrated her 80th Birthday on 27th July 2024. In response to fan requests, Repertoire Records will be marking the occasion with the release of classic Paraphernalia album "Live In Concert" 1980 as a deluxe package with bonus CD compilation "The Flute Collection".
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Reissue of Paraphernalia’s classic album Live In Concert 1980 mastered by Jon Hiseman
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Limited edition 2CD deluxe package
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Fully illustrated 36 page booklet with liner notes by the daughter of Barbara Thompson and Jon Hiseman, singer Ana Gracey, including recollections and insights from Barbara’s fellow musicians
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10 track bonus CD "The Flute Collection" compiled by Barbara herself before her death, with material spanning 20 years performed by several seminal Paraphernalia line-ups
Despite being a fan favourite and receiving many accolades, the album has never been released on CD or digital platforms…until now.
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Rhinestone saxophone brooch with concert programme from the Barbara Thompson Memorial Concert. To commemorate Barbara, her remarkable legacy and this historic night at the Union Chapel. Limited numbers remain.
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In response to numerous requests, we are offering five early LPs as high quality CD-Rs to owners of the original albums. Temple Music does not own the copyright to these albums and the fee you pay is for the transcription only, not for the content. The four albums offered in this series took 17 days to process from 34 un-played LPs in Jon Hiseman's archive. Over £30,000 worth of equipment was used in the process. The result is a listening experience as close to the original session masters as possible without access to the original tapes. No booklet is included with these CD-Rs. Basic artist/performer/title info is printed on the disc. -
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Martyn Hanson writes: What a pleasant surprise that a band that had been going on and off for five decades could come up with such a strong, not to say eclectic, album. Pete Feenstra, for Get Ready to Rock, beautifully sums it up: ‘Given the virtual collapse of the jazz rock and fusion market in the interim period between the band’s original dissolution and their comeback in 1994, the album’s title has an ironic ring about it. On their last studio album Tomorrow’s Blues they traded their former progressive style for a more mature blues feel, but this album has a surprisingly broader sweep.’ Jon reinforced this feeling in an interview just after the release: ‘It’s amazing what appeals to one person is quite different to another. I have people who swear the best track is ‘You Just Don’t Get It’ and why is it so late on the album. Others go for Ana Gracey’s ‘Blues to Music’. I like ‘The Way You Waved Goodbye’. So I hope [there’s] something for everyone.’ This, the final Colosseum studio album featuring master drummer Jon, was released 11 years after Tomorrow’s Blues. Those into Roman numerals would have got the year straightaway, as the cover has the numerals MMXIV = 2014. -
Barbara Thompson – saxophone; Jon Hiseman – drums; Peter Lemer – keyboards; Billy Thompson – violin; Dave “Taif” Ball – Bass. 2 seminal releases from Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia. The Last Fandango is Barbara's last recording, released 2015. Live '05 DVD is the only existing video footage of her band Paraphernalia filmed at The Theaterhaus, Stuttgart in 2005 and released in 2011. -
“I consider this Paraphernalia video to be an important part of our legacy – there’s something really special about everyone’s contribution.”
Jon Hiseman, from the 2010 book ‘Playing The Band’ by Martyn Hanson, published by Temple Music
FIRST SET
1. Close to the Edge 2. Are You Real 3. Smokey Embrace 4. On the Wings of a Prayer 5. Still Waters 6. Life in the Fast LaneSECOND SET
7. Breathless 8. Son of a Gun 9. Shifting Sands Encores 10. Nightwatch 11. Kafferinya
