Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze)

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.[1]

Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze)
Studio album by
Django Bates
Released1995
Recorded1–9 February 1995
GenreJazz
Length66:40
LabelJMT
JMT 514 023
ProducerStefan F. Winter
Django Bates chronology
Autumn Fires (and Green Shoots)
(1994)		 Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze)
(1995)		 Good Evening... Here is the News
(1996)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
All About Jazz[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2] 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".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Django Bates

  1. "You Can't Have Everything" – 7:46
  2. "The Loneliness of Being Right" – 7:00
  3. "...and a Golden Pear" – 8:11
  4. "New York, New York" (Fred Ebb, John Kander) – 4:56
  5. "Early Bloomer" – 2:13
  6. "X = Thingys X 3 ÷ MF" – 4:33
  7. "Fox Across the Road" – 12:01
  8. "Powder Room Collapse" – 6:10
  9. "Kookaburra Laughed" – 6:32
  10. "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

References
  1. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 10, 2014
  2. Allmusic listing accessed December 10, 2014
  3. May, C., AllAboutJazz Review, October 30, 2005
  4. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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