BUTCHER. DURRANT. RUSSELL. 30 July 1989

JOHN BUTCHER, tenor sax
PHIL DURRANT, violin
JOHN RUSSELL, guitar

1. 4:05
2. 11:18
3. 6:09

'Earlham Street Breakout' at  Donmar Warehouse, London.

30th July 1989

I've been playing this a lot since posting the previous session by this marvellous trio.
I'm not sure why I like them so much.  I think it might have something to do with them having the same number of letters in their names.

Enjoy.

CHRIS BURN'S ENSEMBLE on Midnight Oil

Following on from Nick’s posting of the Burn/Butcher album Fonetiks, I dug out this old radio broadcast of Chris Burn’s Ensemble.  I’ve left in all the between-track chat not only because it’s interesting but because it is a joy to hear such well-spoken voices.
Some Ensemble recordings are still available through John Butcher’s website.

CHRIS BURN, piano

JOHN BUTCHER, sop and tenor sax

JIM DENLEY, flute

STEVIE WISHART, violin, hurdy-gurdy

PHIL DURRANT, violin

MARCIO MATTOS, cello, bass

JOHN RUSSELL, guitar

MATT HUTCHINSON, synth, electronics

01. Introduction  0:56

02. Airground glide  4:42

03. Interview 1  3:10

04. Influence and concealment  7:29

05. Interview 2

06. Fun for all  12:51

07. Interview 3  0:41

08. Cordboil and the four dwarves  11:21

09. Interview 4  0:43

10. Interview 5  1:48

11. Slow storm scene  4:33

12. Zip code  7:36

13. Outroduction  0:33 

BBC Radio 3. 'Midnight Oil'.   Broadcast March 1993  (I think)