Colour Yes

by Matthew Halsall

Colour Yes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 October 2009
  • Label: Gondwana
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:06:58
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The second studio album by the Manchester-based trumpeter and composer is a remarkably elegant, soulful homage to 1960s spiritual and modal jazz. Featuring a deeply empathetic sextet, the tracks balance vibrant, uplifting brass melodies with incredibly lush, meditative pacing inspired by Alice Coltrane and Miles Davis. It firmly established his Gondwana Records label as a premier modern home for beautifully arranged British jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, instrumental, melodic, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Colour Yes - Special Edition (8:41)
  2. Together - Special Edition (11:12)
  3. I've Found Joy - Special Edition (5:39)
  4. Mudita - Special Edition (5:22)
  5. I've Been Here Before - Special Edition (13:10)
  6. Me and You - Special Edition (6:44)
  7. It's What We Do (Bonus Track) - Special Edition (7:43)
  8. Ai (Bonus Track) - Special Edition (8:25)

Credits

  • Matthew Halsall - primary artist, trumpet
  • Gavin Barras - double bass
  • Gaz Hughes - drums
  • Marek Dorcik - drums
  • Rachael Gladwin - harp
  • Adam Fairhall - piano
  • Nat Birchall - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone

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