¡Blamo!, by The Fergus Quill Trio

¡Blamo!

by The Fergus Quill Trio

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1.	A Hero's Journey 00:50	buy track
2.	Boris Hates Jazz... And That Suits Us Just Fine 03:44	buy track
3.	Where We Goin'? 00:46	buy track
4.	Xanadu 02:58 video	buy track
5.	Mayville Six 03:02	buy track
6.	Cat Scran 02:43	buy track
7.	Time To Rest 01:05	buy track
8.	Sun Dream 01:49	buy track
9.	Can You Hear The Birds? 00:47	buy track
10.	Once Upon A Time In The North 03:31	buy track
11.	Tune For Ennio 03:35 video	buy track
12.	A Hero's Return 01:58	buy track

about

After a year and a half since their debut album dropped, the Fergus Quill Trio are back with their second release "¡Blamo!" for independent Leeds label Tight Lines Music. The Leeds jazz mavericks have produced an album that pays homage to the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s and 1970s and in particular, the soundtrack music written by Italian composer maestro Ennio Morricone. The tracks merge film theme/soundtrack style music with jazz improvisation.

"¡Blamo!" came about during the lockdown period when band leader Fergus Quill reconnected with his childhood love of Italian "spaghetti westerns". These were Italian made westerns filmed in Spain with mainly Italian/European actors and often a few well known US stars to sell the product over in the States. They were popular from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s and when they first came out, they were genuinely groundbreaking, especially the works of master film director Sergio Leone. They showed a grittier, true life version of the old West, warts and all, closer to how it was rather than the glossy and reimagined version Hollywood had been peddling for decades. In fact, the Hollywood western totally changed after the Spaghetti westerns arrived and started to be more like the latter but with bigger budgets.

Fergus's love for the genre came originally from watching them as a kid when his grandad had a compilation of Sergio Leone classics. During lockdown, he reignited that love for the genre by watching late night TV repeats of many of the classics. Their musical soundtracks began to inspire him with his own compositions and "¡Blamo!" was born. With titles like "A Heroes Return" and "Tune For Ennio", they definitely tip their cowboy hats to the Spaghetti western master composer Ennio Morricone.

The trio are Fergus on double bass/acoustic piano/vocals, Nico Widdowson on acoustic piano/fender rhodes/percussion/vocals and Theo Goss on drums/percussion/vocals. The album also features special guests that include Bess Shooter (flute), Joel Stedman (flute) and guitarists Ed Allen and Will Lakin. Vocal group "The Imaginettes" feature on various tracks. They are well known Leeds singers Amy Clark, Becky Harrington, Rosie Miles and Sunday Lendis.

credits

released November 11, 2022

Nico Widdowson ~ Piano/Fender Rhodes/Percussion/Vocals

Fergus Quill ~ Double Bass/ Piano/Percussion/Vocals

Theo Goss ~ Drums/Percussion/Vocals

Produced and engineered by Hamish Dixon and Ed Allen at The Green Room, Leeds

Mixed by Hamish Dixon

Mastered by Chris Sharkey

Featuring the talents of

Bess Shooter ~ Flute

Joel Stedman ~ Flute

Ed Allen ~ Guitar

Will Lakin ~ Guitar

"The Imaginettes” ~ Vocals

Amy Clark

Becky Herrington

Sunday Lewis

Rosie Miles

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Fergus Quill Leeds, UK

Fergus Quill is a composer, musician and bandleader based in Leeds, UK His projects include Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band, Fergus Quill’s Electric Noise Ensemble and the Fergus Quill Trio. With influences ranging from Sidney Bechet to Boredoms he aims to build on the cannon of 20th, 21st and 22nd century improvised music to find a way forward. ... more

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