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Bob Downes
Open Music

Diversions

Openian Records BDOM001 1971 12" 33rpm (UK)

Bob Downes (born 22 July 1937 in Plymouth) is a Composer, Musician, Arranger, Songwriter, Jazz -Rock & Blues Singer (but also composes and plays meditative music). He plays about 25 instruments (his main instruments are Saxes and Flutes).

His first LP was released with Philips Records, 1969.

He was voted N°1 Jazz flautist, formed various music ensembles and also was the first to create his own independent Record Label "Openian". He played with “The John Barry 7” band (James Bond Film composer), Pop Singer Chris Andrews, "Manfred Mann’s Earth Band" and with the Jimmy Nicol Band (Stand-in Drummer of the Beatles). In 1968 Bob formed his OPEN MUSIC TRIO. Bass players that played in it were Barry Guy, Barre Philips, Jeff Clyne, Daryl Runswick, Paul Bridge, Harry Miller, Marc Meggido. Recently: Andy Cleyndert and Glen Moore.

On Diversions Downes played concert, alto & Chinese bamboo flutes, and tenor sax. Five of the eight pieces are trios with double bass (Barry Guy and Jeff Clyne) and drums (Denis Smith). The other three pieces are solos: on "Samurai" Downes played concert and alto flutes into a piano with the sustain pedal pressed down to give a tuned resonance, and on "The Dream" a slow disjunct melody reminiscent of the interwar Viennese school on concert flute over an eerie white noise rich VCS3 synthesiser soundscape played by Laurie Baker. The trios have the texture of (then) modern jazz, but the improvisation is melodic rather than harmonic and both the flute and (particularly Barry Guy's) double bass veer off into European Classical avant garde territory. In 2007 Diversions was re-released by Vocalion.

Tracklist

A1  Spanish Plain  
A2  Naked Forest  
A3  The Dream    Synthesizer – Laurie Baker 
A4  Sea Shore    Double Bass – Jeff Clyne 
B1  Seventh Wave    Tenor Saxophone – Bob Downes 
B2  Samurai  
B3  Requiem  
B4  Maya

    Vocals, Percussion – Bob Downes
    Concert Flute – Bob Downes (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B2, B3)
    Design – Wendy Benka
    Double Bass – Barry Guy (tracks: A1, B1, B3, B4), Jeff Clyne (tracks: A4)
    Drums, Percussion – Dennis Smith (6) (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B3, B4)
    Flute [Alto] – Bob Downes (tracks: A1, A4, B2)
    Flute [Chinese Bamboo] – Bob Downes (tracks: B4)
    Percussion – Bob Downes (tracks: B4)
    Photography By – Andrew Tweedie, Jak Kilby
    Piano [Inside] – Bob Downes (tracks: B2)
    Producer – Bob Downes, Wendy Benka
    Synthesizer – Laurie Baker (tracks: A3)
    Tenor Saxophone – Bob Downes (tracks: B1)
    Vocals – Bob Downes (tracks: B4)

Recorded at Philips Studios, Marble Arch, London, December 1970

 

Condition:  LP is NEAR MINT in a plastic inner sleeve in a picture sleeve in Very Good condition (age marks, price sticker)

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