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TONY COE - ZEITGEIST

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Tony Coe for EMI Lansdowne Series from 1976. Mary Thomas (vo), Norma Winstone (vo), James Gregory (fl, piccolo), Alan Hacker (cl, bcl), Francis Christou (cl, bcl, ss), Edward Planas (cl, bcl). Tony Coe (cl, bcl, ss, ts), Derek Watkins (tp, flh), Henry Lowther (tp, flh), Kenny Wheeler (tp, flh), Martin Drover (tp, flh), Chris Pyne (tb), Geoffrey Perkins (bass tb), Bill Geldard (bass tb), Trevor Tomkin (perc), Frank Ricotti (perc), Pat Smythe (p, elp, org), Bob Cornford (p, cond), Philip Lee (g), Jennifer Ward-Clarke (cello), Peter Willison (cello), Allen Ford (cello), Vivian Joseph (cello). Daryl Runswick (b) Recorded under the personal supervision of Denis Preston at Lansdowne Studios London. Based on poems by Jill Robin First time out in blogland for this obscure piece of British jazz - a colossal work that blends jazz, rock and classical music. The composer writes: When I first thought of the opening of Zeitgeist I soon discovered that the five notes which comprised it suggested a tw