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Neil Ardley
A Symphony Of Amaranths

Album UK 1972 on Regal Zonophone label
Jazz (Modal)

Amaranth: an everlasting flower, symbol of immortality. ℗ 1972. E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) Hayes٠Middlesex٠England. Made and printed in Great Britain. Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. A Denis Preston production. P.S.M. A1 to A4, "A Symphony Of Amaranths", for Duke Ellington and Gil Evans. This recording is made with the financial assistance from the Arts Council Of Great Britain. "After long Silence" (The words of this poem are by W. B. Teats and are used by permission of the copyright owner M. B. Yeats). "She Weeps Over Rahoon" (By courtesy of The Society Of Authors on behalf of the trustees of the James Joyce Estate). Jon Hiseman and Dick Heckstall-Smith appear by courtesy of Bronze and Island Records. Liner Notes: Richard Williams — Radio Times 25.9.71. Note on durations: A1 to A4, "A Symphony Of Amaranths" suite, the individual durations are approximate as they run into one another. B2 to B4, "Three Poems" suite, the individual durations of B2 & B3 are approximate as they run into one another.

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	Neil Ardley syn, p, 1937-2004 GB music by, piano, prepared piano, written by, album by, conductor
	Chris Laurence b, cb, *1949 GB bass
	Jeff Clyne b, eb, 1937-2009 GB bass
	Charles Tunnell vc, cello
	Francisco Gabarro vc, cello
	Jack Rothstein vn, 1925-2001 GB conductor, violin
	Jon Hiseman dr, perc, *1944 GB drums
	Karl Jenkins p, *1944 GB electric piano
	Dave Gelly cl, ts, bcl, *1938 GB glockenspiel, soloist, saxophone, woodwind, saxophone
	David Snell hrp, *1936 GB harp
	Sidonie Goossens , 1899-2004 GB harp
	Alan Branscombe p, 1936-1986 GB harpsichord
	Stan Tracey p, 1926-2013 GB piano, celesta, celeste
	Barbara Thompson fl, *1944 GB soloist, saxophone, woodwind, saxophone
	Dick Heckstall-Smith ts, ss, 1934-2004 GB soloist, saxophone, soloist, saxophone, woodwind, saxophone
	Don Rendell ts, fl, ss, 1926-2015 GB soloist, saxophone, woodwind, saxophone
	Derek Wadsworth tb, 1939-2008 GB soloist, trombone, trombone
	Harry Beckett tr, fh, 1935-2010 GB soloist, trumpet, trumpet, flugelhorn
	Henry Lowther tr, fh, *1941 GB soloist, trumpet, trumpet, flugelhorn
	Frank Ricotti perc, *1949 GB soloist, vibraphone, vibraphone
	Ray Premru tb, 1934-1998 US trombone
	Derek Watkins tr, 1945-2013 GB trumpet, flugelhorn
	Nigel Carter tr, trumpet, flugelhorn
	Dick Hart tu, tuba
	Kenneth Essex vl, GB viola
	Erich Gruenberg vn, *1924 GB violin
	Kelly Isaacs vn, GB violin
	Norma Winstone voc, *1941 GB vocals, sung by
	Bunny Gould sax, fl, woodwind, bassoon
	John Clementson woodwind, oboe
	Ivor Cutler voc, har, 1923-2006 GB narrator, told by
	Edward Lear , 1812-1888 GB words by
	William Butler Yeats , 1865-1939 IE words by
	James Joyce , 1882-1941 IE words by
	Lewis Carroll , 1832-1898 GB words by

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