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Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Band, 1951-1986
Classical and Brass
Formed by trumpeter Philip Jones in 1951, PJBE was one of the first modern classical brass ensembles. The group started as a quartet drawn from musicians of the Covent Garden Opera House Orchestra, later the ensemble performed either as a ten-piece or as a quintet Philip Jones Brass Quintet. In 1986, Philip Jones announced his retirement, and on June 8 the same year, PJBE played their last public performance. First line-up: Philip Jones - trumpet (1st) Roy Copestake - trumpet (2nd) Charles Gregory - horn Evan Watkin - trombone Last line-up: Philip Jones - trumpet Rod Franks - trumpet Nigel Gomm - trumpet Joseph Atkins - trumpet Roger Harvey - trombone Christopher Mowat - trombone David Purser - trombone Raymond Premru - bass trombone John Fletcher - tuba
Members
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symphony Of Psalms ⦁ Mass ⦁ Canticum Sacrum ⦁ Motets | Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Simon Preston | 2017 | Album |
| Vivaldi, the four Seasons | Giovanni Gabrieli, Pavel Josef Vejvanovský And Antonio Vivaldi - John Wilbraham, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Alan Loveday | 2014 | Compil. |
| Sinfonia / Theme & Variations / Sonata / Divertimento | Nicholas Maw, English Chamber Orchestra, John Gardner, Stephen Dodgson, John Addison, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 2008 | Compil. |
| Sousa Marches | John Philip Sousa / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Band Of The Grenadier Guards | 2004 | Compil. |
| Music From The Royal Court | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Brass Ensemble | 2003 | Compil. |
| British Music For Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth, John Iveson, Howard Snell | 2003 | Album |
| The 20th Century Album | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 2002 | Compil. |
| Gloria: The Sacred Music Of John Rutter | The Cambridge Singers, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By John Rutter | 2002 | Album |
| The Glory Of Venice - The Music Of Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli | Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Philip Jones, Stephen Cleobury | 2001 | Album |
| Greatest Hits | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 2001 | Compil. |
| Bläsermusik an europäischen Fürstenhöfen | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1997 | Album |
| The Glory Of Venice | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury | 1996 | Album |
| La Battaglia | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1996 | Album |
| Musique Funèbre Pour La Reine Mary | Henry Purcell - The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Conducted By Philip Ledger | 1994 | Album |
| Concert Music | Heinz Herschmann, Simfonični Orkester RTV Ljubljana, Samo Hubad, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1994 | Album |
| Musik für Bläser | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1992 | Album |
| Great Marches | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth | 1992 | Album |
| British Music For Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1991 | Album |
| Trumpet Voluntary | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1989 | Album |
| Music For The Courts Of Europe | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1988 | Album |
| West Side Story Suite / Kleine Dreigroschenmusik | Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Weill, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1987 | Album |
| The Glory Of Venice | Giovanni Gabrieli, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Stephen Cleobury | 1987 | Album |
| PJBE Finale | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1986 | Album |
| Grand March | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / Elgar Howarth | 1986 | Album |
| Brass At Walhalla | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1985 | Album |
| Obras Del Renacimiento Alemán | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Raymond Leppard, Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn, Purcell Chorus And Voices, Symphoniae Sacrae Chamber Ensemble, Roger Norrington | 1985 | Compil. |
| Lollipops | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1985 | Album |
| Brass At Walhalla | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Plays Richard Wagner, Elgar Howarth | 1985 | Album |
| Per Cantare E Sonare (Selección De Obras Vocales E Instrumentales Del Primer Renacimiento Italiano) | The Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Musica Reservata | 1985 | Album |
| Festliche Trompete | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1984 | Album |
| I Was Glad | Canterbury Cathedral Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Allan Wicks | 1984 | Album |
| Carnival Des Animaux | Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy • Erik Satie • Emmanuel Chabrier, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1984 | Album |
| Stars & Stripes Forever | John Philip Sousa - Elgar Howarth, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1984 | Album |
| Gabrieli In Venice | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1983 | Album |
| Fireworks Music / Water Music-Suite | Georg Friedrich Händel, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth | 1983 | Album |
| Noël - Festive Music For The Christmas Season | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1982 | Album |
| In Ducli Jubilo | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Peter Hurford | 1982 | Album |
| The Glory Of Venice - Monteverdi - Gabrieli - Bassano | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Magdalen College Choir Oxford, Bernard Rose, The Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, George Guest | 1982 | Album |
| Christmas Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1982 | Album |
| La Battaglia | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth | 1981 | Album |
| Baroque Brass Volume Two | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1981 | Album |
| Concert Music / Musique De Concert / Konzertmusik | Paul Hindemith - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth, Paul Crossley | 1981 | Album |
| Masses by Langlais and Duruflé | Jean Langlais, Maurice Duruflé, Richard Hickox, The Richard Hickox Singers, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1981 | Album |
| Festive Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1980 | Album |
| Bach Choir Family Carols | The Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, David Willcocks | 1980 | Album |
| Romantic Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1980 | Album |
| Baroque Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1979 | Album |
| Modern Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1979 | Album |
| Pictures At An Exhibition | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Modest Mussorgsky - Elgar Howarth | 1978 | Album |
| Easy Winners | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1978 | Album |
| Fanfare | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1977 | Album |
| Divertimento | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1977 | Album |
| Fanfare | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1977 | Album |
| Music For Royal Occasions | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Benjamin Britten, David Willcocks, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, St. John's College Choir, Arthur Bliss, George Guest | 1977 | Compil. |
| Funeral Music For Queen Mary - Five Anthems | Henry Purcell / Philip Ledger, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 1977 | Album |
| Carols For Choirs | The Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Conductor David Willcocks | 1976 | Album |
| The World Of Brass: Silver Jubilee Record | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1976 | Album |
| Stereo Laboratory London Classics, Vol. 17, Brass Ensemble | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Richard Strauss, Edvard Grieg, Eugène Bozza, Paul Dukas, Samuel Scheidt | 1976 | Album |
| The World of Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1976 | Album |
| Carols For Choirs | The Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Conductor David Willcocks | 1976 | Album |
| Renaissance Brass (Music From 1400-1600) | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1976 | Album |
| Symphony Of Psalms • Canticum Sacrum | Igor Stravinsky - The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Simon Preston | 1975 | Album |
| Choral Music | Gustav Holst - The Baccholian Singers Of London, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1975 | Album |
| In Switzerland | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1975 | Album |
| Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Plays Music By Addison • Dodgson • Gardner • Bennett | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Plays Music By John Addison • Stephen Dodgson • John Gardner • Richard Rodney Bennett | 1975 | Album |
| Symphony Of Psalms • Canticum Sacrum | Igor Stravinsky - The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Simon Preston | 1975 | Album |
| Golden Brass (Brass Music Of The 16th & 17th Centuries From England, Italy & Germany) | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1974 | Album |
| Hymns For All Seasons | The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Ian Hare, David Willcocks | 1973 | Album |
| Classics For Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1973 | Album |
| Christmas In Venice | The Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner | 1972 | Album |
| Baroque Venice | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir | 1972 | Album |
| Rock Of The Renaissance | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble And Orchestra Of The Accademia Monteverdiana | 1972 | Album |
| Brass Now And Then | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1971 | Album |
| Virtuose Trompete | The London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1970 | Album |
| Strings & Brass (Music By Gabrieli, Vejvanovsky And Including Vivaldi Concerto For Two Trumpets) | Giovanni Gabrieli, Pavel Josef Vejvanovský And Antonio Vivaldi - John Wilbraham, Philip Jones, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 1970 | Album |
| Just Brass | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1970 | Album |
| Voices And Brass | Heinrich Schütz / Johann Hermann Schein / Samuel Scheidt, Raymond Leppard, The Purcell Consort Of Voices, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1969 | Album |
| Brass - The Four Families Of The Orchestra No. 3 | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 1966 | Single |
| O Come All Ye Faithful - Favourite Carols | The Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | Album | |
| Glad Tidings: Baroque Christmas Music From England, Germany, Italy, France And Spain | Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn, London String Players, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Camden Wind Ensemble | Album | |
| Venezianische Weihnacht | The Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | Album | |
| Noels Traditionnels | The Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, David Willcocks | Album |
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