Third Ear Band - SpiritsCD reissue. The Third Ear Band were one of the most interesting improvisational groups to come out of London in the late '60s. Unlike so many of their peers, they used traditional acoustic instruments rather than electric and electronic ones. Dave Tomlin was interested in free form Jazz, and initiated sessions of this music at the London Free School, and later at the UFO club. He was soon joined by drummer and percussionist Glen Sweeney, and the

in it's moving final section

This Document CD has 24 of her first 32 recordings and

Self-contained and accomplished as instrumentalists

which are still far too little known

having previously recorded his concertos for trombone and trumpet

bassist Joe Sanders and drummerMarcus Gilmore join Winston for a stimulating program

which consisted of taking up local hits by speaking in "voice over" around the choruses

"Some of the tracks were remixed by people we've known since we were kids and other tracks were done by people we've connected with over the past couple years of touring

citing it's influence and imagination: "Original in every sense - unknown

" she zeroes in on the magical moment when a new person enters your life and washes away your post-break-up blues

unsentimental blasts that shine a baleful and penetrating light into the dark and seedy corners of life all the while recapturing the urgency of their Capitol Records debut

Only the Five Pieces in Folk Style op 102 were originally scored for the cello