Ten Part Invention - Tall Stories

1994 release

9 tracks of swinging, moody jazz written by or commissioned for the ten piece band. The 7, sometimes 8, piece horn section is composed of some of Australia's most famous players and a tight rhythm section that has its own life as The Engine Room

'inventive is the word for Ten Part Invention...' Jack Bowers CADENCE

'essential starting point for a collection' Clare SMH

'if I were a New Yorker I'd reach the same conclusion about Tall Stories - that it is one of 1994’s best jazz releases' Doug Spencer THE WESTERN REVIEW & Producer of The Planet ABC Radio National

John Pochée - drums
Roger Frampton - piano, sopranino sax
Steve Elphick - bass
Miroslav Bukovsky - trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
Warwick Alder - trumpet, flugelhorn
James Greening - trombone
Bernie McGann - alto sax
Bob Bertles - alto, baritone saxes, clarinet
Sandy Evans - soprano, tenor saxes, flute
Ken James - tenor, soprano saxes, flute