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- The Peacocks
- I Want To Be Happy
- Emily
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- It Never Changed My Mind
- The Lady Is A Tramp
- When I’m All Alone
- Spartacus
- I Loves You Porgy
This beautifully recorded acoustic jazz record was made at Clinton Studios in New York City on 27th Spetember 2002. The technique of recording direct to 2-track analogue is used by many jazz musicians as it captures the performance, in the moment, and also adds a natural warm lushish sound to the recording; as you would hear it acoustically. James Farber, New York’s most famous recording engineer, becomes a member of the band as he has to mix in real time, as the music is played.
John Fordham – The Guardian, 2001
SPARTACUS RECORDS was established in 2000 by Tommy Smith after recording a succession of solo recording from 1983 to 1999 with various Independents labels recording Giant Strides, Taking off, The Berklee Tapes, Progressions, Blue Note Records; Step By Step, Peeping Tom, Standards, Paris and Linn Records; Reminiscence, Misty Morning & No Time, Azure, Beasts of Scotland, Sound of Love, Blue Smith and Gymnopédie.
The recordings in the Spartacus catalogue feature many great musicians including Kurt Elling, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, David Liebman, Joe Locke, Bill Evans, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Kenny Barron, Joe Lovano, John Scofield, John Taylor, Bobby Wellins, John Patitucci, James Genus, Peter Washington, Billy Drummond, Gareth Williams, Brian Kellock, Ingrid Jensen, Bill Stewart, Steve Hamilton, Orlando Le Fleming, Sebastiaan De Krom, Calum Gourlay, Pete Johnstone, Kevin Glasgow, Alyn Cosker, Donny McCaslin, David Kikoski, Joel Frahm, Michael Dease, Kevin Glasgow, Clarence Penn, Aidan O’Donnell, Groven Myhren, The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra and legendary poet Edwin Morgan.
