Studio Recording " Lament " Voice of the North Jazz Orchestra 2005
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 11:53 am
I was recently flicking through my Album collection several weeks ago and came across a bunch of studio recordings I played on over the past 30 years or so, and decided to have a listen to one Titled " Park bench Story "which has 8 tracks all written by Canadian born composer John Warren and recall how much of a wonderful time we all had playing on this session.
One track which really took me by surprise was John's arrangement of JJ Johnson's ballad " Lament " which was based on Gill Evans 1950 Miles ahead ( which I have ) but written to include an improvised solo for our Tenor Sax player Lewis Watson who I think sounds truly amazing with so much feeling and straight from his sole.
I do hope you find the time to have a listen to this recording with some really nice ensemble playing from everyone, esp the Trombones.
Al
One track which really took me by surprise was John's arrangement of JJ Johnson's ballad " Lament " which was based on Gill Evans 1950 Miles ahead ( which I have ) but written to include an improvised solo for our Tenor Sax player Lewis Watson who I think sounds truly amazing with so much feeling and straight from his sole.
I do hope you find the time to have a listen to this recording with some really nice ensemble playing from everyone, esp the Trombones.
Al