Short Wave for Canterbury / JR/F

I was a little surprised not to see this short lived band on here. Short Wave consisting of Hugh Hopper  (bass), Didier Malherbe (sax), Phil Miller (guitar) and Pip Pyle (drums) came together in 1991 to perform at a jazz festival as a one off, and kept going until at least 1994. In 1993 they released their one and only album; Short Wave Live. As this band was only meant to last for one gig and looked liked it may become something more permanent, Pip Pyle joked at the time that the name may need changing to Long Wave.

1. "The Fox" (Miller)
2. "Saiseyes" (Pyle)
3. "Frankly Speaking" (Hopper)
4. "The Balladin" (Pyle)
5. "2 P.M." (Hopper)
6. "Partout" (Hopper)
7. "Midnight Judo" (Hopper)
8. "Shuffle Demons" (Hopper)
9. "Nan True's Hole" (Miller)
10. "VZG" (Malherbe)
11. "Et Alors..." (Malherbe)

The music is jazz rock with a Canterbury sound, and could fit into either the Canterbury or Jazz Rock/Fusion sub-genres. Given the history of the band members, Canterbury would seem a more suitable fit.

Edited by Bosh66 - February 29 2012 at 10:25

Cheers harmonium. Much appreciated.

^ I thought the same, but there are so little suggestions for Canterbury that I felt it's worth checking out by the team anyway. 

We all have different ways of interpreting the music we are presented with. I am relatively new to this fascinating world of genres and subgenres, having only really come to learn of the existence of so many of them since joining progarchives. However, I am well into my 6th decade of listening to music (of all kinds, not just prog rock, though that has to be my favourite, I guess) and to a musical layman such as myself, who has never played an instrument other than a brief dabble on the piano in my late teens and early twenties, this sounded very much like what I had previously understood to be jazz, with many of the melody lines being played by brass & woodwind instruments rather than a guitar. I was unsure though, so I looked elsewhere for guidance before posting. When I found a comment by a guy who actually played on the recording saying it was one of the best straight jazz ones he had done, I thought I was on fairly safe ground.

Sorry to sound impatient - I'm honestly not. Just checking this was picked up by the Canterbury or Jazz Rock / Fusion team?

Edited by Bosh66 - February 29 2012 at 10:26

Hmmm. Nowt happening with this, methinks! 

Thanks Logan. I guess I could burn a copy of my legally bought CD to send to someone for evaluation (so long as they promised to destroy it afterwards of course!) or upload some MP3s? I'll also PM Alucard as you suggest.

Thanks Alucard. If you pm me an address, I'll send you something this weekend.

I've bumped the suggestion in the Canterbury thread. 

Hate to do this, but even without listening the album should be filed under Canterbury due to the personnel involved in the project.