Open Letter (Loose Tubes album) explained

Open Letter
Type:	Album
Artist:	Loose Tubes
Cover:	Open Letter (Loose Tubes album).jpg
Released:	1988
Recorded:	December 1987
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	56:17
Label:	EG Records
Producer:	Teo Macero
Chronology:	Loose Tubes
Prev Title:	Delightful Precipice
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Dancing on Frith Street
Next Year:	1990

Open Letter is the third album by English big band Loose Tubes, that was released on the EG label in 1988.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Sweet Williams" (Django Bates)  - 8:54
2. "Children's Game" (Eddie Parker)  - 5:27
3. "Blue" (Steve Berry)  - 5:52
4. "Shadow Play" (Parker)  - 5:40
5. "Mo Mhuirnin Ban" (Trad, arr. Chris Batchelor)  - 3:37
6. "Sticklebacks" (Batchelor)  - 4:24
7. "Accepting Suites from Strangers" (Bates)  - 7:39
8. "The Last Word" (Parker)  - 6:39
9. "Open Letter to Dudu Pukwana" (Dave DeFries)  - 6:39

Personnel

• Eddie Parker – flute, bass flute
• Dai Pritchard – clarinet, bass clarinet
• Iain Ballamy – alto and soprano saxes and flute
• Steve Buckley – alto and soprano saxes and penny whistle
• Mark Lockheart – tenor and soprano saxes
• Tim Whitehead – tenor sax
• Julian Argüelles – soprano and baritone saxes
• Dave DeFries – trumpet, flugelhorn and percussion
• Chris Batchelor – trumpet
• Lance Kelly – trumpet, flugelhorn
• John Eacott – trumpet, flugelhorn, bugle, clay trumpet
• Richard Pywell – alto trombone, tenor trombone
• John Harborne – tenor trombone, flugelbone
• Steve Day – tenor trombone, euphonium
• Ashley Slater – bass trombone, tuba
• Dave Powell – tuba
• Django Bates – keyboards, tenor horn
• John Parricelli – guitar
• Steve Berry, bass
• Steve Argüelles – drums, percussion
• Thebe Lipere – percussion

Notes and References

1. Allmusic: Open Letter