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Mark Lockheart - Days on Earth

Saxophonist and composer Mark Lockheart first came to prominence in the mid 1980s with the influential big band Loose Tubes. Since then he has played a prominent role in Polar Bear and worked with many of the Jazz greats. Days on Earth is his most ambitious album to date, wrapping 25 years of musical and life influences into a one career-defining album.

Days On Earth epitomises the eclectic mix of influences and genres that have shaped Lockheart’s concepts - from the expansive improvising and lush soundscapes of Polar Bear to 70’s funk, African Kora type harp melodies and soaring strings. “The day we embarked on the recording of Days On Earth, 13th December 2017, I had been on Earth for 20,711 days. This also means that I’ve been on Earth for 2,958 weeks, 680 months, 497,000 hours, 30 million minutes and not far shy of 2 billion seconds. This record is a culmination of many of those experiences over the 2 billion seconds that I’ve been eating, sleeping, thinking, playing and composing music. Music is intrinsically connected to life, love and joy.” MARK LOCKHEART MARK LOCKHEART tenor sax ALICE LEGGETT alto sax LIAM NOBLE piano JOHN PARRICELLI guitar TOM HERBERT bass SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD drums 30 piece orchestra conducted by JOHN ASHTON THOMAS VIOLINS: Jackie Shave (leader), Warren Zielinski, Rita Manning, Tom Piggot Smith, Magnus Johnston, Marije Johnston, Katherine Shave, Patrick Kiernan, Shlomy Dobrinsky, Tom Crehan, Ruth Ehrlich, William Hillman, Matthew Ward VIOLAS: Bruce White, Oli Langford, Clare Finnimore, Paul Cassidy, Ruth Gibson CELLOS: Caroline Dearnley, Jonathan Tunnell, Jacqueline Thomas, David Daniels HARP: Helen Tunstall CLARINETS: Nick Rodwell and James Allsopp FLUTES: Anna Noakes and Roland Sutherland FFRENCH HORNS: Jim Rattigan and Laurence Davies TRUMPETS: Pat White and Toby Street and Laura Jurd on tracks 4 & 7 TROMBONE: Alistair White BASS TROMBONE: Andy Wood