Steve Buckley (musician)
Steve Buckley is a
penny whistle and bass clarinet.[1]
Career
Buckley was a key member of
The Pan-African Orchestra (Ghana), Kakatsitsi (Ghana) and Massukos (Mozambique). One of his closest musical associations is with trumpet player Chris Batchelor. Together, they released three albums, The Whole and the Half (1995), Life As We Know It (1999) and Big Air (2008), the latter featuring Oren Marshall, Jim Black and Myra Melford
. In 2006 they received the BBC Jazz on 3 award for Best New Work with Ten Tall Tales.
Buckley's main area of work has always been within the contemporary jazz scene, playing and recording with artists such as Leroy Jenkins
.
Discography
As leader
- The Whole and the Half with Chris Batchelor (FMR, 1995)
- Bad Gleichenberg Festival-Edition Vol. 3 with Noble/Marshall (1995)
- Bud Moon with Noble/Marshall (Ping Pong, 1996)
- Life As We Know It with Chris Batchelor (Babel, 1999)
- Big Air with Chris Batchelor (Babel, 2008)
With Loose Tubes
- Loose Tubes (Loose Tubes, 1985)
- Delightful Precipice (Loose Tubes, 1986)
- Open Letter (Editions EG, 1988)
- Dancing On Frith Street (Lost Marble, 2010)
- Sad Afrika (Lost Marble, 2012)
- Arriving (Lost Marble, 2015)
As sideman
With Django Bates
- Music for the Third Policeman (Ah Um, 1990)
- Summer Fruits (and Unrest) (JMT, 1993)
- Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze) (JMT, 1995)
With others
- Aster Aweke, Kabu (Columbia, 1991)
- Billy Jenkins, Beyond E Major (Allmusic, 1985)
- Billy Jenkins, Scratches of Spain (Thin Sliced, 1987)
- Human Chain, Cashin' in! (Editions EG, 1988)
- Marxman, Time Capsule (More Rockers 1996)
- Jeb Loy Nichols, Just What Time It Is (Trama, 2001)
- Oriole, Song for the Sleeping (F-IRE, 2004)
- Ashley Slater, Ashley Slater's Big Lounge (Plush, 2002)
- Christine Tobin, Yell of the Gazelle (Babel, 1996)
- Huw Warren, A Barrel Organ Far from Home (Babel, 1997)
Radio performances
- Jazz On 3: Big Air. Friday 9 December 2005 23:30-1:00 Radio 3.[2]
References
- ^ "University prepares to host second Music Week". Plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Jazz on Three". BBC. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
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