Big Air's lyrics & chords

Big Air is the debut album by the genre-mashing transatlantic quintet of saxophonist Steve Buckley, trumpeter Chris Batchelor, and tuba player Oren Marshall, from the UK, and pianist Myra Melford and drummer Jim Black, from the USA. It comes carrying weighty expectations—Big Air's infrequent performances have enlivened the British jazz scene. The band caused a stir at the London Jazz Festival in 2005, and another at north London's Vortex club in late 2008. The disc amply justifies the buzz. Recorded in 2005, following the LJF, with additiona...read more