Septober Energy is the only album of the jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

/progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 big band

Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...

 Centipede

Centipede (band)

Centipede were an English jazz/progressive rock/Canterbury sound big band with more than 50 members, organized and led by the British free jazz pianist Keith Tippett...

. Produced by Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

, it was originally released 1971 in the UK as a double LP

Gramophone record

A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

, and 1974 in the USA with a different cover. A remastered CD release, using the USA cover, was released in 2000.

The album is a four part suite consisting of four tracks of about 20 minutes each.

Septober Energy - Part 4 is based on the instrumental track Green and Orange Night Park that was part of The Keith Tippett Group's 1970 album Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening. Another version, titled Septober Energy and including vocals, can be found on the album Bristol concert by Mujician

Mujician

Mujician is an improvisational jazz quartet founded in 1988.The group's pianist, Keith Tippett, played briefly with King Crimson and also works with his group Centipede; the group's drummer is named Tony Levin, though he is not the same Tony Levin who played in King Crimson...

 and The Gregorian Ensemble, recorded 1991.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Septober Energy - Part 1" – 21:43
2. "Septober Energy - Part 2" – 23:34

Disc 2

1. "Septober Energy - Part 3" – 21:21
2. "Septober Energy - Part 4" – 18:45

Violins

• Wendy Treacher
• John Trussler
• Roddy Skeping
• Wilf Gibson (lead)
• Carol Slater
• Louise Jopling
• Garth Morton
• Channa Salononson
• Steve Rowlandson
• Mica Gomberti
• Colin Kitching
• Philip Saudek
• Esther Burgi

Cellos

• Michael Hurwitz
• Timothy Kramer
• Suki Towb
• John Rees-Jones
• Katherine Thulborn
• Catherine Finnis

Trumpets

• Peter Parkes
• Mick Collins
• Ian Carr
  Ian Carr
  Ian Carr was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator.-Early years:Carr was born in Dumfries, Scotland, the elder brother of Mike Carr...
  
   (doubling flugelhorn)
• Mongezi Feza
  Mongezi Feza
  Mongezi Feza was a South African jazz trumpet player and flautist.-Biography:Feza was born in Queenstown, South Africa in 1945. A member of The Blue Notes, he left South Africa in 1964 and settled in Europe, living in London and Copenhagen. As a trumpeter, his influences included hard bopper...
  
   (pocket cornet)
• Mark Charig (cornet)

Altos

• Elton Dean
  Elton Dean
  Elton Dean was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello and occasionally keyboard....
  
   (doubling saxello)
• Jan Steel (doubling flute)
• Ian McDonald
  Ian McDonald (musician)
  Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He is well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist...
  
  
• Dudu Pukwana
  Dudu Pukwana
  Mtutuzel Dudu Pukwana was a South African saxophonist, composer and pianist .-Early years in South Africa:...
  
  

Baritones

• Dave White (doubling clarinet)
• Karl Jenkins
  Karl Jenkins
  -Other works:*Adiemus: Live — live versions of Adiemus music*Palladio *Eloise *Imagined Oceans *The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace...
  
   (doubling oboe)
• John Williams (bass saxophone, doubling soprano)

Trombones

• Nick Evans
  Nick Evans (trombonist)
  Nicholas "Nick" Evans is a Welsh jazz and progressive rock trombonist.- Career :He worked in the Graham Collier Sextet , Keith Tippett Group , Soft Machine , Brotherhood of Breath , Centipede , Just Us , Ambush , Ninesense , Intercontinental Express , Ark Nicholas "Nick" Evans (born 1947 in...
  
  
• Dave Amis
• Dave Perrottet
• Paul Rutherford
  Paul Rutherford (trombone player)
  Paul William Rutherford was an English free improvising trombonist.-Biography:Born in Greenwich, South East London, Rutherford initially played saxophone but switched to trombone...
  
  

Drums

• John Marshall
  John Stanley Marshall
  John Stanley Marshall, better known as John Marshall, born 28 August 1941 in Isleworth, Middlesex, is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus and has worked with various other jazz and rock bands and musicians, among them J.J...
  
   (and all percussion)
• Tony Fennell
• Robert Wyatt
  Robert Wyatt
  Robert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...
  
  

Vocalists

• Maggie Nicols
  Maggie Nicols
  Maggie Nicols , is a Scottish free-jazz and improvising vocalist, dancer, and performer.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Julie Tippetts
• Mike Patto
  Mike Patto
  Mike Patto , is primarily notable as lead singer for Spooky Tooth and Boxer.-History:...
  
  
• Zoot Money
  Zoot Money
  George Bruno Money, known as Zoot Money is a British vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader best known for his playing of the Hammond organ and association with his Big Roll Band...
  
  
• Boz Burrell
  Boz Burrell
  Raymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the rock bands King Crimson and Bad Company.-Career:...
  
  

Basses

• Roy Babbington
  Roy Babbington
  Roy Babbington is a rock and jazz bassist. He became well known for being a member of the Canterbury scene progressive rock/jazz fusion band Soft Machine.-Biography:...
  
   (doubling bass guitar)
• Jill Lyons
• Harry Miller
  Harry Miller (jazz bassist)
  Harold Simon 'Harry' Miller was a South African jazz bass player.Miller began his career as a bassist with Manfred Mann, and came to settle in London...
  
  
• Jeff Clyne
  Jeff Clyne
  Jeffrey Ovid 'Jeff' Clyne was a British jazz bassist .-Biography:...
  
  
• Dave Markee
• Brian Belshaw

External links

• Septober Energy reviews at www.progarchives.com