#resojam
You can now play along to your favourite Resolution 88 tracks:
1) Download this minus-lead-instruments album - charts and tempo maps are included as bonus items.
2) Film yourself jamming along, tag us and use the hashtag #resojam - we'll re-post all the best videos!
All compositions, string & brass arrangements by Tom O’Grady except ‘Dig Deep’ (music by Tom O’Grady, lyrics by Marcus Tenney).
Resolution 88:
Tom O’Grady - 1975 Rhodes suitcase mk1, Hohner Clavinet D6, Bechstein Grand Piano, Solina String Ensemble, Wurlitzer 200a, Dave Smith Instruments OB6, Yamaha Bb & F Trombone, Whistling
Ric Elsworth - Drums
Alex Hitchcock - Selmer Super Balanced Action tenor, D'Addario Select Jazz 3S reeds (unfiled), Shape Your Own Sound 9* mouthpiece, Ishimori Wood Stone Traditional Jazz 8* mouthpiece, Bass Clarinet, Flute
Tiago Coimbra - 1978 Fender jazz bass, Warwick Infinity 5 string bass, Anaconda Ultra J4E-elite bass, Mark Bass amps and Ampeg B15
Oli Blake - Percussion, samples and effects
Photography by Sam Palmer
Recorded by Mike Thorne & Joshua Holland at Rimshot Studio and Andy Ramsay at Press Play.
Mixed by Robin Mullarkey at Sausage Factory Studios.
Mastered by Caspar Sutton-Jones at Gearbox Records.
Artwork by Tom Scholefield (Konx-om-Pax).
Thanks to:
YOU - once again, your support for our band by buying our music and coming to our gigs enables us to keep on doing what we do!
Vanessa Haynes, Peter & Christine O’Grady, Vikki Stone, Angela, Lucia, Julie Coimbra, Andrew Taylor-Cummings, Stefan Redtenbacher and Orphy Robinson.
Our extended Resolution 88 family - Oli Savill, Adam Kovacs, Afrika Green, Joe Taylor, George Crowley, Eric Guy, Jon Mapp, Tom White, Tom Smith, Mike Thorne, Robin Mullarkey, Caspar Sutton-Jones, Tom Scholefield, Chris Taylor, Andy Ramsay, Dan Goldman, Bob Power, Brian Hurst, Julian Fontenell, Bluey, David Ranalli, Jada Parolini, Helmut Heuer, Snowboy, Tobi Kirsch, Delia Tesileanu.
A very special thanks to Myles Sanko - you are truly a force of nature!
Thanks to Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell (RIP), Jerry Peters, Toby Smith (RIP), Matthew Larkin Cassell, Don Blackman (RIP) and Herbie Hancock for all the inspiration.
With the release of their first three albums and live
shows supporting Snarky Puppy, Roy Ayers, Marcus Miller, Larry Mizell & the Blackbyrds, Butcher Brown, Yellowjackets and more, Resolution 88 have already established themselves as one of the UK’s leading exponents of funk jazz. Their music is synonymous with the silky, buttery sound of the Fender Rhodes....more
Butcher Brown are doing their thing over in Richmond, Virginia - and it's great. It's been a pleasure to meet these guys, work and perform with them. Resolution 88
Carl's great new album is full of vocoder (think Herbie's 'Sunlight' album!), Rhodes & synth-drenched grooves - it's space disco time baby! Resolution 88
A surging suite built around themes of female empowerment from the UK jazz quintet, led by saxophonist and composer Emma Johnson. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 29, 2023
This live record charts a well-deserved victory lap behind the London composer and producer's lauded 2023 LP "Black Classical Music." Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 4, 2024