Cuneiform Rune 252  | ****
Graham Collier (comp, cond), Kenny Wheeler, Henry Lowther, Manfred Schoof, Tomasz Stanko, Ted Curson (t, flhn), Malcolm Griffiths, Eje Thelin, Conny Bauer (tb), Dave Powell (tba), Geoff Warren (as, f), Juhanni Aaltonen (ts, as), Art Themen (ts, ss), Matthias Schubert (ts, ob), John Surman (bs, bcl), John Schröder, Ed Speight (g), Roger Dean (p, ky), Paul Bridge (b) and Ashley Brown (d). Rec. June 1983
17.01.07

Global Mix 2CD02     ****
Guy Barker, Nathan Bray, Tom Rees Roberts, Byron Wallen (t), Baraby Dickinson, Alistair White, Mark Frost (tb), Rosario Giuliani (as), Graeme Blevins (ts, cl, fl), Per ‘Texas’ Johansson (ts, b cl, fl, cl), Phil Todd (bar s, tu, fl, a fl, pic), Jim Watson (p, org, Fen Rh), Phil Donkin (b) and Ralph Salmins (d). Rec. 2007 30.11.07

timg style="float:left;padding:5px;" alt="Guy Barker - The Amadeus Project" src="http://www.jazzwise.com/p2/jazzmag/images/stories/thumbs/amadeus-project-cd.jpg">Trumpeter Barker is on imperious form, as he so often is on record. Live in clubs, a combination of audience pressure and long working hours can strain his lip, but in the studio he’s relaxed and confident, his tone brassy and full, and his notes never in danger of splitting. 20.04.06