Firebird V11

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Cat No: EXPCD29

Release Date: 10 November 2008

Label: Expression Records

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 5020284000027

Genres: Rock

Description
An explosion of musical inventiveness, created by Phil Manzanera, one of the UKâ€™s great musicians and guitarists, in collaboration with ex-Quiet Sun and This Heatâ€™s avant garde drummer Charles Hayward, top Polish classical/jazz pianist Lezek Mozdzer and renowned bassist Yaron Stavi from Gilad Atzmonâ€™s Oreint House Ensemble. This ambitious musical endeavour is inspired by the red and white Gibson Firebird V11 guitar, his signature guitar and one that Manzanera has had a 35 year musical partnership with. The Firebird V11 album has its origins in a chance meeting at Gatwick Airport. Manzanera explains: â€œI was standing in the security queue and the man in front of me turned round and said â€œhello Philâ€�, it was Charles Hayward, school friend, drummer on our 1975 Quiet Sun album. who I hadnâ€™t seen for 20 years. We agreed that it would be great to work together on another music project. Around this time Gibson Guitars called me about a signature guitar â€˜inspired by Phil Manzaneraâ€™ and of course it had to be my Firebird V11: I bought it in 1973 and it featured on Roxy Musicâ€™s second album cover, â€˜For Your Pleasure.â€™ With Charles Hayward on drums, bassist Yaron Stavi was recruited to the project, with the final place in the quartet taken by Leszek Mozdzer, the celebrated Polish pianist. In addition to his own compositions, Manzanera asked that the three musicians each contribute a piece of music, as was ex-Quiet Sun alumni Bill MacCormick, with one track, â€˜Mexican Hatâ€™ improvised in the studio. The seven track album was recorded in one week at Manzaneraâ€™s Gallery Studios in June 2007. Firebird V11 continues in the tradition of Quiet Sun and the instrumental side of the 801 Live project. MacCormick and Haywardsâ€™ tracks were in fact written in 1970 for Quiet Sunâ€™s â€˜Mainstreamâ€™ album, but until now, were never recorded.
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