Summer Fruits (and Unrest)

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Summer Fruits (and Unrest) is an album led by composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader Django Bates which was recorded in 1993 and released on the JMT label.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "hot full of breezy humor -- while also falling prey to the needless clutter so popular in fusion bands and jazz schools -- Summer Fruits will no doubt please fans who like their swing embedded in left field, yet logical dress".

Track listing

All compositions by Django Bates

1. "Tight Rope" - 1:17
2. "Armchair March" - 7:01
3. "Food for Plankton (In Detail)" - 5:03
4. "Säd Afrika" - 6:08
5. "Three Architects Called Gabrielle: Just What I Expected" - 6:14
6. "Queen of Puddings" - 8:19
7. "Hyphen" - 5:32
8. "Nights at the Circus" - 4:19
9. "Discovering Metal" - 3:50
10. "Little Petherick" - 6:30
11. "March Hare Dance" - 3:02

Personnel

• Django Bates - piano, keyboards, peck horn
• Eddie Parker - flute, bass flute
• Sarah Homer - clarinet, bass clarinet
• Iain Ballamy, Steve Buckley - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
• Mark Lockheart, Barak Schmool - tenor saxophone
• Julian Argüelles - baritone saxophone
• Sid Gauld - high trumpet
• Chris Batchelor - soloing trumpet
• David Laurence - French horn
• Roland Bates - trombone
• Richard Henry - bass trombone
• Sarah Waterhouse - tuba
• Steve Watts - acoustic bass
• Mike Mondesir - electric bass
• Stuart Hall - electric guitar, violin, lap steel, banjo
• Martin France - drums
• Thebe Lipare - percussion