New single by Night Bus for Second Trip with Gary Brunton, Bojan Z and Simon Goubert. Retrouvailles, for you non-French speakers the translation is: Reunion, Reunited, Homecoming.. A simple « bossa nova » in A minor, the only characteristic being that the chord sequence is arranged in a group of five mesures instead of four […]
All aboard the Night Bus for Second Trip with Gary Brunton, Bojan Z and Simon Goubert. BLACKPOOL GIRL, first single from SECOND TRIP, a new audio and video release for this composition. « I wrote Blackpool Girl in 2000 when my daughter Jade was born. Jade had a very pale complexion and this reminded me […]
Gary Brunton is proud to announce the imminent arrival of SECOND TRIP by Night Bus. The new album was recorded at Studio Sextan in December and is currently in the last stage of fabrication. Its release is programmed for April 30th 2021. The line up remains unchanged with Gary Brunton (Double bass), Bojan Z (Piano) […]
Three fine musicians…
Thirty years of friendship…
One great studio session….
One phenomenal album…
The complicity between these old friends, at last reunited, is nothing short of extraordinary.
All aboard the Night Bus for Second Trip with Gary Brunton, Bojan Z and Simon Goubert.
Barely a year since their first album bagged rave reviews in Downbeat, this award winning jazz trio have been back in the studio. Their fabulous album, Second Trip is produced by the legendary François Jeanneau.
Original compositions by Brunton are balanced against witty arrangements of two Bowie songs and a sneaky jazz standard.
The energy is intimate but playful, an elegant spontaneity that showcases the sublime skills of three of today’s foremost jazz artists – but also captures the sheer joy of old friends reunited and heading out together again.
Born in Burnley in the North West of England in 1968, his dad John Brunton, a blues and jazz fanatic, and self taught musician, plays clarinet and saxophone semi professionally. His brother John Jr. (today a professional musician in Munich) plays guitar. After initial tuition on clarinet and piano, Gary discovered the electric bass at […]