Giant Soft Drum Set

Polkaville 001

Paul Hession - solo percussion (drumset,pedal tympani,gong,etc) Recorded in Besbrode & Seals Piano Warehouse, Leeds 1986 & 1996. Released in 1999.

"Hession isn't hammering out a beat, he's shaping a music from snare rolls, bass-drum accents and cymbal strokes. His touch is super-sensitive, but girded by a steely understanding of metrical logic. He entertains cross-rhythms and complexities with a benign sense of speculation far removed from the ostentatious assault of drum clinics. The pleasure Hession derives from his ability to bend, fondle and overlap time is palpable. This is a subtle and powerful manifesto from a musician whose drumming connects Free Improvisation back to Jazz, yet who organises his music like a composer. Andrew Cyrille's 'What About' is no longer the only album of unaccompanied drums worth seeking out. Beautiful. A:1*" Hi-Fi News & Record Review.

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  The Anglo-Argentine Jazz Quartet

SLAM CD313

Pablo Ledesma (sopano/alto saxes), George Haslam (baritone sax/taragato), Mono Hurtado (double bass), Paul Hession (drumset) plus (1 track) Lol Coxhill,Elton Dean, John Edwards, Lukax Santana. Recorded live at The Red Rose Club, London 2001.

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St John's

Ecstatic Peace! E#77.

Hession/Wilkinson/Fell - Alan Wilkinson (voice, soprano, alto & baritone saxes), Simon Fell (double bass), Paul Hession (drumset). Recorded live at The Star of the Sea Hall, St John's, Newfoundland 1994.

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  Music For 10(0)

Leo Lab CD013.

Simon H. Fell with Guy Llewellyn (french horn), Charles Wharf (clarinet, bass clarinet,soprano sax), Pete Minns (tenor sax), Mick Beck (tenor sax), Alan Wilkinson (alto, baritone sax), Mary Schwarz (viola), Paul Buckton (guitar), John McMillan (electronics), Simon Fell (double bass), Paul Hession (drumset), Ben Watson (voice). Recorded live at the Termite Club, Leeds 1993.

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"Listen, Feetpackets"

Discus 1CD.

Feetpackets - Mick Beck (leader, tenor sax), Alan Wilkinson (alto & baritone sax), Charlie Collins (flute, bass clarinet, bass saxophone), Martin Jones (trumpet,flugelhorn), Tom Spears (trumpet), Mary Schwarz (viola), Ross Lambert (guitar), Linda Lee Welch (voice), Mary Oliver (voice), Nigel Manning (clarinet, flutes), Pete Rosser (accordion), Geoff Wolmark (bass & tenor trombone), Dave Ellis (double bass, tuba), Paul Hession (drumset). Recorded at Axis Studios, Sheffield in 1988.

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  Termite One

Bruce's Fingers BF32.

Lol Coxhill (soprano sax), George Haslam (baritone sax), Paul Rutherford (trombone), Simon Fell (double bass), Paul Hession (drumset). Recorded live at The Termite Festival, Leeds in 1989.

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foom! foom!

Bruce's Fingers BF5.

Hession/Wilkinson/Fell. Alan Wilkinson (soprano, alto & baritone saxes), Simon Fell (double bass), Paul Hession (drums & cymbals). Recorded at Kite Studio, Cambridge in 1992.

"This is a band who has no trouble making an audience sit up and take notice either on the stand or in their living rooms, and the reason for that is simple: Nothing about this music is compromised or half-baked; it's furious with humour built in, and it's knotty, scaly, confrontational stuff played with warmth and verve. Highly recommended."
Thom Jurek - All Music Guide

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  The Horrors of Darmstadt

Shock SX025 CD.

Hession/Wilkinson/Fell.Recorded live at the Termite Club, Leeds in 1993.

Out of print - No longer available

Composition No 12.5

Simon H.Fell. Bruce's Fingers BF26.

Alan Leggett (trumpet), Martin Jones (flugelhorn),Charles Wharf (clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax), Pete Minns (tenor sax), Alan Wilkinson (alto, baritone sax), Tim Brooks (trombone), Bruce Godfrey (violin), Helen Godfrey ('cello), Simon Fell (double bass, keyboards, electronics), Paul Hession (drumset). Recorded at Thatched Cotteage Audio, Royston in 1990.

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  Composition No.30

Simon H.Fell. Bruce's Fingers BF27.

Charles Wharf (contrabass clarinet), John Butcher (soprano, tenor saxes), Mick Beck (tenor sax), Alan Wilkinson (baritone sax), Mark Wastell ('cello), Stefan Jaworzyn (electric guitar), Colin Medlock (electric guitar). Damien Bowskill (electric guitar), Rhodri Davies (harp), Orphy Robinson (vibes), Simon Fell (harpsichord, piano, double bass), Paul Hession (drumset), Mark Sanders (drums) plus RNCM Big Band & Anglia X Ensemble. Recorded in Manchester,London, Leeds, Royston & Cambridge in 1998.

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Start Moving Earbuds

Something Else. Discus/Bruce's Fingers BF102CD.

Mick Beck (tenor sax), Simon Fell (double bass), Paul Hession (drums & cymbals). Recorded live at The Hare & Hounds, Manchester, 33 Arts Centre, Luton & John Hansard Gallery, Southampton in 1993.

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  Playing With Tunes

Something Else. Bruce's Fingers BF20.

(Mick Beck/Simon Fell/Paul Hession). Recorded in Southampton, London, Sheffield & Luton in 1995/6.

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Bogey's

Bruce's Fingers BF31.

Hession/Wilkinson/Fell.Alan Wilkinson (alto & baritone saxes, wilkophone), Simon Fell (double bass), Paul Hession (drumset). Recorded live at Bogey's, Huddersfield in 1991.

"..there is so little that can compare to this. This trio, on this night in 1991, showed up for a regular gig in the tiny town of Huddersfield, and proceeded to burn the place down with their music. From the opening moments when Wilkinson and Fell crank through a modal elegiac series of motifs before allowing Hession in to up the ante and take the sound to the margin and over, there is no doubt about the singular quality of the communication here. Wilkinson in particular is simply at the top of his form, long , fluid legato lines that turn in on themselves and create a fire in Fell that we have seldom heard in recordings. His pizzicato work is driven with a dervish-like intensity that moves through scalar variations on Eastern modal tonalities as Hession moves into overdrive in providing a driving, dancing, whirling support. This was a set that probably left everybody in the audience and on the stand breathless and wondering what transpired; it certainly happens on the disc. This set is truly unbelievable and truly indispensible."

Thom Jurek - All Music Guide

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  Registered Firm

Incus CD33.

Hession/Wilkinson/Fell + Morris. Alan Wilkinson (alto & baritone saxes), Simon Fell (double bass), Paul Hession (drumset), Joe Morris (guitar). Recorded at The Blizzard Condition, Leeds in 1996.

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