Eden Express
Context
Opening track of Loose Tubes' first album, composed by Django Bates and recorded in London in December 1984. The piece, over eight minutes long, makes room for a tenor solo by Mark Lockheart and Bates's melodica.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to British jazz, Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of British jazz: Traditional revival, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).