The Bryan Ferry Orchestra Releases 'The Jazz Age,' February 12
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of his music career, a creative powerhouse Bryan Ferry and his The Bryan Ferry Orchestra release The Jazz Age on February 12, 2013.
Singer and songwriter Bryan Ferry rearranged his own compositions having them performed in 1920's style by his Jazz Orchestra.
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra's The Jazz Age contains 13 tracks which have been chosen from Ferry's 11 albums starting with his first release Roxy Music to his recent solo album titled Olympia.
The Jazz Age track list:
1. Do The Strand
2. Love Is The Drug
3. Don't Stop The Dance
4. Just Like You
5. Avalon
6. The Bogus Man
7. Slave To Love
8. This Is Tomorrow
9. The Only Face
10. I Thought
11. Reason Or Rhyme
12. Virginia Plain
13. This Island Earth
Watch The Jazz Age abum promo video below.
Ferry's idea for the album came out of his fascination of the time between the wars which was known as 'The Jazz Age.' On the album Ferry made all the songs in their instrumental reinterpretation.
Ferry explains, "A lot of the music I listen to nowadays is instrumental," he explains "and I wanted to let my songs have a different life, a life without words."
For this album Ferry put together The Bryan Ferry Orchestra comprised of many great jazz players from his past album titled As Time Goes By, along with his musical director Colin Good. Good and Ferry worked close together on new arrangements for the album.