BEASTS OF SCOTLAND

01 Golden Eagle 7:28
02 Salmon 9:05
03 Midge 10:29
04 Wolf 3:46
05 Red Deer 7:10
06 Gannet 8:38
07 Conger Eel 5:36
08 Spider 11:19
09 Seal 8:36
10 Wildcat 5:16

Total Running Time 1:17:23

... the pairing of Tommy Smith's compositional talents with Edwin Morgan's poetry has produced a work that is, let's not get all modest about this, absolutely wonderful.

THE HERALD

Tommy Smith (Tenor & Soprano Saxophones)
with
Guy Barker (Trumpet, Flumpet, Flugel Horn)
Andy Panayi (Flute & Alto Saxophone)
Steve Hamilton (Piano & Synthesiser)
Alec Dankworth (Bass)
Tom Gordon (Drums & Percussion)

Music by Tommy Smith
Commissioned by the Glasgow International Jazz
Festival in association with the Scottish Arts Council

Poetry by Edwin Morgan
Commissioned by the Glasgow International Jazz Festival

Illustrations by Neil Boyce, Glasgow School of Art - winner of Beasts of Scotland Art Competition 1996 sponsored by Linn Records
Thanks to all students at Telford College of Art, Edinburgh and Glasgow School of Art for their entries.

Recorded at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London on 25th, 26th February 1996
Engineered by Calum Malcolm
Produced by Tommy Smith
Mixed at The Funny Farm, Haddington, Scotland on 7th, 8th March 1996 by Calum Malcolm

Edwin Morgan

Edwin Morgan is one of Scotland’s leading poets today. He was born in Glasgow in 1920 and held the chair of Professor of English at Glasgow University until 1980 when he retired. His books include: Collected Poems (Carcanet, 1990; paperback, 1996); Cyrano de Bergerac (translation of Rostand’s play into Scots, 1992) and Sweeping Out of the Dark (Carcanet, 1994). He has also collaborated with various composers on opera librettos and his own poems have been set to music by (among others) Martin Dalby and Archie Fisher.