Nu Troop

Gary Crosby's Nu Troop is a post-bop jazz group formed in 1991 by musician Gary Crosby in London. Referred to by The Rough Guide to Jazz as "one of the most important UK bands",^[1] the group won the Best Ensemble award at the Jazz à Vienne festival in 1997,^[2] and their album of that year, Migrations, was described as "superb".^[3]

Gary Crosby's Nu Troop
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Jazz
Labels	Dune
Members	Gary Crosby, Abram Wilson, Denys Baptiste, Andrew McCormack, Rod Youngs

History

Gary Crosby formed the post-bop acoustic jazz group in 1991.^[4] According to James Griffiths, writing in The Guardian: "The original Nu Troop was a conscious attempt to imitate Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, with leader and bassist Gary Crosby (formerly of the Jazz Warriors) providing a nurturing environment for an ever-changing assembly of hot young players."^[5]

As well as Crosby on double bass, the group's line-up has included Abram Wilson on trumpet, Denys Baptiste on tenor saxophone, Neil Yates on trumpet, Andrew McCormack on piano and Rod Youngs on drums,^[6][7] with different incarnations of Nu Troop featuring Robert Michelle, Soweto Kinch, Sean Corby,^[5] Peter Edwards,^[8] Tony Kofi,^[9] and others.^[10]

Albums

• Migrations (1997), Dune.

See also

• Tomorrow's Warriors