The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra is a retro-jazz ensemble founded and led by Bryan Ferry. They exclusively play his work in a 1920s jazz style. Ferry formed the orchestra out of a desire to focus on the melodies of his songs, and "see how they would stand up without singing".^[1] Their album, The Jazz Age, was released on 26 November 2012 as a 10-inch vinyl folio edition and on 12-inch vinyl, CD and digital download, on BMG Rights Management.^[2] Ferry neither plays nor sings with the orchestra; BBC reviewer Chris Roberts called it a "peculiar concept then, with Ferry now, almost Warhol-like, sagely mute to one side while collaborators silkscreen his own icons. As fascinating as it is perplexing, anything but obvious, and therefore to be applauded."^[3]

Personnel

Performance

• Colin Good – piano and arrangements
• Enrico Tomasso – cornet and trumpet
• Malcolm Earle-Smith – trombone
• Richard White – alto and bass saxophones, saxinet, bass clarinet
• Robert Fowler – tenor saxophone and clarinet
• Alan Barnes – alto and baritone saxophones, clarinet, saxinet
• Martin Wheatley – banjo and guitar
• John Sutton – drums

Discography

• The Jazz Age (26 November 2012)
• The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film (6 May 2013)
  • "Love Is the Drug" (with Bryan Ferry)
  • "Crazy in Love" (with Emeli Sandé)
• A Selection of Yellow Cocktail Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby (The Great Gatsby Jazz Recordings) (10 May 2013)
• Babylon Berlin (Music from the Original TV Series) (2017)
  • "Dance Away"
  • "Reason or Rhyme"
  • "Bitters End"
  • "Alphaville"
  • "Chance Meeting"
• Bitter-Sweet (30 November 2018)