Simon Currie

Simon Currie: Monochrome to Colour

by Jack Bowers
April 1, 2001

There was a time when producing a big–band album required such preliminary steps as actually hiring a band. That’s no longer the case, as saxophonist Simon Currie proves on his debut album, Monochrome to Colour. Currie has employed a number of capable sidemen and women — I count at least fourteen — but not all of them play on any one track, and the “big bands” heard on four selections are in fact smaller groups — of no more than ...