Album / Title
One Bright Morning
By: Tony Quarrington
Origin: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Insight
One Bright Morning contains eight instrumental jazz performances, including six Tony Quarrington compositions spanning swing, Latin, South African and other rhythmic influences. The album also features Thelonious Monk’s ‘’Round Midnight’, recast as an uptempo Latin arrangement, and Bronisław Kaper’s ‘Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo’, performed as a duet by Quarrington and pianist Brian Dickinson.
The recording brings together several prominent Toronto jazz musicians, including pianists Bernie Senensky and Brian Dickinson, saxophonists Kirk MacDonald and Shawn Nykwist, bassist Kieran Overs and drummer Barry Elmes. Kevin Turcotte appears on trumpet and Terry Lukiwski on trombone.
Released in 1999, the album received favourable reviews and gained airplay on Canadian campus and community radio. ‘Savannah / For South Africa’, with its rolling melodic lines and South African-influenced rhythms, and Quarrington’s unusual arrangement of ‘’Round Midnight’ were among the performances singled out for attention.
Following the album’s release, Quarrington appeared at Ontario festivals including the Toronto Du Maurier Downtown Jazz Festival, the Hillebrand Jazz Festival, the Markham Jazz Festival and the Guelph Jazz Festival. He also performed regularly at Toronto-area venues including Whistler’s, Quigley’s, Gate 403, the Charlotte Room, Manhattan’s, Graffiti’s and the Windsor Arms.
Quarrington was subsequently featured in Canadian Musician magazine and participated in the magazine’s May 2000 guitar seminar alongside Rik Emmett and Joe Satriani. During this period, he continued working as a guitarist, composer, arranger and producer. His production work included projects with pianist Joanne Brackeen and singer Daisy DeBolt, whose recording featured Jane Bunnett, Phil Dwyer and Dave Restivo.
Quarrington had also received a 1999 Juno Award for his production work on Willie P. Bennett’s Heartstrings. As a sideman and accompanist, he performed with Club Django, the Jeff Bird Trio, violinist San Murata, saxophonists Chris Robinson and Ryan Oliver, and vocalist Dee Kaye. He also worked with specialty ensembles including Mike Scott’s Hawaiianaires and the Yiddish Swingtet with Jonno Lightstone and Jordan Klapman.
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Credits
Musicians
Tony Quarrington: electric guitar
Bernie Senensky: piano on ‘One Bright Morning’, ‘Savannah / For South Africa’ and ‘Eclipse’
Brian Dickinson: piano on ‘Roundabout’, ‘’Round Midnight’, ‘Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo’, ‘Princesse en Promenade’ and ‘You Stepped Out of a Drink’
Kirk MacDonald: tenor saxophone on ‘One Bright Morning’, ‘Savannah / For South Africa’ and ‘Eclipse’
Shawn Nykwist: tenor saxophone on ‘Roundabout’, ‘’Round Midnight’ and ‘You Stepped Out of a Drink’; soprano saxophone on ‘Princesse en Promenade’
Kevin Turcotte: trumpet on ‘One Bright Morning’, ‘Savannah / For South Africa’ and ‘Eclipse’
Terry Lukiwski: trombone on ‘One Bright Morning’, ‘Savannah / For South Africa’ and ‘Eclipse’
Kieran Overs: bass on ‘One Bright Morning’, ‘Roundabout’, ‘Savannah / For South Africa’, ‘’Round Midnight’, ‘Eclipse’, ‘Princesse en Promenade’ and ‘You Stepped Out of a Drink’
Barry Elmes: drums on ‘One Bright Morning’, ‘Roundabout’, ‘Savannah / For South Africa’, ‘’Round Midnight’, ‘Eclipse’, ‘Princesse en Promenade’ and ‘You Stepped Out of a Drink’
Songwriting
‘One Bright Morning’ written by Tony Quarrington
‘Roundabout’ written by Tony Quarrington
‘Savannah / For South Africa’ written by Tony Quarrington
‘’Round Midnight’ written by Thelonious Monk
‘Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo’ written by Bronisław Kaper
‘Eclipse’ written by Tony Quarrington
‘Princesse en Promenade’ written by Tony Quarrington
‘You Stepped Out of a Drink’ written by Tony Quarrington
Production
Produced and arranged by Tony Quarrington
Executive producer: Michael Burke
Engineering
Engineered and mixed by Rich DuBeau
Mastered by Rayburn Blake at Rayburn Blake Audio Services
Recording
Recorded at Taxi Stand Recording, Markham, Ontario
‘One Bright Morning’, ‘Savannah / For South Africa’ and ‘Eclipse’ recorded May 8
‘Roundabout’, ‘’Round Midnight’, ‘Princesse en Promenade’ and ‘You Stepped Out of a Drink’ recorded May 15
‘Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo’ is a duet featuring Tony Quarrington and Brian Dickinson
Artwork
Front cover painting ‘One Bright Morning’ by Colette French
Back cover photography by Richard Reny
Graphic design by Mose Scarlett and Tony Quarrington
Publishing
Cordova Bay Music Publishing
Warner
Monk
Screen Gems
Record Companies
Cordova Bay Entertainment Group, Inc.
Cordova Bay Records
Ragged Pup Records
Manufacturing
Glass mastered by Cinram
Barcode
6 24481 00192 1
Matrix / Runout
#991007XS CBR0192 L386 MFG BY CINRAM 21
Mastering SID Code
L386
Mould SID Code
IFPI 6000
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Rights Society
SOCAN on ‘One Bright Morning’, ‘Roundabout’, ‘Savannah / For South Africa’, ‘Eclipse’, ‘Princesse en Promenade’ and ‘You Stepped Out of a Drink’
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