Beachcomber

An electric orchestra starts quietly, ends triumphantly, as it explores an interesting and progressive musical theme, which takes you through many musical places, in its search for a sense of completion.

Electric orchestra features guitarist who plays a six-time march theme which builds aggressively and anthemically, pastoral sweeps and vistas, guitar battles fanfares with horn section, fades into a sad, misting, nostalgic panorama.

Saxophone solo and guitar echo backing (from a hick country band), backed by a drummer whose world lies between two rhythms.

It's ten years since Frank Zappa died. We miss you, Frank.

A cheerful, rocky, climbing chord progression. Funks along noisily with a sax solo. Fades smoothly.

Another long, long, loop, performed by my excellent tyro band. The drummer's right on top of a mean rhythm. The Saxman gets going at the end of the second cycle and blows one's head off. A slow build and gentle release . . . . .

Rather sweet, with echoes, grungy build.

A long, long loop. Scenes of natural beaty.

Following on naturally from the last number, the same orchestra and big beat section back an ocarina solo, a stringy bridge, a brass call, a bassy restatement, and a stringy end.

An African band anthem sings the praise of something to eat. Taken from original African theme.

The electric orchestra go big band with heavy bass/drums and horns/guitars, backing a piping organ solo with sax repeats, surprising bridge, restatement, climaxed with sole sax.

Very cheeky twelve-bar featuring twiddly trumpet. Goes nowhere, but larks about a bit!