Oriole are a London-based band fusing lyrical world music with jazz spontaneity, who create an aural form of Magical Realism. Oriole's members consist of many of the most well established figures in the new British Jazz scene and are perhaps one of the few groups to feature two Mercury nominated artists: Ben Davis on cello and Seb Rochford on drums. They have also released two albums on the F-IRE Collective label. The music of Oriole is composed by prolific guitarist Jonny Phillips (musician).
Discography
Song for the Sleeping (F-ire, 2005) Migration (F-ire, 2006) Every New Day (F-ire, 2012)
Compilation albums
F-ire Works Vol. 1 (F-ire, 2006) F-ire Works Vol. 2 (F-ire, 2007) ZOOM! European Jazz Collective (F-ire, 2007)
Personnel
Jonny Phillips - guitar
Ingrid Laubrock - tenor saxophone
Ben Davis - cello
Idris Rahman - tenor saxophone
Nick Ramm - piano
Adriano Adewale - percussion
Ruth Goller - bass
Fernando De Marco - bass
Seb Rochford - drums
Guests and previous members have included Sarah Homer, Julia Biel, Okou, Steve Buckley, Guillermo Rozenthuler, Paul Clarvis and Anders Christensen.