The jazz ensemble performs Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet and other works.
The jazz ensemble performs Bryars's Lauda Dolce I, The North Shore, Added Time, The Flower of Friendship, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet and 'Epilogue' from Wonderlawn.
MORGAN GOFF viola NICK BARR viola NICK COOPER cello JAMES WOODROW electric guitar YURI BRYARS piano, bass GAVIN BRYARS piano, bass BRYARS Lauda Dolce I The North Shore Added Time The Flower of Friendship Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet 'Epilogue' from Wonderlawn Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1993, Gavin Bryars' Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is a deeply powerful and haunting improvisation on a 1971 recording of a homeless man singing on the streets of London, which still has resonance and relevance today. The predicament and frailty of the elderly man seems utterly at odds with his nobility and simple faith, and Bryars composed the piece as his tribute to the man's incredible spirit and optimism.
