Music

The Penguins Are Coming!

TG Collective - Release The Penguins

We’ve finally finished recording our new album – Release The Penguins. The album (and Penguins!) will be released on 28th May 2012 (you can pre-order via Amazon or our website here), but in the meantime, here’s a quick preview track …

TGC Recording – Late 2007

The tracks below – recorded in late 2007 – were the original sketches of a few tracks for the new album, recorded at The Electric Cinema, Birmingham.

An Oldie!

This is one of our first live recordings, way back from the halcyon days of October 2006, and at one of our first gigs together, at The Stratford-upon-Avon Music Festival. This recording is a shortened edit of the band playing Paco de Lucia’s Entre dos Aguas …

Trio Gitano – Who Ate All The Tapas? (2005 album)

Who Ate All The Tapas?Trio Gitano’s debut album, Who Ate All The Tapas?, was released in the UK on August 22nd, 2005, through the Birds Recording Company, distributed by Proper Music (BIRDSCD1001) and recorded at MASC Studios, Birmingham, England, over the summer of 2004.

The album also features Bryan Corbett on trumpet and flugelhorn on three tracks. Check out the reviews here.

You can still invest in a physical copy to prop up your wobbly bookshelf from our Emporium or Amazon.co.uk … digital downloads will be back online and available from iTunes, Bandcamp, Spotify and co shortly.  In the meantime, help yourself to two full free 320k downloads …

Album Tracklisting

1 . LATIN SWING – Bryan Lester
2 . MINOR BLUES – Django Reinhardt; arr.Bryan Lester, Trio Gitano
3 . ADAGIO (feat.Bryan Corbett) – Joaquin Rodrigo; arr.Sam Slater
4 . SPANISH CINEMA (feat. Bryan Corbett) – Bryan Lester
* Full free download: MP3 (320kbps) 10.3MB or FLAC (24bit) 45.6MB or from Soundcloud above.

5 . BAIAO DE GUDE – Paulo Bellinati
* Full free download: MP3 (320kbps) 10.9MB or FLAC (24bit) 43.2MB or from Soundcloud above.

6 . TAKE FIVE- Paul Desmond; arr. Bryan Lester, Trio Gitano
7 . HEROES: I – PRELUDE – Bryan Lester
8 . HEROES: II – PAGANINI PASSING – Bryan Lester
9 . HEROES: III – HEROES – Bryan Lester
10. HEROES: IV – DANCE AND CADENZA – Bryan Lester
11. SAETA (Feat. Bryan Corbett) – Keith Cole
12. ON THE RUN – Bryan Lester
13. BLUE DRAG – Josef Myrow; arr.Bryan Lester, Trio Gitano