Nu Troop

Gary Crosby's Nu Troop
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Jazz
Labels	Dune
Associated acts	Soweto Kinch, Jazz Jamaica, Gary Crosby, Jazz Warriors
Members	Gary Crosby, Abram Wilson Denys Baptiste Andrew McCormack Rod Youngs

Gary Crosby's Nu Troop is a post-bop jazz group formed in 1991 by musician Gary Crosby in London. Referred to by The Rough Guide to Jazz as "one of the most important UK bands",^[1] the group won the Best Ensemble award at the Jazz à Vienne festival in 1997,^[2] and their album of that year, Migrations, was described as "superb".^[3]

History

Gary Crosby formed the post-bop acoustic jazz group in 1991.^[4]

Its current line up is Gary Crosby on double bass, Abram Wilson on trumpet, Denys Baptiste on tenor saxophone, Andrew McCormack on piano and Rod Youngs on drums.^[5]

The band regularly performs ^[6] at The Spice Of Life in Soho, London.

Albums

• Migrations (1997), Dune.

References

1. Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, The Rough Guide to Jazz, 3rd edition, London: Rough Guides, 2004, p. 42.
2. The Rough Guide to Jazz (2004), p. 404.
3. The Rough Guide to Jazz (2004), p. 871.
4. "Gary Crosby on Dune Records". Dune Records. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
5. "Nu Troop on Dune Records". Dune Records. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
6. "myspace.com/nutroop". Retrieved 21 November 2008.