Compositions for Jazz/ Improvising/ Modern Ensembles

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pictured are Finn Scholes (trumpet), Mark Close (bass trombone) and Jill Christoff (french horn) performing John Bell's 'Song of the Elect' in the Auckland University clocktower, August 2012. (John Bell on tubular bells and bass drum) Hear a recording of this performance courtesy of Radio New Zealand Concert  on the John Bell Bandcamp site. Also, at right is a track from the 2013 cd 'Spoilers of Utopia' featuring a large brass ensemble (see personnel below) The title is a response to the notion of a collective memory. 

Discography below , and hear some more original material on  John Bell's Bandcamp site
2016 Duo with Alfred Harth on Kendra Steiner Editions

Discography (releases including original compositions)

Newmarket Records (santos) 3102.2 'Spirals' 2002
'Spirals', Ratdance',' Dreamers,' ' Orbits'
with: Ronny Feralla (drums), Frank Disario (bass)
iiii Records XV 'Spoilers of Utopia' 2013
'Delegation March', Family Gibbon', The Great Amnesia. With : Finn Scholes (tpt) Kingsley Melhuish (Tpt) Owen Melhuish (Tuba) Ben Zilber (Tbn) Darren Hannah (dble bass) Don McGlashan (euphonium) 
Neil Watson (guitar) Chris O'Connor (drums) + guests.
Yellow Eye Records 015 'C.L.BOB' 1997
'Spike'
with: Steve Cournane (drums), David Leahy (bass/ trombone), Simon Bowden (guitar/banjo) Nils Olsen (woodwinds)
iiii Records V
 'Triumph in the Capital' NZ Dominion Centenary Concert Band 2007
'NZ Dominion Centenary March', 'Dame Silvia Cartwright'
with: Tim Sutton (trombone) Bruce Morley (percussion) Paul Winstanley (Guitar/Bass drum/balloons) Richard Cotman (trumpet) Kelly Choi (woodwinds)
Santos Records 01  2 Moons  (2000)
'Sphere'
With: Patrick Bleakley (bass), Chris O'Connor (drums) Noel Clayton (guitar)
Eden Gully 019  'For Anzac Day' NZDCCB   2007
'P-Shelves',' The Legend of Alpha Wolf', NZ Dominion Centenary March'
with: Kingsley Melhuish (trumpet/trombone) Tim Sutton (trombone) Bruce Morley (snare drum) Chris O'Connor (gongs) Paul Winstanley (bass drum/whistles) Kelly Choi (reeds/fife)
Explorer's Club 001 'School of Hard Knocks' , Village of the Idiots  2007
'The Warrior who fought forever', 'Theme from Arterial Spray' 
both co-composed with Anthony Donaldson (band leader/drums)
 with: Jeff Henderson (saxes), Deane Hunter (guitar) Noel Clayton (guitar) Maree Thom (bass), Bridget Kelly (sax), Clare Cooper (harp), Clayton Thomas (bass), Chris O'Connor (drums) Steve Cournane (gongs) Toby Laing (trumpet) Anton Wuts (bass saxophone), Andreas Lepper (percussion ) Riki Gooch (samples) Richard Nunns (Taonga Puoro)