Summer Fruits (and Unrest)

Summer Fruits (and Unrest) is an album led by composer, multi-instrumentalist and band leader Django Bates which was recorded in 1993 and released on the JMT label.

Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "hot full of breezy humor -- while also falling prey to the needless clutter so popular in fusion bands and jazz schools -- Summer Fruits will no doubt please fans who like their swing embedded in left field, yet logical dress".

Track listing
All compositions by Django Bates
 * 1) "Tight Rope" – 1:17
 * 2) "Armchair March" – 7:01
 * 3) "Food for Plankton (In Detail)" – 5:03
 * 4) "Säd Afrika" – 6:08
 * 5) "Three Architects Called Gabrielle: Just What I Expected" – 6:14
 * 6) "Queen of Puddings" – 8:19
 * 7) "Hyphen" – 5:32
 * 8) "Nights at the Circus" – 4:19
 * 9) "Discovering Metal" – 3:50
 * 10) "Little Petherick" – 6:30
 * 11) "March Hare Dance" – 3:02

Personnel

 * Django Bates – piano, keyboards, peck horn
 * Eddie Parker – flute, bass flute
 * Sarah Homer – clarinet, bass clarinet
 * Iain Ballamy, Steve Buckley – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
 * Mark Lockheart, Barak Schmool – tenor saxophone
 * Julian Argüelles – baritone saxophone
 * Sid Gauld – high trumpet
 * Chris Batchelor – soloing trumpet
 * David Laurence – French horn
 * Roland Bates – trombone
 * Richard Henry – bass trombone
 * Sarah Waterhouse – tuba
 * Steve Watts – acoustic bass
 * Mike Mondesir – electric bass
 * Stuart Hall – electric guitar, violin, lap steel, banjo
 * Martin France – drums
 * Thebe Lipare – percussion