Broken Blackbird Ensemble

The Broken Blackbird Ensemble, from Sheffield in England, offered an odd combination of chamber music, folk and jazz on the instrumental album Gadzooks! (2005) and then disappeared. The line-up on that album consisted of: James Green (cello, autoharp, xylophone, organ, pipes), Fred Bellis (drums, percussion, melodica, organ, vocals), David A Jaycock (acoustic guitar, pipes, electric guitar, drums), Lindsay Aitkenhead (viola, cymbals, pipes, thumb piano, vocals), Andres Sotorrio (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, jaw harp, harmonica), and "Chrome" Smith (electric guitar, pipes). They also contributed the emotional threnody Piece #5 to the compilation Early Winter Music Volume 1 (2005).