This is one of a suite of pieces which Phil Robson wrote in response to a Derby Jazz commission for Derby Jazz Week 2007. Phil also created this new ensemble to realise the work which he subsequently released on Babel Records and toured around the UK.

 ".... the sensation was Phil Robson's Six Strings and the Beat project...This inspired crossover is a real achievement for Robson and should go down among the year's jazz landmarks."  JOHN FORDHAM - THE GUARDIAN

Derby Jazz celebrated its 25th anniversary by curating Derby Jazz Week in March 2007.  This piece, written and conducted by renowned jazz composer Graham Collier, was commissioned by Derby Jazz for the East Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra (now renamed Hot House Big Band) to play with guests Harry Beckett and John Bailey.