title: Open Letter (Loose Tubes album)
text: # Open Letter (Loose Tubes album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  Open Letter is the third album by English big band Loose Tubes, that was released on the EG label in 1988.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Sweet Williams" (Django Bates) – 8:54
  * "Children's Game" (Eddie Parker) – 5:27
  * "Blue" (Steve Berry) – 5:52
  * "Shadow Play" (Parker) – 5:40
  * "Mo Mhuirnin Ban" (Trad, arr. Chris Batchelor) – 3:37
  * "Sticklebacks" (Batchelor) – 4:24
  * "Accepting Suites from Strangers" (Bates) – 7:39
  * "The Last Word" (Parker) – 6:39
  * "Open Letter to Dudu Pukwana" (Dave DeFries) – 6:39
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Eddie Parker – flute, bass flute
  * Dai Pritchard – clarinet, bass clarinet
  * Iain Ballamy – alto and soprano saxes and flute
  * Steve Buckley – alto and soprano saxes and penny whistle
  * Mark Lockheart – tenor and soprano saxes
  * Tim Whitehead – tenor sax
  * Julian Argüelles – soprano and baritone saxes
  * Dave DeFries – trumpet, flugelhorn and percussion
  * Chris Batchelor – trumpet
  * Lance Kelly – trumpet, flugelhorn
  * John Eacott – trumpet, flugelhorn, bugle, clay trumpet
  * Richard Pywell – alto trombone, tenor trombone
  * John Harborne – tenor trombone, flugelbone
  * Steve Day – tenor trombone, euphonium
  * Ashley Slater – bass trombone, tuba
  * Dave Powell – tuba
  * Django Bates – keyboards, tenor horn
  * John Parricelli – guitar
  * Steve Berry, bass
  * Steve Argüelles – drums, percussion
  * Thebe Lipere – percussion
  