by Ben Hogwood

Yesterday Arcana carried a review of Richard Morton Jack’s new biography Nick Drake: The Life, thoughtfully penned by John Earls.

John referenced the song Hazey Jane II, from the Bryter Layter album of 1971. Here he rediscovered a starry line-up of session musicians – including trumpeters Kenny Wheeler and Henry Lowther and guitarist Richard Thompson. The brass parts were arranged by the masterful Robert Kirby, while Drake’s band members for this song – and the Bryter Layter album – are completed by Dave Pegg (bass guitar) and Dave Mattacks (drums)

Listen to the song below, and appreciate the exquisite instrumental colouring around Drake’s dreamy vocal: