Jazz Articles about Guy Barker

About Guy Barker

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Mike Westbrook: The Cortège Live At The BBC 1980

Read "The Cortège Live At The BBC 1980" reviewed by Duncan Heining

by Duncan Heining
April 12, 2026

Mike Westbrook turns ninety on 21st March. That would be reason enough to celebrate the man and his astonishing career in music, but add to that the release of the Mike Westbrook Orchestra's The Cortège Live at the BBC 1980 and balloons and bunting would seem in order. The original album is currently missing in action, so this live iteration also restores a major jazz composition to the catalogue. The music's realisation, along with the careful selection by ...

Album Review

Guy Barker: The Amadeus Project

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 11, 2009

Guy Barker torna sul mercato discografico con un'opera assai ambiziosa: The Amadeus Project, un doppio CD elegante e curato nella grafica, con due suite per big band dalle tematiche impegnative. La prima “mette in scena" un racconto jazz noir che affronta i luoghi comuni del musicista bello e dannato, rivisti con intensità e ironia. Nella seconda il tema è addirittura Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: un bel rischio, ma Barker evita un collage di citazioni pseudo-eurocolto e crea qualcosa di nuovo e ...