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London Jazz Festival: November 9-18, 2012
by Duncan Heining
London Jazz FestivalLondon, England November, 9-18, 2012Now in its 20th year, the London Jazz Festival is a vast, all-encompassing affair. One of the great cities of the world, London's history saw it swallow village upon village and hamlet after hamlet and this can make it all seem dispersed and disconnected. It's an ...
Westbrook Trio: three into wonderfull
by Bruce Lindsay
The Westbrook Trio celebrates thirty years of music making with three into wonderfull, a retrospective covering the years from 1983 to 2012. Pianist and composer Mike Westbrook, vocalist Kate Westbrook and saxophonist Chris Biscoe have pursued an uncompromising path through the three decades since forming the Trio, crafting music that can be both beautiful and challenging. ...
Mike Westbrook: Art Wolf at 75
by Duncan Heining
Close your eyes for a moment. Imagine a jazz composer who began with Ellington and then moved on through Mingus. He soon encompassed rock music, Kurt Weill, Rossini, the traditions of English church music and the pastoralism of Vaughan Williams and Holst, but still found a place in his music for The Beatles, European political cabaret ...
Testimoni del '68: Kate Westbrook
by AAJ Italy Staff
C'erano sacche di radicalismo nell'Inghilterra del 1968, e l'Università di Leeds era una di quelle. Insegnavo part-time al College of Art e nello stesso periodo entrai nella Mike Westbrook's Brass Band. Nel fermento post-Sessantotto credo che i musicisti più radicali siano stati quelli dediti al Free Jazz, che si crucciavano del fatto che la loro musica ...
Mike Westbrook Orchestra: The Cortege
by Chris May
At its richest, pianist/composer Mike Westbrook's work is to jazz what grand opera, in the classical world, is to chamber music. The Cortege is Westbrook at his richest, leading a 17-piece orchestra through an ambitious and brilliantly realized suite, loosely themed around the idea of a funeral procession and its after-party. Thirty years after its first ...
"Westbrook - Rossini" on Hatology
Westbrook - Rossini Lindsay Cooper: sopranino saxophone; Peter Whyman: alto saxophone; Kate Westbrook: piccolo, tenor horn & voice; Paul Nieman: trombone; Andy Grappy: tuba; Mike Westbrook: piano & tuba; Peter Fairclough: drums. Keep in mind that this is not a collection of isolated episodes, but a considerable ensemble work as well, full of relaxed pastoral airs ...
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