Apr. 2nd, 2017
Superstitious?
Apr. 2nd, 2017 09:26 pmIf you broke a mirror, would you worry about bad luck even if you're not superstitious? Would you walk under a ladder or cross a black cat's path on a dare? Is there anything you're superstitious about?
Do you believe in astrology? If so, how often do you check your horoscope and how does it impact your life? If not, do you get annoyed when people make assumptions about you based on your sign?
Do you believe in astrology? If so, how often do you check your horoscope and how does it impact your life? If not, do you get annoyed when people make assumptions about you based on your sign?
Sunday Music Selection - Brit Jazz
Apr. 2nd, 2017 10:16 pmMore jazz and stuff -
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band - Love Song No. 1
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band (UK) -Love Song No. 1 [Love Songs] 1970
Mike Westbrook - piano
Norma Winstone - vocals
Mike Osborne - alto sax
George Khan - tenor sax
Paul Rutherford - trumpet
Chris Spedding - guitars
Harry Miller - bass
Alan Jackson - drums
Mike Westbrook was perhaps the most influential of the band leaders of British jazz fusion. His Concert Band originally featured Westbrook on piano, John Surman on baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone and bass clarinet two altoists, one tenorist, French Horn, trombone, valve trombone, trumpet, tuba, bass, drums, and debuted with Celebration (august 1967), co-composed by Mike Westbrook (particularly the eight-minute Echoes And Heroics and the seven-minute Portrait) and John Surman. After the inferior Release (august 1968), a larger band (still featuring Surman) performed the pacifist concept of the double-LP Marching Song (april 1969), entirely composed by Westbrook and inspired by Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. A smaller band with Chris Spedding on guitar and Paul Rutherford on trombone, besides Surman, recorded Love Songs (april 1970). The zenith of Westbrook's dense and smooth arrangements was the nine-movement symphony Metropolis (august 1971), recorded by a 24-piece band (without Surman but with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler), followed by the eleven-part suite Citadel/ Room 315 (march 1975), with Surman back in the ranks.
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band, - Waltz (for Joanna)
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band, "Waltz (for Joanna)", 1969, album Marching Song Vol. 1
This album is an instrumental commentary on the origination and folly of war, inspired by the war in Vietnam.
( Moer jazz here )
Enjoy.
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band - Love Song No. 1
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band (UK) -Love Song No. 1 [Love Songs] 1970
Mike Westbrook - piano
Norma Winstone - vocals
Mike Osborne - alto sax
George Khan - tenor sax
Paul Rutherford - trumpet
Chris Spedding - guitars
Harry Miller - bass
Alan Jackson - drums
Mike Westbrook was perhaps the most influential of the band leaders of British jazz fusion. His Concert Band originally featured Westbrook on piano, John Surman on baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone and bass clarinet two altoists, one tenorist, French Horn, trombone, valve trombone, trumpet, tuba, bass, drums, and debuted with Celebration (august 1967), co-composed by Mike Westbrook (particularly the eight-minute Echoes And Heroics and the seven-minute Portrait) and John Surman. After the inferior Release (august 1968), a larger band (still featuring Surman) performed the pacifist concept of the double-LP Marching Song (april 1969), entirely composed by Westbrook and inspired by Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. A smaller band with Chris Spedding on guitar and Paul Rutherford on trombone, besides Surman, recorded Love Songs (april 1970). The zenith of Westbrook's dense and smooth arrangements was the nine-movement symphony Metropolis (august 1971), recorded by a 24-piece band (without Surman but with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler), followed by the eleven-part suite Citadel/ Room 315 (march 1975), with Surman back in the ranks.
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band, - Waltz (for Joanna)
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band, "Waltz (for Joanna)", 1969, album Marching Song Vol. 1
This album is an instrumental commentary on the origination and folly of war, inspired by the war in Vietnam.
( Moer jazz here )
Enjoy.