MICHAEL GIBBS: Michael Clement Irving Gibbs (1937, Southern Rhodesia) is a jazz composer, conductor, arranger and producer as well as a trombonist and keyboardist. He is known for collaborations with Gary Burton, his student, and for his use of rock elements in orchestral jazz. Gibbs’ orchestras were important stages in the careers of various fusion musicians, and his arranging, conducting and producing work was well appreciated.
JUST AHEAD
2-CD SET
3 STARS PENGUIN GUIDE TOJAZZ
MICHAEL GIBS, arranger & composer
COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL::
Kenny Wheeler, Henry Lowther,Harry Beckett (tp,flhrn)
Chris Pyne (tb)
Malcolm Griffiths (tb,b-tb)
Geoff Perkins (b-tb)
Ray Warleigh (as,fl, a-fl),
Stan Sulzmann (as,ss,fl,pic)
Alan Skidmore (ts,ss,fl,a-fl)
Frank Ricotti (vib,perc),
Dave MacRae, John Taylor (p)
Chris Spedding (-g) Roy Babbington (b)
John Marshall (d)
Live, “Ronnie Scott’s”, London, May 31-June 3, 1972.
CD 1:
01. Grow Your Own
02. Three
03. Country Roads
04. Mother Of The Dead Man;
05. Just A Head; 06. Fanfare
CD 2:
01. Nowhere
02. Sing Me Softly Of The Blues
03. So Long Gone