Michael Garrick

Pianist Michael Garrick was among the most boldly ambitious British jazz figures of the late-1960s, tirelessly pioneering various new fusions uniting his first love – straight-ahead jazz – with Indian music, liturgy and poetry. Featuring two previously unreleased sessions taped in 1967 and 1969, this album charts the course of his music from post-bop convention towards an indisputably ‘English’ jazz sound. Containing provocative live versions of several well-known Garrick compositions and an all-star cast, it truly captures the era in which UK jazz began to loosen its collar and let down its hair.

PERSONNEL:

• Michael Garrick - piano
• Henry Lowther - cornet, violin
• Jim Philip- tenor sax, clarinet, flute
• Ian Carr - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Don Rendell - tenor & soprano sax
• Art Themen - tenor sax, clarinet, flute
• Coleridge Goode - bass
• Trevor Tomkins drums
• Norma Winstone - vocals on (6-11)

Tracks 1-5: BBC Paris Studios, July 17th 1967

Tracks 6-11 : BBC Radio One 19th October 1969

TRACKS:

• 01.Good Times
• 02.Rustat’s Gravesong
• 03.Rest
• 04.Beautiful Thing
• 05.Anthem
• 06.Cascade
• 07.Face In A Crowd
• 08.On Track
• 09.You Are Winter
• 10.Childrens’ Chorus
• 11.Thanksgiving Dance