Michael Garrick

MINI-LP REPLICA

Prelude to Heart is a Lotus is a 1968 BBC Jazz in Britain recording now released for the first time. Pianist and composer Michael Garrick was 35 years old and together with close associates - saxophonist Don Rendell and trumpeter Ian Carr - was defining innovative new directions in British jazz. Prelude to Heart is a Lotus is the precursor to the Argo Records Heart is a Lotus studio album which was released two years later, and this remarkable music shines a new light on an extraordinary period of creativity in Garrick’s long career.

PERSONNEL:

MICHAEL GARRICK, piano, keyboards, celeste
DON RENDELL, soprano & alto sax, flute
IAN CARR, trumpet
JIM PHILIP, flute
COLERIDGE GOODE, double bass
TREVOR TOMKINS, percussion

Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studio 1968

TRACKS:

01. Heart Is A Lotus
02. Sweet And Sugary Candy
03. Webster’s Mood
04. Song By The Sea
05. Temple Dancer
06. Little Girl