Mike Westbrook

Mike Westbrook Orchestra: Catania (WR004CD)

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1992

Mike Westbrook Orchestra: Catania

Mike Westbrook

Westbrook Records

5052442014829

GEN 156162

WR004CD

JAZZ

2

CD 19,99 €

July 2017 saw the 25th anniversary of the three-day Mike Westbrook Music Festival in Catania, Sicily. Presented by the Associazione Catania Jazz the Mike Westbrook Orchestra performed, on consecutive nights BIG BAND ROSSINI, AFTER SMITH’S HOTEL and THE EUROPEAN SONG BOOK. This double CD contains selected highlights from the festival, entitled simply CATANIA. The album is drawn from various live recordings of the concerts, some of them only recently discovered.

PERSONNEL:

  • SAXOPHONES: Chris Biscoe, Alan Barnes, Pete Whyman, Chris Caldwell
  • SAXOPHONE & ACCORDION: Karen Street
  • TRUMPETS: Graham Russell, Dave Plews, Noel Langley, James McMillan
  • TROMBONES: Paul Nieman, Adrian Lane, Tracy Holloway
  • TUBA: Andy Grappy
  • CELLO: Frank Schaefer
  • PIANO: Pete Saberton, Mike Westbrook
  • VIBRAPHONE: Anthony Kerr
  • BASS: Steve Berry
  • DRUMS: Peter Fairclough
  • VOICE: Kate Westbrook
  • with guests Phil Minton voice Dominique Pifarely violin Danilo Terenzi trombone

Album compiled from various sources recorded on July 24th/25th/26th 1992 at the Mike Westbrook Music Festival in Catania, Sicily.

CD ONE:

  • 01. Introductions
  • 02. View from the Drawbridge
  • 03. Love and Understanding
  • 04. Tender Love
  • 05. Lenador
  • 06. Song of the Rian
  • 07. Factotum al Bebop

CD TWO

  • 08. I See Thy Form
  • 09. I.D.M.A.T.
  • 10. Lush Life
  • 11. South from Toulouse
  • 12. Long John Brown
  • V13. Surabaya Johnny
  • 14. Alabamasong
  • 15. The Topers' Rant