Mike Westbrook

This album, recorded and released in 1969 on Decca's Deram label, was a double LP (also sold as two separate records), and therefore quite unusual for the time, especially for jazz. It comprised a suite of compositions by Westbrook, with three tracks on Vol. 2 written by John Surman, and based on the concept of the vainglorious futility of war.

PERSONNEL:

• Barre Phillips, Chris Laurence, Harry Miller - (bass)
• Mike Osborne - (clarinet, alto sax)
• Alan Jackson, John Marshall - (drums)
• Dave Holdsworth, Kenny Wheeler - (flugelhorn)
• Alan Skidmore, Bernie Living, John Warren - (flute)
• Tom Bennelick - (french horn)
• Mike Westbrook - (piano)
• Bernie Living - (piccolo flute, alto sax)
• John Warren - (alto & baritone sax)
• John Surman - (baritone & soprano sax)
• Alan Skidmore, Brian Smith, Nisar Ahmed Khan - (tenor sax)
• Malcolm Griffiths, Michael Gibbs, Paul Rutherford - (trombone)
• Dave Holdsworth, Greg Bowen, Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler, Ronnie Hughes, Tony Fisher - (trumpet)
• George Smith, Martin Fry - (tuba)

Recording Dates: 31st March, 1st April, 10th April, 1969

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 Transition
• A2 Home
• A3 Rosie
• A4 Prelude
• A5 Tension

• SIDE B
• B1 Ballad
• B2 Conflict
• B3 Requiem
• B4 Tarnished
• B5 Memorial