Mike Westbrook

• 180 GRAM VINYL LP

A rarity from 1968 – Mike Westbrook's 2nd album, and a seminal work in the development of his messed-up large group style. On the outside, this is a big band recording, featuring a lineup of great Brit players that includes John Surman, Mike Osborne, Paul Rutherford, and others. Yet although Westbrook has clearly been influenced by modern large group arrangers like Gil Evans and Mingus, he's also throwing in a lot of New York avant ideas here, mixed with some of the brilliant cultural crossover styles that were brewing in London at the time.

PERSONNEL:

• Bernie Living, Mike Osborne (alto sax)
• John Surman (baritone sax)
• Harry Miller (bass)
• Alan Jackson (drums)
• Mike Westbrook (piano)
• Nisar Ahmed Khan (tenor sax)
• Malcolm Griffiths, Paul Rutherford (trombone)
• Dave Holdsworth (trumpet, flugelhorn)

Recorded on the 7th & 9th August 1968

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 The Few (I)
• a) Forever And A Day
• b) Lover Man
• A3 We Salute You
• A4 The Few (II)
• A5 Folk Song (I)
• A6 Flying Home (Bridge 'Opus One')
• A7 Sugar
• A8 A Life Of It's Own

• SIDE B
• B1 Take Me Back (I)
• B2 Rosie
• B3 Who's Who
• B4 Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
• B5 Can't Get It Out Of My Mind
• B6 The Girl From Ipanema
• B7 Folk Song
• B8 Take Me Back