A ricordare le circostanze e le problematiche che hanno accompagnato il concerto di London Bridge is Broken Down a Zurigo il 10 novembre 1990 - la cui registrazione è ora ufficializzata in London Bridge Live in Zürich 1990 - e quello a Londra il giorno prima c'è uno scritto dei Westbrook apparso all'epoca sullo Smith’s Academy Informer, ora riproposto sul WestbrookJazz Notice Board. Vi si legge tra l'altro: "A phone call from Zürich from Tommy Bodmer initiated a chain of events that seemed at first to be totally separate, but were to become interwoven with the London plans. Tommy intimated that the International Zürich Jazz Festival might be interested in another Westbrook project this year (the last was the highly successful Westbrook-Rossini in 1986). Various ideas were mooted with the Festival's director Susanna Tanner, who was looking for something to tie in with a Shakespearian theme. Unfortunately, the Band's repertoire includes no settings of Shakespeare (although 'Isaura', from Rossini's Otello could be indirectly connected) - so things were at an impasse. Then Susanna heard about the plans for London Bridge, and having previously expressed her interest in presenting the work in Zürich at some point, finance permitting, the logic of the situation took over. With the two festivals spanning the same period in November, consecutive dates for London and Zürich were agreed."