Oggi a Southend on Sea e domenica prossima a Walton-on-Thames (Regno Unito) si presentano due splendide occasioni per sentire dal vivo le musiche di Mike Westbrook rilette da Chris Biscoe per piccolo ensemble strumentale come già nell'album Music Is (Trio Records, 2022). Con il sassofonista ci saranno Kate Williams, Mike Outram, Dave Whitford e Jon Scott, alle prese tra gli altri con Mama Chicago, Aggro-Vancouver-Desperado, View From The Drawbridge, July '79, Graffitti, Wasteground and Weeds e due classici da sempre tra i preferiti di Mike, You Leave Me Breathless e Johnny Come Lately. Al secondo dei due concerti sarà possibile assistere anche in live streaming su YT: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook.
"Mike Westbrook is one of the most important composers in jazz with a huge body of work from small band jazz through big bands, cabaret, fusion, chamber works, opera, settings of poetry, creative re-workings of Rossini and The Beatles’ Abbey Road, always retaining his unique character. The idea behind Music Is is a simple one: take some of these great pieces out of their context and play them with a small jazz group, as you might an Ellington, Monk or Gershwin song."
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