Torna a farsi viva una delle mitiche Raincoats, Ana da Silva: un album realizzato in collaborazione con Phew (Island) e una collezione di disegni e paginette illustrate (Love, oh love) pubblicato da Rough Trade: "A collection of drawings from the pencil of Ana da Silva, songwriter and musician in the legendary group The Raincoats. Having always drawn and written poetry, lyrics, ideas, in Love, oh love Ana presents us with these disparate elements merged together, combining to express, with a renewed vigour, her unique vision."

http://www.anadasilva.net
http://roughtradebooks.com/editions/love-oh-love
https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/ana-da-silva-phew-island

'Paintbox' Jane Mann presenta l'album Granite di Kate Westbrook ai lettori di LondonJazz, invitando all'ascolto anche appassionati di altre musiche: "Kate Westbrook has a track record for delving into many musical genres. Jazz, pop, rock ‘n roll, European cabaret and English music hall have all been influential, as have classical music including opera. She is well-known as a performer of contemporary music. Despite knowing of that huge range, this work took me by surprise. It is in essence a concept album, with an extraordinary soundscape.  The jazz elements are mixed in with contemporary music and spoken sections. The Blues are definitely in there too, and it will certainly appeal to rock fans – indeed it was reviewed favourably in Prog magazine."

http://www.londonjazznews.com/cd-review-kate-westbrook-granite.html
http://www.westbrookjazz.co.uk/katewestbrook/granite.shtml

In anteprima per i sottoscrittori, e all'immediata vigilia dei concerti in Italia di metà mese, è pronto l'album Catania tratto dall'eccezionale festival interamente dedicato a Mike Westbrook nel luglio 1992. Ed è magnifico.

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, plus guests performed, on consecutive nights Big Band Rossini, After Smith's Hotel and The European Song Book. This autumn Westbrook Records are releasing a double cd of selected highlights from the festival, entiled simply Catania. The album is drawn from various live recordings of the concerts, some of them only recently discovered, expertly assembled by the late Jon Hiseman with additional work by Jay Auborn and Callum Godfroy of dBs sound, producers of Granite.

westbrookjazz.co.uk