28 July 2007

Mike Westbrook Concert Band - Release (1968) 192 LAME




BOROMIR SAYS ' For sol then, how about Mike Westbrooks's Release, which is about the only one of his that's OOP, It's a longtime favourite of mine. ITS A VINYL RIP,at 192 kbps (that was the norm a year or so ago).
Mike Westbrook Concert Band - Release (1968)
personnel
Mike Westbrook: piano John Surman: Baritone sax Mike Osbourne: alto Bernie Living: alto Nisar Ahmed (George) Khan: tenor Dave Holdsworth: trumpet/flugelhorn Malcolm Griffiths: trombone Paul Rutherford: trombone Harry Miller: bass Alan Jackson: drums
Most of these players went onto well-documented careers, but there are two enigmatic characters among them:-Bernie Living, who has a style similar to Kaoru Abe, and George Khan, who, to me, has more than a passing resemblence to Albert Ayler. I think both of these guys became lost to rock - Living was last heard of in a Manfred Mann band, and Khan in a jazz rock group called Sold Gold Cadillac. I can find no trace of either of them after the early 70s. What a waste of talent !
thanks for this b,it looks great!!
buy mike westbrook albums, hes one of the major composers in postwar jazz, and the british scene.
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15 comments:

  1. Anonymous28 July 2007 at 20:30:00 CEST

    thanks for another fine slice of (jolly old) Brit-jazz

    (glad you got your bandwidth back)

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  2. Anonymous30 July 2007 at 03:36:00 CEST

    another amazing share dipmong! wow

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  3. SOTISE30 July 2007 at 17:41:00 CEST

    glad you are enjoying these fine british classics.
    many thanks to BOROMIR for this, it is superb,indeed stunning.

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  4. infinite fool4 August 2007 at 18:05:00 CEST

    What an amzing blog. I just found you today, and I'm simply stuinned at all the great music you're sharing. Thank you.

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  5. Anonymous18 June 2008 at 11:51:00 CEST

    Many thanks!

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  6. matt w30 May 2009 at 04:52:00 CEST

    Thanks for posting this!

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  7. Anonymous12 January 2015 at 20:22:00 CET

    Hi,
    Could you please repost this one?
    Thanks in advance!

    thegreek

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  8. Anonymous14 December 2015 at 02:35:00 CET

    Would it be possible to repost this one - was lucky enough to go a MU workshop with the section leaders of Mike's band - super super

    Paul,

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  9. EmmaYaBasta8 April 2017 at 02:42:00 CEST

    please repost!

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  10. Lector18 September 2018 at 12:16:00 CEST

    Please please repost!

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  11. kinabalu24 September 2018 at 14:06:00 CEST

    New link:

    Adrive

    What a splendid choice!

    I got this off Soulseek. It's a slight upgrade from the original posting at 192 kbps. This one is at 256 kbps, but it sounds just fine. And the music is marvellous!

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  12. jeff24 September 2018 at 15:46:00 CEST

    kinabalu, thank you very much for the reup of this treasure. Looking forward to it. What a line up!!!!

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  13. Paul Jefferson Woods26 September 2018 at 20:08:00 CEST

    Kinabalu - wow remember Alan Wakeman raving about this at an MU workshop many thanks if anyone has Love Dream and Variations as well that would be amazing.

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  14. Garu6 October 2018 at 23:12:00 CEST

    thank you for making this available.

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  15. Unknown17 March 2019 at 00:43:00 CET

    thak you very very very much for the repost of this rare recording

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