30 September 2017

Mike Westbrook Sextet live in Montreux 1968


When I found this, my eyes went WOW! I can't believe it! This is taken from a concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968. The sextet has the following line-up:

Mike Osborne - alto
John Surman - baritone
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Mike Westbrook - piano
Harry Miller - bass
Alan Jackson - drums

This concert features the line-up at about the time of the first Concert Band albums on Deram from 1967 onwards to about 1970. I can't identify the tunes here - two slabs at about 20 minutes each - but I'll have a listen to the afore-mentioned albums and see if I can get any further. In the middle of the first piece, Surman slips into "The Girl from Ipanema" of all things (which is on Release) and there are some thematic passages that do sound like marching songs. To be verified if possible.

Make this an essential listening if you're into golden age British Jazz. And I mean essential!


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17 comments:

  1. kinabalu30 September 2017 at 15:35:00 CEST

    Adrive

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  2. Paczkipipco30 September 2017 at 16:24:00 CEST

    Thanks!

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  3. Doug S.30 September 2017 at 16:34:00 CEST

    Wow indeed! Thank you so much, kinabalu!

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  4. konjaku30 September 2017 at 18:20:00 CEST

    Thank you!

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  5. Palimpsestuous30 September 2017 at 20:22:00 CEST

    Thank you!

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  6. francisco santos30 September 2017 at 23:50:00 CEST

    BIG THX!...

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  7. armando1 October 2017 at 09:45:00 CEST

    Great line-up. Thanks a lot!

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  8. rebf9421 October 2017 at 12:44:00 CEST

    Many thanks.

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  9. Paul Jefferson Woods1 October 2017 at 16:13:00 CEST

    Thanks a million for this kinabalu takes me back to great times of adventurous British music. Also seem to remember John Surman was awarded best soloist of Montreux 68 great set I guess between Celebration and Release. Saw Mike in the 70's when as an encore they all blasted out Flying Home. On a different blog I saw this which maybe the setlist:

    Out and About (Surman) 10:27

    The Girl From Ipanema (Jobim/de Moraes/Gimbel)/Unknown 11:28

    Unknown 8:24

    Forever And A Day (Westbrook) 7:08

    The Lamplighter (Surman) 8:02

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  10. assu1 October 2017 at 17:36:00 CEST

    Yeah!!!!!!!! thank you
    Bra Robs

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  11. miloo22 October 2017 at 21:06:00 CEST

    Thank you Kinabalu!

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  12. Tantris5 October 2017 at 17:29:00 CEST

    The entire concert hangs together really well; Harry Miller's bass is astonishing!

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  13. Solomon6 October 2017 at 17:13:00 CEST

    Thank you!

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  14. Wallofsound14 October 2017 at 21:16:00 CEST

    Wonderful.

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  15. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth15 October 2017 at 19:36:00 CEST

    Great music! Thank you, kinabalu. This fits quite well with the recent Mike Westbrook box-set which includes a.o. a sextet recording from 1966 with the same line-up..

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  16. wightdj20 October 2017 at 18:46:00 CEST

    Appreciated, thanks.

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  17. ritzbird21 October 2017 at 16:50:00 CEST

    Many thanks for this very early Christmas present !

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