Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook
A celebration of one of the greatest composers in jazz
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Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook: Chris Biscoe soprano, alto and baritone saxophones, alto clarinet, Kate Williams piano, Mike Outram guitar, Dave Whitford bass, Eric Ford drums
The inspiration behind Music Is is a simple one; to celebrate the music of Mike Westbrook, one of the most important composers in jazz with a huge body of work from small band jazz through big bands and beyond, from the unique perspective of Chris Biscoe who has worked with Westbrook since 1973.
Chris will be joined by a stellar line-up to take some of Westbrook's great pieces out of their context and play them with a small jazz group as you might an Ellington, Monk or Gershwin song while always retaining their distinctive character.
The arrangements are simple or created in partnership with the musicians of the quintet.
'It is a pleasure to hear these great Westbrook tunes being treated as the standards they deserve to be,' Jane Mann London Jazz News
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