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‘MUSIC IS’
CHRIS BISCOE PLAYS MIKE WESTBROOK
Superb – an exhilarating album.
– Jazz Journal
The qualities of the performances – a little gem!
– All About Jazz
We are thrilled to share that Chris Biscoe has just released a new CD called ‘Music Is – Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook‘, which features Dave Whitford, Jon Scott, Mike Outram, and Kate Williams. To celebrate, hear Chris and the band live on January 19th, 8pm, performing at Riverhouse Barn, where he will bring this new music to life on stage.
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE:
https://thelittleboxoffice.com/riverhouse/event/view/205286
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.
LISTEN TO ‘MUSIC IS – CHRIS BISCOE PLAYS MIKE WESTBROOK‘ ON BANDCAMP NOW:
https://chrisbiscoe.bandcamp.com/album/music-is-chris-biscoe-plays-mike-westbrook
Chris Biscoe has worked with Mike and Kate Westbrook since 1979, from Mama Chicago and The Cortege through On Duke’s Birthday, London Bridge is Broken Down, Bar Utopia, Art Wolf and many other shows. Their closest and most enduring collaboration is The Trio, which has toured extensively and produced four records.
It’s all about the improvisation and working creatively together at that moment in time. Arrangements are simple, or even created in the studio in partnership with input from the members of the quintet. The title track, Music Is, appears twice, in its original ballad tempo, and in a spontaneous trio recasting as a medium tempo waltz. There are also two unaccompanied sax tracks, one of them a multitrack improvisation for alto sax, alto clarinets and field recording of street sounds.
The musicians: Chris Biscoe – soprano, alto and baritone sax, alto clarinet; Mike Outram – guitar; Kate Williams – piano; Dave Whitford – bass; Jon Scott – drums.
Biscoe’s 44-year association with the great British composer Mike Westbrook and his music, and life partner Kate Westbrook gives him a unique insight into their artistic world.
– Duncan Heining, All About Jazz ****½
I love this album. It is a pleasure to hear these great Westbrook tunes being treated by Biscoe as the standards they deserve to be.
– Jane Mann, London Jazz News
