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ARTIST
WESTBROOK CONCERT BAND, THE MIKE
TITLE
Marching Song Vol. 1
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
AUDIO CLARITY
CATALOG #
ACL 044LP
ACL 044LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
12/17/2021
Vinyl reissue of
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band
's
Marching Song Vol. 1
, recorded and released in 1969 on Decca's Deram label. Originally released as a double-LP (also sold as two separate records), and therefore quite unusual for the time, especially for jazz. It comprised a suite of compositions by
Mike Westbrook
, with three tracks on
Vol. 2
(ACL 045LP) written by
John Surman
, and based on the concept of the vainglorious futility of war.
Vol. 1
's "Hooray!" begins with roaring crowd noise, years before sampling was even heard of, and not dissimilar to the opening of
Weather Report
's "Nubian Sundance" on
Mysterious Traveller
(1974). Then come the drums, beating in unison courtesy of
John Marshall
and
Alan Jackson
. "Landscape" begins with Westbrook alone on piano but a highlight of this longish piece is the arco bass duet featuring
Barre Phillips
and
Harry Miller
sounding surprisingly like a string quartet to the unaware. "Waltz (for Joanna)" is a gorgeous piece of writing embellished by a peerless soaring soprano solo by Surman. Following a somber short ensemble link track, "Landscape II",
Paul Rutherford
produces an appropriately free trombone solo on "Other World".
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