A central figure in UK and European jazz, Mike Westbrook, is 85 today, 21 March 2021. We (+) invited friends, colleagues and fans to wish him a very happy birthday. Alessandro Achilli: […]
Birthday Greetings to Mike Westbrook at 85
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (7. ‘Mama Chicago (1)’ – Mike Westbrook, 1979)
The seventh of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE), music haunted by the ghost of an unseen theatre production. Mike Westbrook has such an extraordinary back catalogue it’s easy to overlook even […]
A Guide to “The Westbrook Jazz Moving Picture Show”
Mike and Kate Westbrook have created a remarkable and continually expanding archive of films, The Westbrook Jazz Moving Picture Show. The latest addition is Toad’s Washerwoman a brand new animation to a […]
Kate Westbrook & The Granite Band – “Earth Felt the Wound”
Kate Westbrook & The Granite Band – Earth Felt the Wound (Westbrook Records, WR006. CD review by Duncan Heining) Is it really two years since Kate Westbrook’s last record Granite came out? […]
RIP Sue Davies OBE (1933-2020)
Sebastian writes: In 2005, Digby Fairweather introduced me to a quite remarkable person. Sue Davies, who passed away peacefully from cancer on 18 April 2020, four days after her 87th birthday, had […]
Mike Westbrook and The Uncommon Orchestra – Jazz on a Summer’s Afternoon at Torquay Town Hall
Jane Mann previews a joyful gig down in Devon: Torquay residents are in for a real treat on Sunday afternoon the 25 August. The great English jazz composer and band leader Mike Westbrook […]
