604388306022

Platterback

Mike Westbrook & Company

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Format: CD

Cat No: JPVP117CD

Release Date:  01 January 2001

Label:  Westbrook Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  604388306022

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    With music by Mike Westbrook and lyrics by Kate Westbrook, 'Platterback' received it's world premiere at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge on 12th June 1998. Five traveller/musicians are on a journey down from the mountains to the mythical modern city of Platterback. Their story - by turns comic, tender and tragic - is told in songs that evoke the many idioms of contemporary jazz and popular music.

    Mike Westbrook: Piano/Tuba/Voice

    Kate Westbrook: Voice

    John Winfield: Voice

    Karen Street: Accordion/Voice

    Stanley Adler: Cello/Voice

    Reviews:

    "Love, duty, nostalgia, the uneasy mutual dependence between the rural and the urban, are among the topics explored by Kate Westbrook's intelligent and informal lyrics, yet such is the power of the music and of its performance that the whole piece grips like a thriller." - The Times.

    "It plays with noise as a master chef plays with ingredients, teasing rare and unexpected qualities out of each musical medium to serve up a dazzling display of sound." - The Independent

    "There is no denying its power and originality". - Manchester Evening News

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Stiltsville
      • 2. Riding Down To Platterback
      • 3. Strafe Me With Friendly Fire
      • 4. Love Letter From Stiltsville
      • 5. Boiled Beef
      • 6. My Sum And Substance
      • 7. The Stiltsville Yodel
      • 8. The Streams Of Lovely Lucienne
      • 9. Country V. City
      • 10. You Need Me
      • 11. Platterback Train
      • 12. Tragedy Of A City
      • 13. Platterback
      • 14. My Friend Moon
      • 15. Riding Out From Platterback