5024545821529

In Memory Of Lou Gare

Mike Westbrook

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Format: CD

Cat No: WR002CD

Release Date:  29 June 2018

Label:  Westbrook Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5024545821529

Genres:  Jazz  Contemporary  

  • Description

    British jazz icon Mike Westbrook pays tribute to saxophonist Lou Gare, the former member of radical free jazz group AMM and a master of improvised music. Assembled from live recordings in the West Country it presents Gare on tenor saxophone with The Uncommon Orchestra directed by Mike Westbrook.

    As a founder member of the seminal free-music group AMM he gained international recognition. Prizing creative freedom above all, and shunning the limelight, Lou remained a somewhat obscure figure on the jazz scene, while achieving legendary status in more progressive music circles.

    A decade ago Lou joined his former '60s colleague Mike Westbrook in his Devon-based big band, The Uncommon Orchestra. Re-connecting with his jazz roots, Lou created improvisations of astonishing beauty and originality. This lovingly crafted album is a tribute to an inspirational musician.

    "Westbrook has done us an enormous favour by assembling and releasing a CD containing nine examples of his mature playing...these performances show that he could infuse what you might call a fundamentally mainstream-modern approach with freshness and substance." - Richard Williams, The Blue Moment

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. D.T.T.M.
      • 2. Propositions
      • 3. Juxtapositions
      • 4. Manje
      • 5. The Barber
      • 6. Johnny Come Lately
      • 7. Lush Life
      • 8. D.T.T.M. 2
      • 9. Graffitti