Release Date: 18 December 2008
Label: Jazz Academy
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5036098005783
Genres: Jazz
Description
The first appearance on CD of this ground-breaking 1968 recording by composer, pianist Michael Garrick, includes two extra tracks which were not included on the original LP issue. Recorded in St Paul's Cathedral, Garrick plays the organ, as his highly original sacred music is performed by various combinations of choir and jazz sextet.
The sextet features the cream of the British jazz scene with Art Themen and Jim Philip on saxophones, Ian Carr on trumpet, Coleridge Goode on bass and John Marshall on drums.
The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD says of Garrick: "Garrick has taken Duke's sacred music on a step, using jazz as a basis for a body of liturgical music which swings with the gift of tongues".
Personnel: Michael Garrick (organ), Art Themen (saxophones, clarinet, flute), Jim Philip (tenor sax, clarinet, flute), Ian Carr (trumpet, flugelhorn), Coleridge Goode (bass), John Marshall (drums), Choir conducted by Peter Mound
Tracklisting
Michael Garrick Trio
Joe Harriott
Michael Garrick
Michael Garrick Jazz Orchestra
Michael Garrick Jazz Orchestra
Michael Garrick Sextet
Michael Garrick
Michael Garrick Jazz Britannia Orchestra & Norma Winstone
Sheila Jordan
Marc Copland
Louis Armstrong Jazz All Stars
David Pastor
Sam Coombes
Rez Abbasi
Maggie Nicols & Geoff Eales
Various Artists
