Cat No:
JPVP117CD
Release Date: 01 January 2001
Label: Westbrook Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604388306022
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
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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
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Tracklisting
- 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
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Band Of Bands
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London Bridge Live in Zurich 1990
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In Memory of Lou Gare
Mike Westbrook
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Catania
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Three into Wonderfull
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The Serpent Hit
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The Nijinska Chamber
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Platterback
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The Uncommon Orchestra: A Bigger Show - Live
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