Mike Westbrook Recordings
Mama Chicago (DVD)
A jazz cabaret
A jazz cabaret
The Mike Westbrook Brass Band
also featuring
The Westbrook Trio
Live in St. Etienne (1993)
plus
Mike & Kate Westbrook
Talk About Composition
The Westbrook Trio
Live in St. Etienne (1993)
plus
Mike & Kate Westbrook
Talk About Composition
Mama Chicago - The Mike Westbrook Brass Band
Overture
Mama Chicago
Shipwrecked Sailor
Song of the Rain
Titanic Song
Concrete
Overture
Mama Chicago
Shipwrecked Sailor
Song of the Rain
Titanic Song
Concrete
Live in St. Etienne (1993) - The Westbrook Trio
Traurig Aber Falsch (Sad but Untrue)
Surabaya Johnny
The Sailors' Tango
Saxophone Improvisation
Lush Life
Love For Sale
Titanic Song
Piove
Traurig Aber Falsch (Sad but Untrue)
Surabaya Johnny
The Sailors' Tango
Saxophone Improvisation
Lush Life
Love For Sale
Titanic Song
Piove
Mike & Kate Westbrook
Talk About Composition
Gonzo HST052DVD
Talk About Composition
Gonzo HST052DVD
The Mike Westbrook Brass Band
Phil Minton - vocals / trumpet
Kate Westbrook - vocals / tenor horn
Chris Biscoe - alto saxophone
Alan Wakeman - tenor saxophone
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Mike Westbrook - piano / tuba
Steve Cook - bass
Dave Barry - drums
The Westbrook Trio
Kate Westbrook voice
Chris Biscoe alto & soprano saxophones/alto clarinet
Mike Westbrook piano
Phil Minton - vocals / trumpet
Kate Westbrook - vocals / tenor horn
Chris Biscoe - alto saxophone
Alan Wakeman - tenor saxophone
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Mike Westbrook - piano / tuba
Steve Cook - bass
Dave Barry - drums
The Westbrook Trio
Kate Westbrook voice
Chris Biscoe alto & soprano saxophones/alto clarinet
Mike Westbrook piano
As the drums kick in putting the train on track Mike and Kate Westbrook land you in 1920s Chicago.
Conceived originally as an Al Capone - themed musical, Mama Chicago was re-imagined as something fresh and bold: an evening of jazz cabaret tailor-made forth e1970s Westbrook Brass Band, an affectionate nod towards authentic - period Ellingtonia, but with Westbrook’s distinctive compositional voice resounding through every note.
This 1980s film encapsulates its magic: Kate Westbrook’s sharp-suited spivs and herproto-Kylie girly whimpers, Phil Minton’s belcanto flights of fancy and a band eagerly grasping at the challenges Westbrook throws at them.
Also included is an intimate 1993 Westbrook Trio performance (Mike and Kate, with Chris Biscoe on saxophone), featuring Mama Chicago material in a new setting, and songs by Billy Strayhorn, Kurt Weill and the Westbrooks’ radical overhaul of “Love For Sale”. Cole Porter like you never heard; jazz Westbrook style.
PHILIP CLARK
Journalist for The Wire and The Gramophone
Conceived originally as an Al Capone - themed musical, Mama Chicago was re-imagined as something fresh and bold: an evening of jazz cabaret tailor-made forth e1970s Westbrook Brass Band, an affectionate nod towards authentic - period Ellingtonia, but with Westbrook’s distinctive compositional voice resounding through every note.
This 1980s film encapsulates its magic: Kate Westbrook’s sharp-suited spivs and herproto-Kylie girly whimpers, Phil Minton’s belcanto flights of fancy and a band eagerly grasping at the challenges Westbrook throws at them.
Also included is an intimate 1993 Westbrook Trio performance (Mike and Kate, with Chris Biscoe on saxophone), featuring Mama Chicago material in a new setting, and songs by Billy Strayhorn, Kurt Weill and the Westbrooks’ radical overhaul of “Love For Sale”. Cole Porter like you never heard; jazz Westbrook style.
PHILIP CLARK
Journalist for The Wire and The Gramophone
Excerpts from the DVD
Mama Chicago - The Mike Westbrook Brass Band
Love For Sale - The Westbrook Trio
Love and Understanding
Selected Recordings
Says The Duke 2022
London Bridge Live in Zűrich 1990
Says The Duke 2020
Band Of Bands
the piano and me
take one
take one
the piano and me
take two
take two
the piano and me
take three
The Birds of Dartmoor
take three
The Birds of Dartmoor
the piano and me
take four
unedited improvisations
take four
unedited improvisations
After Abbey Road
the piano and me
takes one to four
takes one to four
The Cortege Live at the BBC 1980
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