MICHAEL GARRICK – Troppo! (Argo – ZDA 163 / LP-1974)

Label: Argo – ZDA 163

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: UK / Released: 1974

Style: Modal, Free Improvisation

Recorded in Decca No. 2 Studio, London 13, 25, 26 October 1973.

Recorded By – Iain Churches

Producer – Kevin Daly

Liner Notes – Alun Morgan

Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side A): ZRG 4025

Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side B): ZRG 4026

A1 - Troppo!  (Green, Garrick) ............................................................................... 10:05

A2 - To Henry, A Son  (Garrick) ............................................................................... 4:33    

A3 - Lime Blossom  (Garrick, Winstone) ................................................................. 9:10

B1 - Sons Of Art  (Garrick) ...................................................................................... 8:38

B2 - Fellow Feeling  (Garrick) .................................................................................. 8:17            

B3 - Overtones Of A Forgotten Music  (Garrick) ..................................................... 9:05

Personnel:

Michael Garrick – piano, electric piano [Fender], piano [Hohner]

Henry Lowther – trumpet, flugelhorn, violin

Art Themen – flute, soprano sax, tenor sax (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)

Don Rendell –soprano sax, tenor sax, flute (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2)

Norma Winstone  – voice

Dave Green – bass

Coleridge Goode – bass (track B2)

Trevor Tomkins – drums, percussion

Michael Garrick – Troppo! / Recorded in Decca No. 2 Studio, London  / Argo – ZDA 163 / Original UK pressing  _____ Out Of Stock __

A landmark album from pianist Michael Garrick – one of the sublime recordings he made with vocalist Norma Winstone in the late 60s and early 70s! Garrick's approach is really unique – a flowing, almost modal approach that spirals out in a joyously dancing groove – not nearly as chunky or standard as styles from American jazz, but working in the freer rhythms being explored on the European scene of the time. Winstone's vocals are a perfect accompaniment for this approach – as she sings in a moody style that's often wordless, and which fits nicely next to flowing piano and sax lines on the set. Players include Don Rendell, Coleridge Goode, Art Themen, and Garrick himself – and titles include "Troppo", "To Henry, A Son", "Lime Blossom", "Sons Of Art", and "Overtones Of A Forgotten Music". 

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