Label:
Deram – 844 853-2
Format:
2 × CD, Compilation / Country: UK / Released: 1998
Originally
released in 1969 as two separate LPs: Deram SML 1047 and Deram SML 1048
Style:
Big Band, Contemporary Jazz
Recording Dates:
31st March, 1st April, 10th April, 1969.
Engineer
– Bill Price
Executive-Producer
– Bernard Lee
Leader
[Musical Director] – Eddie Harvey, John Surman, Mike Westbrook
Producer
– Peter Eden
Amazing
jazz masterpiece from 1969, originally released in two parts on Deram and
presented here as a double- CD at a single price. Double album featuring
Westbrook with Alan Skidmore, David Holdsworth, John Surman and a wild
collection of brass-wielding legends. An anti-Vietnam piece that takes a
remarkable journey from civilisation to war and its inevitable results. A
powerful and evocative piece that features some excellent performances and
magnificent solo-ing as the tension mounts...
101.
Hooray! . . . 6:24
trumpet solo: Dave Holdsworth
alto solo: Mike Osborne
crowd sounds: Bill Price
102.
Landscape . . . 15:25
flute solo: Bernie Living
bass duet: Harry Miller, Barre Phillips
sax duet: John Surman, Mike Osborne
103.
Waltz (for Joanna) . . . 5:50
soprano solo: John Surman
104.
Landscape (II) . . . 0:39
105.
Other World . . . 8:23
trombone solo: Paul Rutherford
106.
Marching Song . . . 11:30
tenor saxes: Nisar Ahmad Khan, Alan
Skidmore
Composed
By – Mike Westbrook
201.
Transition . . . 5:12
202.
Home . . . 7:35
trombone solo: Malcolm Griffiths
bass duet: Harry Miller, Chris Lawrence
203.
Rosie . . . 6:36
trumpet solo: Dave Holdsworth
204.
Prelude (Surman) . . . 4:43
woodwind: Bernie Living, Mike Osborne,
Alan Skidmore
205.
Tension (Surman) . . . 4:33
saxophone duet: John Surman, Alan
Skidmore
trombone solo: Malcolm Griffiths
206.
Introduction . . . 5:58
207.
Ballad . . . 2:26
alto solo: Mike Osborne
208.
Conflict . . . 10:44
tuba solo: George Smith
209.
Requiem . . . 0:52
210.
Tarnished (Surman) . . . 5:56
soprano solo: John Surman
alto solo: Mike Osborne
211.
Memorial . . . 2:22
drums solo: Alan Jackson
Mike
Westbrook – Piano
Dave
Holdsworh – Trumpet, Fluegelhorn
Kenny
Wheeler – Trumpet, Fluegelhorn
Greg
Bowen – Trumpet
Tony
Fisher – Trumpet
Henry
Lowther – Trumpet
Ronnie
Hughes – Trumpet
Malcolm
Grifiths – Trombone
Paul
Rutherford – Trombone
Mike
Gibbs – Trombone
Eddie
Harvey – Trombone
Tom
Bennellick – French Horn
Martin
Fry – Tuba
George
Smith – Tuba
John
Surman – Baritone, Soprano Saxes
Mike
Osborne – Alto Sax, Clarinet
Bernie
Living – Alto Sax, Clarinet
Alan
Skidmore – Tenor Sax, Flute
Nisar
Ahmad Khan – Tenor Sax
John
Warren – Alto, Baritone Saxes, Flute
Brian
Smith – Tenor Sax
Harry
Miller – Bass
Barre
Phillips – Bass
Chris
Lawrence – Bass
Alan
Jackson – Drums
John
Marshall – Drums
The first time I had
a chance to hear this album before about thirty years. I was blown away then and nothing has changed
in the meantime. If you like free blowing big band jazz give this a listen. You
will not be disappointed.
If
you find it, buy this album!
