Citadel / Room 315

by Mike Westbrook Orchestra

Citadel / Room 315 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1975
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:01:42
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike Westbrook Orchestra

Album Notes & Community Reviews

British jazz composer Mike Westbrook constructs a colossal, highly complex suite specifically designed to showcase the virtuosic saxophone playing of John Surman. 'Citadel / Room 315' seamlessly blends experimental big band orchestration with fierce jazz-rock fusion and free jazz volatility.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, theatrical, bombastic, conceptual, suite, experimental, ensemble, progressive

Tracklist

  1. Overture (1:41)
  2. Construction (7:36)
  3. Pistache (3:03)
  4. View From The Drawbridge (8:42)
  5. Love and Understanding (8:39)
  6. Tender Love (3:08)
  7. Bebop de Rigeur (4:39)
  8. Pastorale (11:43)
  9. Sleepwalker Awaking In Sunlight (6:44)
  10. Outgoing Song (5:04)
  11. Finale - Live (0:38)

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