Release

by Mike Westbrook Concert Band

Release cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Deram
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: John Surman, Peter Eden, Malcolm Griffiths, Harry Miller, Paul Rutherford, Bernard Lee, Mike Osborne, Bernie Living, Mike Westbrook Concert Band, Dave Holdsworth, Nisar Ahmad Khan

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Release' is a highly ambitious, progressive leap forward for the British jazz scene. Mike Westbrook leads a massive ensemble through dense, challenging compositions that seamlessly integrate collective free improvisation within a structured big band format.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, improvisation, experimental, suite, progressive

Tracklist

  1. The Few (I)
  2. Forever And A Day
  3. Lover Man
  4. We Salute You
  5. The Few (II)
  6. Folk Song (I)
  7. Flying Home (Bridge 'Opus One')
  8. Sugar
  9. A Life Of Its Own
  10. Take Me Back (I)
  11. Rosie
  12. Who's Who
  13. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
  14. Can't Get It Out Of My Mind
  15. The Girl From Ipanema
  16. Folk Song
  17. Take Me Back

Credits

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