Starcross Bridge
Details
- Composer
- VARIOUS
- Artist
- Mike Westbrook
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Hat Hut Records
- Released
- Aug 24, 2018
- Catalog #
- hatOLOGY754
- UPC
- 752156075424
About
This album is rooted in the personal. Mike Westbrook's enduring creative partnership with his wife, the singer, lyricist and painter Kate Westbrook is represented by two songs they wrote together. Starcross is a rail station nearby the Westbrook home in Devon, near Plymouth where his creative life began all those years ago. His title track is dedicated to the tenor saxophonist Lou Gare, whose death in 2017 was a particular wrench. Starcross Bridge is an intricately woven network of musical and personal references. Born in High Wycombe in 1936, Mike Westbrook grew up in Torquay and was educated at Kelly College, Tavistock. He formed his first band while studying painting in Plymouth in 1958, moving to London in the early 1960s. He has led and composed for a succession of groups, notably his 1960s Sextet and Concert Band, his Brass Band, formed in the mid 70s, the jazz rock group Solid Gold Cadillac and the Mike Westbrook Orchestra. He has toured extensively throughout Europe, and as far afield as Australia and the Far East, Canada and New York. He has directed performances of his work with big bands in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland and Australia. He has broadcast on radio and TV in many countries, and made over 50 albums.
Tracklist 14 tracks
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1 My Song Is Love Unknown 01:13
- Track
- 1
- Title
- My Song Is Love Unknown
- Duration
- 01:13
- Composer
- John Ireland
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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2 Starcross Bridge 03:37
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Starcross Bridge
- Duration
- 03:37
- Composer
- Mike Westbrook
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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3 'Round Midnight 06:04
- Track
- 3
- Title
- 'Round Midnight
- Duration
- 06:04
- Composer
- Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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4 Because 04:19
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Because
- Duration
- 04:19
- Composer
- John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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5 Brazilian Love Songs 03:50
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Brazilian Love Songs
- Duration
- 03:50
- Composer
- Mike Westbrook
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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6 Johnny Come Lately 06:47
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Johnny Come Lately
- Duration
- 06:47
- Composer
- Billy Strayhorn
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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7 Monk's Mood 03:11
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Monk's Mood
- Duration
- 03:11
- Composer
- Thelonious Monk
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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8 I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) 03:19
- Track
- 8
- Title
- I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
- Duration
- 03:19
- Composer
- Duke Ellington
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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9 View from the Drawbridge 09:55
- Track
- 9
- Title
- View from the Drawbridge
- Duration
- 09:55
- Composer
- Mike Westbrook
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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10 You Make Me Feel Brand New 06:03
- Track
- 10
- Title
- You Make Me Feel Brand New
- Duration
- 06:03
- Composer
- Linda Creed, Thom Bell
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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11 If Thou Must Love Me 01:08
- Track
- 11
- Title
- If Thou Must Love Me
- Duration
- 01:08
- Composer
- Mike Westbrook
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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12 Blues for Terenzi 02:45
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Blues for Terenzi
- Duration
- 02:45
- Composer
- Mike Westbrook
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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13 Rooster Rabelais 06:04
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Rooster Rabelais
- Duration
- 06:04
- Composer
- Mike Westbrook, Kate Westbrook
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook
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14 Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): L'amoroso e sincero lindoro (arr. M. Westbrook) 03:52
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): L'amoroso e sincero lindoro (arr. M. Westbrook)
- Duration
- 03:52
- Composer
- Gioachino Rossini
- Performer
- Mike Westbrook