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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