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Music Is - Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook

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1.	Music Is 06:28	buy track
2.	Mama Chicago 06:29	buy track
3.	Goin' To Chicago 06:04	buy track
4.	Aggro-Vancouver-Desperado 05:28	buy track
5.	View From The Drawbridge 05:10	buy track
6.	July '79 07:08	buy track
7.	Wasteground And Weeds 05:43	buy track
8.	Music Is 05:21	buy track
9.	Wasteground And Weeds (alternative take) 08:53	buy track

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THE CD IS ON SALE ON CHRIS BISCOE'S WEBSITE:
www.chrisbiscoe.co.uk/music-is-cd.shtml

The download includes an extra track not on the CD album, an alternative take of 'Wasteground And Weeds'.

The idea behind Chris Biscoe's 'Music Is' is a simple one: take some of these great pieces by Mike Westbrook out of their context and play them with a small jazz group as you might an Ellington, Monk or Gershwin song.

Mike Westbrook is one of the most important composers in jazz with a huge body of work from small band jazz through big bands, cabaret, fusion, chamber works, opera, settings of poetry, creative re-workings of Rossini and The Beatles' Abbey Road, while always retaining his unique character.

Chris Biscoe has worked with Mike and Kate Westbrook since 1979, from Mama Chicago and The Cortege through On Duke's Birthday, London Bridge is Broken Down, Bar Utopia, Art Wolf and many other shows. Their closest and most enduring collaboration is The Trio, which has toured extensively and produced four records.

Arrangements are simple, or even created in the studio in partnership with input from the members of the quintet. The title track, 'Music Is', appears twice, in its original ballad tempo, and in a spontaneous trio recasting as a medium tempo waltz. There are also two unaccompanied sax tracks, one of them a multitrack improvisation for alto sax, alto clarinets and field recording of street sounds.

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released December 1, 2022

Chris Biscoe soprano sax; alto sax; baritone sax; alto clarinet
Dave Whitford double bass
Jon Scott drums
Mike Outram guitar
Kate Williams piano

Music composed by Mike Westbrook,
arranged for this recording by Chris Biscoe
Produced by Chris Biscoe
Mixed and mastered by Andrew Cleyndert

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Chris Biscoe London, UK

CHRIS BISCOE (alto, sop, bar saxes, alto clarinet) has appeared on records and toured extensively with Mike Westbrook, George Russell and The Brotherhood of Breath. Featured on baritone sax with Hermeto Pascoal and New York Composer’s Orchestra. Played on Liam Noble’s ‘In the Meantime’ and Pete Hurt’s ‘Lost for Words’ Own recordings include ‘Gone in the Air’, ‘Profiles of Mingus’, ‘Then and Now’. ... more

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