Music in Progress. Mike Westbrook – jazz composer - ACE075.4

Band members at airport, driving, playing traditional jazz number; band members’ VOs talking about touring, about Westbrook’s willingness to take a chance and his abilities as a composer, etc. Westbrook playing Tender Love on guitar in his back garden, writing music, etc; his VO says American jazz has always been "a tremendous influence", though he has used it to develop his own originality. He says it is customary to perform a series of "well known jazz classics" to acknowledge the debt he and his musicians owe to this tradition. Kate Westbrook introduces God Bless the Child in French; her VO talking about the organic growth of their music, and about Westbrook’s attitude towards the successes of individual musicians. Westbrook playing his Piano Link.