Mike Westbrook
The Piano In The Room And The Blues
FormatCDLabelAlAyGenreJazz & Improvisation
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“I didn’t realise it at the time, but this recording, made in 2006, marked a change in my musical thinking. All the elements came together – my roots, the use of blues structures and the lifelong search for expression in music. I had unlimited time to think, to return again and again to a subject, to dig deeper into the blues.
Falmouth is a large town by the sea in Cornwall. This recording was made at Falmouth Arts Centre on the Steinway grand in the main gallery where my wife Kate had a show. The beautiful sound of the room, the Steinway itself, the footsteps, conversations, the echoes of the street outside were all part of the improvisation. So too were Kate’s paintings on the gallery walls. ‘Art Music’ in fact.” - Mike Westbrook
“To paint the same head over and over leads you to its unfamiliarity; eventually you get near the raw truth about it.” - Frank Auerbach
Release notes
Reference: Mike Westbrook The Piano In The Room And The Blues Total Time 67:49 1 to 4: eight bar blues 'Carillon Blues' four variations (for Danilo Terenzi, inspired by Jimmy Yancey's 'Death Letter Blues') 5, 6: twelve bar blues 'Blues Changes' two variations 7, 8: sixteen bar blues 'Empress Blues' two variations (inspired by Bessie Smith's 'Good Old Wagon') 9, 10: forty eight bar blues 'Runaround Blues' two variations (inspired by Bessie Smith's 'Young Woman's Blues') 11: no bar blues …
| Carillon Blues | |||
| 1 | Carillon Blues No 1 | 6:23 | |
| 2 | Carillon Blues No 2 | 7:22 | |
| 3 | Carillon Blues No 3 | 6:19 | |
| 4 | Carillon Blues No 4 | 8:15 | |
| Blues Changes | |||
| 5 | Blues Changes No 1 | 6:09 | |
| 6 | Blues Changes No 2 | 9:35 | |
| Empress Blues | |||
| 7 | Empress Blues No 1 | 1:45 | |
| 8 | Empress Blues No 2 | 6:47 | |
| Runaround Blues | |||
| 9 | Runaround Blues No 1 | 5:43 | |
| 10 | Runaround Blues No 2 | 7:00 | |
| 11 | Sunday Morning | 2:29 | |
- Steve Lowe
- Compiled By
- Mike Westbrook
- Composed By [All Compositions By], Liner Notes [English], Piano
- Kate Westbrook
- Cover [Cover Photo By], Photography By [Cover Photo By, Photo By (Postcard Front)]
- Werner X. Uehlinger
- Curated By
- fuhrer vienna
- Graphics [Graphic Concept By]
- Dr. Gary Bayley
- Liner Notes [English]
- Bernhard «Benne» Vischer
- Producer [Honorary Producer]
- Michael Brändli
- Restoration [Sound Restoration By], Mastered By [Mastering By / Mastered By]
- Frank Auerbach
- Text By [Quote On Back Over (English)]
