Michael Garrick
Pianist, composer and educator, Michael Garrick (1933-2011) blended jazz with poetry, Indian music and the church, adventure and whimsy, in cutting-edge work with the likes of Joe Harriott, Ian Carr and Norma Winstone. Geoffrey Smith picks highlights from a stellar British career.
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Michael Garrick
FAIRIES OF ONEIROS
Artists: Michael Garrick Quintet
Composers: Michael Garrick
Album Title: October Woman
Label: Argo DA33
Performers: Michael Garrick (piano), Coleridge Goode (bass); Colin Barnes (drums)
SKETCHES OF ISRAEL
Artists: Michael Garrick Quintet
Composers: Michael Garrick
Album Title: October Woman
Label: Argo DA33
Performers: Michael Garrick (piano), Coleridge Goode (bass); Colin Barnes (drums); Joe Harriott (alto sax); Shake Keane (trumpet)
DUSK FIRE
Artists: Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet
Composers: Michael Garrick
Album Title: Shades of Blue/Dusk Fire
Label: BGO Records BGOCD615
Performers: Michael Garrick (piano); Don Rendell (sop sax/tenor sax/clarinet/flute); Ian Carr (trumpet); Dave Green (bass); Trevor Tompkins (drums)
BLACK MARIGOLDS
Artists: Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet
Composers: Michael Garrick
Album Title: Impressed with Gilles Peterson
Label: Universal 064 7492
Performers: Michael Garrick (piano); Don Rendell (sop sax/tenor sax/clarinet/flute); Ian Carr (trumpet); Dave Green (bass); Trevor Tompkins (drums)
HOME STRETCH BLUES
Artists: Michael Garrick Band
Composers: Michael Garrick
Album Title: Home Stretch Blues
Label: Vocalion CDSML 8426
Performers: Norma Winstone (vocal); Michael Garrick (piano); Don Rendell (tenor sax); Art Themen (sop sax/tenor sax/clarinet); Henry Lowther (trumpet); Dave Green (bass); Trevor Tompkins (drums)
THE STORM (WAS ITS LOVER)
Artists: The Michael Garrick Quartet and Orchestra
Composers: Michael Garrick
Album Title: For Love of Duke….and Ronnie
Label: Jazz Academy JAZA 4
Performers: Michael Garrick Jazz Orchestra; Steve Waterman (trumpet)); Alan Jackson (drums);
COTTONTAIL
Artists: Michael Garrick
Composers: Duke Ellington
Album Title: The New Quartet
Label: Jazz Academy JAZA 7
Performers: Michael Garrick (piano); Paul Moylan (double bass); Alan Jackson (drums)
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- Sun 20 Jan 2019 00:00BBC Radio 3
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