GARY BAYLEY
tenor saxophone KATE WESTBROOK tenor horn/vocals SAM SMITH trombone STAN WILLIS alto saxophone MIKE BREWER trumpet MIKE WESTBROOK euphonium
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Internationally acclaimed composer/performers Mike and Kate Westbrook, now based in
the West Country, are joined by 4 leading Devonian musicians to form The Village Band.
The Band made its debut in early 2006 and by the end of the year had appeared in a
number of West Country Festivals, arts centres and jazz clubs. The band was featured at
the London Jazz Festival with several performances including a 'live' broadcast of The
Waxeywork Show from the Pizza Express Jazz Club on BBC's Jazz on 3.
From 2007 while maintaining its South Devon base, the Village Band has begun
to tour more widely in the UK with performances in Durham, Leeds, Cambridge
and Liverpool. The Band also recorded its first album Waxeywork Show , for the jazzprint
label. Available from JAZZCD's online.
The repertoire of The Village Band: Waxeywork Show is an original piece for voice and acoustic brass by
Mike Westbrook specially created for the group, featuring lyrics and vocals
by Kate Westbrook.
In ‘all THAT jazz', the Band performs Mike Westbrook's arrangements of Classic Jazz
Instrumentals, Songs, Blues and Rags. The programme includes Scott Joplin, Duke
Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus and many more.
A
new piece for the Village Band, “English Soup or The Battle of the Classic Trifle"
with music by Mike Westbrook and text by Kate Westbrook, was recently
premiered at the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival Plymouth.
Mike Westbrook THE VILLAGE BAND's Friend Space (Top 28)
Congratulations on the release of your new cd. Wonderful music! May you release many more. I didn't known it had been released, until a few days ago. Had I known, I'd have bought it sooner thus helping propel it to the top of the hit parade :)
