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Audio CD (1 Nov 2004)
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Vocalion
ASIN: B0006IGQ40
Other Editions: Audio CD

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Disc: 1
1. Family Joy Oh Boy
2. Some Echoes Some Shadows
3. Liturgy
4. Feelings And Things
5. Sweet Rain
6. Nowhere
7. Throb
8. And On The Third Day
Disc: 2
1. Tanglewood 63
2. Fanfare
3. Sojourn
4. Canticle
5. Five For England

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Michael Gibbs is an innovator much in the tradition of Gil Evans and his turbulent compositions reflect his originality. His composing and vision of an orchestra are creative and original to the extent that these albums easily rank with the output of Evans himself and Evans was an admirer of the young Rhodesian. The cream of British jazz musicians at the time (1970) flocked around Gibbs and his soloists, like saxophonists John Surman and Alan Skidmore, and trumpeters Ken Wheeler and Henry Lowther, are at their best when gripped by the strength of the writing. Gibbs was one of the first and most successful leaders to bring elements of rock music into his writing. He did it with restraint and always with purpose rather than for effect. The Tanglewood album is a masterpiece. The boisterous "Fanfare" gives way to the exquisite beauty of "Sojourn", a masterful composition with the theme carried by Fred Alexander's cello. "Canticle" again overflows with dazzling ideas. It was written to be played in Canterbury Cathedral and took clever advantage of the acoustics of the building. It is one of the most atmospheric of all Gibbs' compositions. --Steve Voce

Record Collector magazine, April 2005

'A worthwhile re-issue'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great jazz from rock players, 26 Jun 2007

By	Grzegorz Szymczak "gregg" (poland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Jack Bruce band and other fantastic UK jazz players on this magnificent cd - both are of top quality

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3.0 out of 5 stars Mike Gibbs: Michael Gibbs/Tanglewood 63, 28 April 2006

By	A. W. Kindness (London G.B.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Mike Gibbs- Michael Gibbs/Tanglewood 63 (2 CDs) ASIN B00061GQ40

3 and a half stars maybe, largely for Mike Gibbs' writing; the polytonality, unusual voicings and unexpected resolutions all make for such an individual style which, at its best, can be recognized from just a few bars. The way he writes for strings, only fleetingly exposed here, indicates that he could have made his mark as a 'serious' concert composer.
One of the problems when the writing is so strong is- what does it leave the improviser to do? Really not many of the soloists are up to it on these albums. Kenny Wheeler who could probably sound good in any context rises to the occasion, but as for the rest...
The other problem is- it was 1970 and Mike Gibbs imagined mistakenly that rock rhythms were the cutting edge, and piled them into the mix. He has too much intelligence to get bogged down completely; his hints of polyrhythms and quasi-Balinese scales suggest some kind of imaginary folk-forms, but on the whole the chug and plod creates no sense of tension and it misses the relaxed buoyancy of swing too.
The greatest mistake was 'Five for England' where Chris Spedding is given 12 minutes to riff on little more than one chord; the guitarist produces some cute effects, but fails to develop them into any coherent structure. Only a few highly oblique interjections from the brass save it from total tedium.
Possibly the most remarkable track is 'Canticle' a work that is nearly all textures with hardly any discernible pulse or linear melody, just a gradual and intricate organic unfolding of musical colours.
We should be grateful to have these re-issues, but Mike Westbrook's 'Celebration' and 'Metropolis' and some of Keith Tippett's and Neil Ardley's work have stood the test of time better. Some people might prefer Gibbs' 'In the public interest' from a few years later, and not necessarily because of Gary Burton's presence.

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