VA - Mike Taylor Remembered

"2026 restock, reduced price. " The Syd Barrett of the avant-jazz scene " British jazz composer, pianist, songwriter, Mike Taylor died tragically young, leaving just two albums as well as co-writes with Ginger Baker for Cream 's Wheels Of Fire album to his name. In 1973, under the direction of Neil Ardley , several of the performers who had worked with him recorded an album of Taylor's surviving orchestral music, jazz tunes and songs as a memorial to him and to preserve his work as a composer and song writer for posterity. Taken from Ardley's master tapes, this is their critically-acclaimed tribute to a master of his art by friends and colleagues, themselves representing a cross-section of the cream of modern British jazz talent of the day. 180 gram vinyl. Personnel: Tony Fisher , Greg Bowen , Henry Lowther , Ian Carr (trumpets, flugelhorn); Chris Pyne , David Horler (trombones); Ray Premru (bass trombone); Barbara Thompson (flute, alto flute, soprano sax); Ray Warleigh (flute, alto sax); Stan Sulzmann (flute, alto sax, soprano sax); Bob Efford (oboe, tenor sax, bassoon); Dave Gelly (bass clarinet, clarinet, tenor sax); Bunny Gould (bass clarinet, bassoon); Peter Lemer (piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Alan Branscombe (vibraphone); Chris Laurence , Ron Mathewson (bass, bass guitar); Jon Hiseman (drums, percussion); Neil Ardley (director); Norma Winstone (vocal) Composed by Mike Taylor. Music direction by Neil Ardley. Recorded by Denis Preston at Landsdowne Studios, London, 1973. Mastered by Martin Mitchell at Moorend Studios, February 2007. " You'll be returning to this for eons to fully unlock its genius. " --Record Collector " From the eerie opening sounds, like an orchestra tuning up, through a searing chord, and then into the frantic countermelody under long brass on 'Brown Thursday', and the baleful march-time of 'Land of Rhyme in Time', Taylor's audacity is plain. " --The Guardian"