Late Autumn Sunshine: Double Vinyl LP

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Label: My Only Desire
Release Date: 28th November

Expert British Jazz curators My Only Desire pull together two masterful Maida Vale sessions from UK jazz legend Michael Garrick. What an absolute trip these sessions are, with one recorded in 73 and the other 78, there's wonderfully brassy autumn to the playing but with this bright and celestial choral vocal from Norma Winstone. 

These unreleased 1970s sessions from legendary pianist/composer Michael
Garrick, see him lead two groups of top Brit jazzers, who perform eight
original compositions by Garrick that display his flair for combining emotive
writing with modal jazz grooves
The album is made up of two sessions recorded for BBC Radio 2 at Maida Vale
Studios, from 1973 and 1978 that feature vocalist Norma Winstone, trumpeter Henry
Lowther, saxophonists Art Themen, Tony Coe and Alan Wakeman, trombonist David
Horler, bassists Dave Green and Jeff Clyne, and drummers Trevor Tomkins and John
Marshall.
The material, all composed by Garrick, includes some favourites from the classic LPs
'Troppo' and 'October Woman'. He wouldn't record the tracks "River Running" and
"Galilee" until decades later, so this is the first time these '70s arrangements have
been released. Whereas "Robin's Rest" and the title track are exclusive to this album -
providing a fascinating insight into this uniquely talented artist.
Garrick was at the forefront of British jazz from the mid-1960s until his death in 2011
aged 78. He was a key member of The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet, composing the
jazz gems "Dusk Fire and "Black Marigolds" and released a series of seminal 1960s
and 1970s LPs including 'Cold Mountain', 'The Heart is a Lotus' and 'Black Marigolds'.
Remastered by Caspar Sutton-Jones @ Gearbox Records, 'Late Autumn Sunshine' is
available as a 2LP set housed in a gatefold sleeve (a limited edition of 600 copies)
and 'mini-LP' gatefold CD, with sleeve notes by Daniel Spicer (Jazzwise, The Wire).
'Late Autumn Sunshine' celebrates Michael Garrick's memory and should introduce
him to many new fans.

Tracklisting
Sons of Art / River Running / Lime Blossom / Galilee / Robin's Rest / Songs of the Ainur / Return of an Angel / Late Autumn Sunshine