Artist: Michael Garrick
Title: Down on Your Knees
Cat Number: JAZA5
Label, Year Released: Jazz Academy Records, 1999
Format: CD & all digital platforms
Barcode: 5029763007724
Classic 1999 album from Michael Garrick and his band, featuring Anita Wardell (vocals), Martin Shaw, Steve Waterman (trumpet), Jim Tomlinson, Paul Booth (saxophone), Mark Nightingale (trombone) and others. Includes a sumptuous reworking of Garrick’s iconic “Dusk Fire”, which originally appeared on the 1966 The Don Rendell / Ian Carr Quintet LP of the same name.
“This is the real thing – a living, breathing, hard swinging big band.” – Alan Shipton, The Times
“A clear case of quantity and quality in equal proportions.” – Bruce Crowther, Jazz Journal
“Amazingly adventurous: sense of swing is simply terrific.” – Ken Rattenbury, Crescendo
Recorded by Peter Nicholls and Antony Pepper
Mixing and editing by Peter Nicholls
Liner notes by Alyn Shipton