Michael Garrick MBE
30th May 1933 - 11th November 2011

Michael sadly died during heart surgery at Harefield Hospital
on Friday 11th November 2011.

Much of his performing schedule wil go ahead with his son
Gabriel Garrick leading the Big Band.

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE: 16 piece BIG BAND+ DUO +TRIO +QUARTET +QUINTET +SEXTET

MJQ celebration: michael garrick jim hart steve brown matt ridley

Musicians: dominic ashworth nette robinson gabriel garrick chris garrick martin hathaway matt wates steve waterman martin shaw tony woods alan jackson art themen henry lowther dave green trevor tomkins dave shulman bob mckay alistair white mark dasilva dave eaglestone sam walker sam bullard mick foster steve fishwick chris allard nick mills martin gladdish freddy gavita noel langley chris nickolls matt ridley..et al

All up and running to bring jazz joy to you in your home, hall, school, college, church, pub, hospital, club, garden, country..wherever!!!

++ MJQ CELEBRATION ++

New for REMEMBRANCE DAY

BOVINGDON POPPIES is a story which haunted me for 20 years. The full history of astonishing coincidences leading to its performance in 1993 is given in the book below.

GARRICK ARCHIVE is a new label to document less conventional material not found elsewhere.

Contact me direct if you are interested. The piece concludes with a jazz setting of the words "They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old...."

It is, I think, the only jazz music for Remembrance Day I am so far aware of.

mgarrick@rocketmail.com

(..."isn't it time for a World Remembrance Day?"..)

orderform revised

a highly erudite but immensely readable book" - Les Tomkins, Jazz Rag.

MBE for Services to Music: Buckingham Palace October 2010

"Bill Evans' playful Peri's Scope was followed by Garrick's Old Man's Blues and then a storming version of his Dusk Fire. Jazz musicians can be guilty of not engaging with the audience other than musically, but not Garrick. He was both interesting and laugh-out-loud funny, with fascinating stories of his work with poets, and a couple of fine impersonations, too. Limehouse Blues was a romp, Garrick's Prayer simply trancendent. Ashworth' composition Cuban Cafe brought out Garrick's most adventurous side....it was jazz at its humane best." Chris Beggs, Leicester Mercury, February 2011

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