Kate Westbrook
Kate Westbrook (* 18th September 1939 in Guildford , England as Kate Barnard ) is a British jazz musician (vocals, tenor horn, flute) and painter.
Live and act
Westbrook attended Dartington Hall School and studied painting in Bath, Reading and London. She then lived as a painter in the USA; She had her first solo exhibition in 1963 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art . In 1964 she returned to the UK to teach at the College of Art and Design in Leeds . In 1974 she joined the Mike Westbrook Brass Band , although a self-taught musician , and gave up teaching to concentrate on music and painting. She married Westbrook and then worked on his projects, such as his 1984 Ellington homage On Duke's Birthday . In these projects, the convincing music theater interpreter is not only a vocal soloist and ensemble musician , but also acts as a copywriter. Furthermore, she organized the theater and television productions of the various productions of the Westbrook band.
In 1991 she recorded a tribute album to the actor Peter Lorre , on which she interpreted compositions by her husband and the Hollywood elegies by Eisler and Brecht . Further solo productions with their own ensembles have followed in recent years.
In the 1970s she also played as a guest soloist with the orchestra of the RAI in Rome and with the Zurich Radio Orchestra. During the 1980s she worked repeatedly for Lindsay Cooper . She also sang the role of Anna in Weill's “Seven Deadly Sins of the Petty Bourgeois” with the London Symphony Orchestra . In addition, she repeatedly appeared in Heribert Leuchter projects .
Discography (selection)
- The Nijinska Chamber (2006, with Karen Street)
- Cuff Clout (2004, with Chris Biscoe , Barbara Thompson , Peter King , Mike Carr , Peter Lemer , Jon Hiseman , Laka Daisical and others)
- Good Friday 1663 (with Jon Hisemann, Barbara Thompson and others)
- Goodbye Peter Lorre (1991/2004, with John Alley, Mike Westbrook and the vocal group Fine Trash )
Lexigraphic entries
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
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| SURNAME | Westbrook, Kate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz musician (singer, horn player) and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guildford , England |