Recorded on a Steinway in the gallery of Falmouth Arts Centre, pianist Mike Westbrook delivers an introspective solo exploration of the blues, revisiting its forms — eight, twelve, sixteen, and extended bar structures — through spontaneous variations that blur improvisation and instant composition, blending traditional feeling with modern harmonic invention and the ambient sounds around him.

Bringing together poetry, theater, and expansive orchestral jazz, composer and pianist Mike Westbrook leads a remarkable 16-piece ensemble through a sweeping work for jazz orchestra where the vocal artistry of Phil Minton and Kate Westbrook intertwines with richly textured brass, reeds, and improvisation to evoke procession, memory, mortality, and the transformative power of collective expression.