David Garrick

Derek Jacobi goes in search of David Garrick, 18th-century superstar and the man who reinvented acting for the modern era.

The cello’s rich, singing tones are a perfect match for the passionate eloquence of the Romantic era. In the masterful hands of David Berlin, Principal Cellist of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, partnered by internationally acclaimed pianist Benjamin Martin, the cello reveals its sublime range of colours and timbres.

Concentrating on Some of the More Interesting Bee Gee Cover Versions to Come Out of Britain During the Late 60s, "Maybe Someone is Digging Undergroud" Loosely Groups (In Order of Time of Writing) the Efforts of a Wide Variety of Singers and Musicians. Ranging from the Soulful Tones of P.p. Arnold to the Drunken Shenanigans of the Mysterious Fut, Each Performer Brings their Own Distinctive Style and Individuality to Bear Upon the Unmistakable Songrwriting Prowess from which the Bee Gees have Become Household Names all Over the World.

English pianist, organist, and composer Michael Garrick studied literature at London University before leading a trio and quartet in the late '50s. He mixed music and literature in the early '60s, doing more than 250 concerts that blended poetry and jazz. His earliest recording from 1959 was Blues for the Lonely EP, for Columbia. It also featured Joe Harriott, Shake Keane, and poet Jeremy Robson; he also released Kronos with a different group. Garrick was actively composing and doing stage presentations of large and small works and didn't record again until 1963, when A Case of Jazz appeared, which was quickly followed by Poetry and Jazz in Concert. In 1964 he independently pressed and released Moonscapes, a 10" LP with drummer Colin Barnes and bassist David Green. It was pressed in an edition of 99 copies, which quickly sold out; it remained in obscurity until Jonny Trunk and his Trunk Records imprint remastered and re-released it in 2007.