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The Cortège --- 1982

The Cortège: A composition for jazz orchestra by Mike Westbrook with texts from Federico Garcia Lorca, Arthur Rimbaud, Hermann Hesse, William Blake, Guiseppe Gioachino Belli, John Clare, Pentti Saarikoski, and other European poetry, edited by Kate and Mike Westbrook. Recorded and mixed at The Music Centre, Wembley, March/April 1982. B4.i and F15.i are not listed as separate tracks on sleeve, but are listed as part of B4 and F15 on center labels. Mastering studio identified by the stylized signature H1 in runouts