ABSTRACT

During the period leading up to that premiere, Michael Garrick get into St Paul's at night because the organist, Christopher Dearnley, was a jolly good sort, and he agreed to let him in at any time when the cathedral was closed. For this introduction to Pale Horse, Michael worked out how to use its extremes, ranging from the very tiny celestial sounds of the little pipes hidden away behind the altar, to the massive dome tubas which made a great honking noise. The 1960s Rendell-Carr Quintet discs on which both Ian and Michael appear are well-known if hard to find in which Carr alternated with Shake Keane as the main trumpeter. In Joe Harriott memory, Michael dubbed 2003 "The Year of the Harriott", and the Garrick Quintet with Martin Hathaway and Steve Waterman aims to do its bit to commemorate Joe's music. One area of Garrick's common ground with Joe was their shared interest in Indian music.