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Mike Gavin, label manager at Cadillac and Ogun Records, looks at the growth of community music in the 1970s – the DIY ethic forced on musicians by the social, economic and cultural changes at the beginning of the decade (sound familiar?), and plays music gems which maybe aren’t getting played so much elsewhere.
This special edition is dedicated to British jazz pianist, composer and orchestrator Mike Westbrook who celebrated his 90th birthday on Saturday 21st March 2026. Mike is a hugely influential figure in the development of British Jazz, active since the late 1950s.
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With parents who were deeply embedded in the 1960s blues milieu in London it’s perhaps no surprise that Mike ended up falling into the London music world, first as a warehouse boy for the legendary John Jack at Cadillac Distribution, then at Ray’s Jazz Shop in London where his dad worked. Fresh from the cleansing […] […]