Michael Gibbs

Rhodesian born English jazz composer

Michael Clement Irving Gibbs (born 25 September 1937) is a Rhodesian-born English jazz composer, conductor, arranger and producer as well as a trombonist and keyboardist.

He is known for collaborations with vibraphonist Gary Burton, his student, and for his use of rock elements in orchestral jazz.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

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  • A Woman’s Work
  • Away From It All
  • Bad Bad Lot
  • Berserk
  • Big Brave Bold Hunka Man
  • Boatyard Battle
  • Body Count
  • Bunfight
  • By Way of a Preface
  • Canticle
  • Changed
  • Corridor Creeping
  • Crazy Man
  • Cut Throat
  • Down on the Farm
  • Dumb Animals
  • Fanfare
  • Far Away
  • Five for England
  • Four or Less
  • Front Page News
  • Fun Palace
  • Gun Arsenal
  • Hard‐Boiled Overture
  • Hospital Inferno
  • Inside In
  • Jungle Drum Link
  • Kitten Kong
  • Ko Knocked Out
  • Les Girls
  • Library Hit
  • Maybe
  • Motorcade
  • Nocturne Vulgaire
  • Nonsequence
  • One More Chance
  • Phases
  • Red Car Boogie
  • Sad Kong
  • Shirley & The Babies
  • Sojourn
  • Sonnet
  • Spacehopper
  • Superman
  • Sweet Rain
  • Tanglewood ’63
  • Tea House Bust
  • The One That Got Away
  • The Philharmonic Glee Club Rock’n’Roll Band
  • The Rain Before It Falls
  • Three
  • Throb
  • Travelling Theme
  • Universe
  • Wong Loses It
  • Wong‐Kong
  • Working the Line
  • Yuen & Kong