0017 Tubby Hayes [London Jazz Quartet] FLAC 14(41.27)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Originally recorded by Jeff Kruger for his Ember label on 14 May 1959 it was leased to Tempo who put it out as a 12" lp just called 'The London Jazz Quartet'. The original Tempo release is scarce, very collectable and expensive but the tracks have been re-issued in various permutations over the years.
Kruger said that it was recorded as 'soft, easy jazz' for music library purposes but the musicians are all top rate multi-instrumentalists with Tubby Hayes and Alan Branscombe being extensively featured on their various instruments.
The tracks are taken from an Ember cd re-issue called 'Tubby Hayes-Portrait'.
Ripped in FLAC from cd with cover scan from original lp and tracks details from cd.

Tubby Hayes - alto, tenor, flute, vibes
Alan Branscombe - alto, tenor, vibes, piano
Tony Crombie - piano, drums
Jack Fallon - bass

01 Copper On The Beat (Smart) (2:40)
02 Slick Riff (Crombie) (2:28)
03 Sadie's Song (Crombie) (2:57)
04 The Toff (Crombie) (3:41)
05 Wait And See (Crombie) (3:25)
06 Fishin' The Blues (Kinsey) (3:00)
07 Lakeland (Crombie) (2:52)
08 Cheeky Chappie (Crombie) (2:37)
09 The Baron's Blues (Crombie) (2:49)
10 Mirage (Robert) (2:51)
11 Autumn In Cuba (Le Sage) (3:19)
12 Let Nature Take Its Course (Strayhorn) (2:52)
13 Big Ben Bounce (Oliver) (3:19)
14 London Lament (Crombie) (2:37)

Label: Tempo TAP 28
Recorded: May 14 1959
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0016 Various Artists [Black British Swing] FLAC 24(1.09.48)

Contributed by delmonico, who comments:-
Something different here. The black or 'coloured' bands of the 30s and 40s in the UK and whilst the names may not be too familiar there are some who went to make further contributions to British jazz and popular music in later years.
These are recordings from the British National Sound Archive and listeners are urged to buy the cd which has a superb 40 page booklet detailing the history of the bands and the period in which they thrived. 
Ripped in FLAC from cd with some booklet scans.

(01)
Leslie Thompson - trumpet
Norman Payne - trumpet
Jimmy Macaffer - trumpet
Lew Davis - trombone
Bill Mulraney - trombone
Sid Owen - alto, clarinet
Billy Amstell - alto
Buddy Featherstonehaugh - tenor
Eddie Carroll - piano
Alan Ferguson - guitar
Spike Hughes - bass
Bill Harty - drums
(02 03)
Dave Wilkins - trumpet
Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson - trumpet
Wally Bowen - trumpet
Lad Busby - trombone
Carl Barriteau - clarinet
Bertie King - alto
George Roberts - alto, tenor
David "Baba" Williams - alto, tenor
Errol Barrow - piano
Joe Deniz - guitar
Abe "Pops" Clare - bass
Tommy Wilson - drums
Betty Dale - vocal
(04-07)
Dave Wilkins - trumpet
Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson - trumpet
Wally Bowen - trumpet
Lad Busby - trombone
Carl Barriteau - alto, clarinet
Bertie King - alto, clarinet
George Roberts - alto, tenor
David "Baba" Williams - alto, tenor
Errol Barrow - piano
Joe Deniz - Hawaian steel guitar
Abe "Pops" Clare - bass
Tommy Wilson - drums
(08)
Dave Wilkins - trumpet
Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson - trumpet
Jack Cosker - trumpet
Freddie Butt - trombone
Carl Barriteau - alto, clarinet
Bertie King - alto. clarinet
George Roberts - alto, tenor
David "Baba" Williams - alto, tenor
Yorke de Souza - piano
Joe Deniz - guitar
Ernie Stevens - bass
Tommy Wilson - drums
Don Johnson and band ensemble - vocals
(09 10)
Dave Wilkins - trumpet
Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson - trumpet
Jack Cosker - trumpet
Freddie Butt - trombone
Carl Barriteau - alto, clarinet
Bertie King - alto, clarinet
George Roberts - alto, tenor
David "Baba" Williams - alto, tenor
Yorke de Souza - piano
Joe Deniz - guitar
Ernie Stevens - bass
Tommy Wilson - drums
Don Johnson and band ensemble - vocals
(11 12)
Dave Wilkins - trumpet
Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson - trumpet
Jack Cosker - trumpet
Freddie Butt - trombone
Carl Barriteau - alto, clarinet
Bertie King - alto, clarinet
George Roberts - alto, tenor
David "Baba" Williams - alto, tenor
Freddie Butt - piano
Joe Deniz - guitar
Ernie Stevens - bass
Tommy Wilson - drums
Al bowlly and the Henderson Twins - vocals
(13-16)
York de Souza - piano
Joe Deniz - guitar
Tommy Bromley - bass
Tommy Wilson - drums
(17)
Frank Williams - trumpet
Willie Wilson - piano
Lauderic Caton - guitar
Clinton Maxwell - drums
(18-20)
Cyril Blake - trumpet, vocal
Freddy Grant - clarinet
Colin Beaton - piano
Lauderic Caton - guitar
Brylo Ford - bass
Clinton Maxwell - drums
(21)
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Clare Deniz - piano
Frank Deniz - guitar
Joe Deniz - guitar
Tommy Bromley - bass
Tommy Lytton - drums
(22 23)
Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson - trumpet
Dave Wilkins - trumpet
Frank Williams - trumpet
Harry Roche - trombone
Bertie King - saxophone
George Roberts - saxophone
Joe Appleton - saxophone
Freddy Grant - saxophone
Yorke de Souza - piano
Joe Deniz - guitar
Coleridge Goode - bass
Clinton Maxwell - drums
(24)
Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson - trumpet
Dave Wilkins - trumpet
Pete Pitterson - trumpet
Frank Baker - trombone
Harry Roche - trombone(?)
Bertie King - saxophone
George Tyndale - saxophone
George Roberts - saxophone
Joe Appleton - saxophone(?)
Johnny Jones - saxophone(?)
Yorke de Souza - piano
Joe Deniz - guitar
Bobby Henry - bass
Clinton Maxwell - drums

01 Tap Your Feet (Brun) (2:53)
02 Washington Squabble (Hopkins) (3:11)
03 Please Be Kind (Cahn, Chaplin) (2:39)
04 Snakehips Swing (de Haas) (2:51)
05 Exactly Like You (Fields, McHugh) (2:55)
06 The Sheik Of Araby (Snyder, Smith, Wheeler) (2:54)
07 My Buddy (Donaldson, Kahn) (2:51)
08 Give Me My Ranch (Costello, Uranga) (3:09)
09 Tuxedo Junction (Hawkins) (3:01)
10 Ida (Leonard, Munson) (2:46)
11 Blow, Blow Thou Winter-Wind (Young, Shakespeare) (2:58)
12 It Was A Lover And His Lass (Young, Shakespeare) (2:50)
13 Sweet Georgia Brown (Pinkard, Bernie) (2:37)
14 Blue Skies (Berlin) (3:26)
15 Untitled Double Bass Cameo (?) (1:39)
16 Stompin' At The Savoy (Webb, Sampson, Goodman) (2:59)
17 The Jumping Jive (Caton, Wilson) (3:31)
18 Cyril's Blues (Blake) (3:32)
19 Frolic Sam (Ellington, Bigard) (3:08)
20 Rhythm Is Our Business (Lunceford, Cahn, Chaplin) (2:55)
21 Soft Winds (McShann) (2:45)
22 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Traditional) (2:56)
23 Big Top Boogie (?) (2:56)
24 Dr Heckle And Mr Jibe (McDonough) (2:26)

Label: Topic TSCD781
Recorded:
April 08 1931 (01)
July 17 (02 03) September 22 (04-07) 1938
January 29 (08) February 27 (09 10) April 24 (11 12) (13-16) 1940
October 19 (17) December 12 (18-20) 1941
May 17 (21) July 31 (22 23) 1944
December 19 1946 (24)
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0015 Stan Tracey [Showcase] FLAC 12(35.22)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
This is Stan's first lp as leader originally recorded for Vogue on 1 May and 17/18 June 1958. 
'Little Klunk' will appear later, but for the moment enjoy 'Showcase' which presents Stan playing a range of standards and most unlike the Stan we know today. Compare this with his outing on 'Little Klunk' recorded a year later where he moves into his 'Monkish Mode' and plays his own music.  Both albums are enjoyable although in different ways.

(02 03 05)
Stan Tracey - vibes (02), piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar (02)
Kenny Napper - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(01 04 06 07)
Stan Tracey - vibes (06), piano
Ray Dempsey - guitar (06)
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Ronnie Verrill - drums
(08-12)
Stan Tracey - vibes (10), piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar (10)
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Ronnie Verrill - drums

01 Almost Like Being In Love (Lerner, Loewe) (2:05)
02 Over The Rainbow (Harburg, Arlen) (4:39)
03 Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Rodgers, Hammerstein) (3:02)
04 I Love Paris (Porter) (3:05)
05 The Best Thing For You (Berlin) (1:54)
06 I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Fields, McHugh) (3:09)
07 This Nearly Was Mine (Rodgers, Hammerstein) (3:20)
08 They Can't Take That Away From Me (Gershwin, Gershwin) (3:07)
09 I've Got Five Dollars (Rodgers, Hart) (2:21)
10 Mad About The Boy (Coward) (3:16)
11 But Not For Me (Gershwin, Gershwin) (2:56)
12 Love Is (Martin, Blane) (2:27)

Label: Vogue VA 180130
Recorded: May 01 (02 03 05) June 17 (01 04 06 07) 18 (08-12) 1958
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0014 Jazz Couriers [Top Spot Tunes] FLAC 2(5.28)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
This really is an odd one in the Jazz Couriers discography. There are two tunes recorded on a one-sided multi-coloured card flexi-disc which plays at 45 rpm. It can only be assumed that it was prepared for some kind of promotional event but what could that be?  I have seen similar flexi-discs issued by the same label by other jazz groups.
The date is uncertain - the best guess is mid 1958 and it is probably Phil Bates on bass and Bill Eyden on drums. Hayes, Scott and Shannon are obviously the other Couriers.
Whilst it is possibly to play the flexi-disc on a modern turntable, it is a bit of an up and down ride. I believe that there was some kind of rigid card holder to enable these discs to be played but I don't have one.
The sound is reasonable considering the source.

Tubby Hayes - tenor
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Terry Shannon - piano
Phil Bates - bass
Bill Eyden - drums

01 Monk Was Here (Hayes) (2:55)
02 Last Minute Blues (Jazz Couriers) (2:33)

Label: Top Spot Tunes
Recorded; Probably 1958
Lineage: Flexi-disc>FLAC

0013 Chris Barber [Barber's Best] FLAC 4(12.57)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Many people in the UK were first introduced to jazz through the music of Chris Barber (I was one) who has now been playing and leading various groups for over 55 years. 
Chris played, and still does to a large extent, what came to be known as Traditional Jazz and it had a huge following in the 1950s although over the years. He broadened his musical style and played on a regular basis with such 'modernists' as Joe Harriott.
Here in recordings from 1954 and 1955 with his regular group the band plays typical music from that period. Lonnie Donegan, who played banjo for a while with Barber, went on to have a successful musical career in the pop/folk world and was one of the leaders in introducing the 'skiffle' sound to the UK.  One of his forgettable hits was 'My Old Man's A Dustman'

Pat Halcox - cornet
Chris Barber - trombone
Jim Bray - tuba, bass
Monty Sunshine - clarinet
Lonnie Donegan - banjo
Ron Bowden - drums

01 Bobby Shaftoe (Traditional) (2:48)
02 Merrydown Rag (Barber) (3:23)
03 It's Tight Like That (Dorsey, Whitaker) (3:32)
04 The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (Seitz) (3:14)

Label: Decca ep DFE 6382
Recorded July 13 (01 02) October 30 1954 (03) January 09 1955 (04)
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0012 Lita Roza [Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea] FLAC 13(39.51)

Contributed by grumpy

A well chosen collection of standards agreeably sung by Lita Roza accompanied by a well selected bunch of sessioners under the baton of Billy Munn. If Lita hasn't quite the personality of some of her opposite numbers across the pond, she does manage to hold the interest. The accompaniments are deftly played from clever arrangements. The boys do not get much chance to solo, but occasional snatches of Alan Clare, George Chisholm, Don Rendell, Ike Isaacs and Ronnie Hughes, leave one wishing for an instrumental LP from this group. Lita is at her best on "Tables". "Crazy" and "I Cover The Waterfront".
Peter Tanner ~ Jazz Journal Vol 11 No2, February 1958

Lita Roza - vocals
Ronnie Hughes - trumpet
George Chisholm - trombone
Ken Wray - trombone
George Hunter - alto
Don Rendell - tenor
Bill Le Sage - vibes
Alan Clare - piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar
Joe Muddel - bass
Lennie Bush - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums
Jack Peach - drums
Directed by Billy Munn - London

01 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Arlen, Koehler) (2:51)
02 Willow Weep For Me (Ronell) (3:16)
03 Little White Lies (Donaldson) (3:18)
04 Moon Song (Johnston, Coslow) (3:46)
05 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Barris, Koehler, Moll) (3:36)
06 I Only Have Eyes For You (Dubin, Warren) (2:49)
07 You Turned The Tables On Me (Alter, Mitchell) (2:19)
08 I Cover The Waterfront (Heyman, Green) (3:35)
09 You're Driving Me Crazy (Donaldson) (3:01)
10 Moonglow (DeLange, Mills, Hudson) (3:09)
11 You Took Advantage Of Me (Hart, Rodgers) (2:32)
12 No Moon At All (Mann, Evans) (2:43)
13 My One And Only Love (Wood, Mellin) (2:56)

Label: Decca LK4218
Recorded: February 11 14 15 1957
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0011 Victor Feldman [In London Vol 2 Big Band] FLAC 7(40.35)

Contributed by sunbop and bluebird
(01-04)
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Dizzy Reece - trumpet
Ken Wray - bass trumpet
John Burden - french horn
Jim Powell - tuba
Derek Humble - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Joe Temperley - baritone (01-03)
Pete King - baritone
Victor Feldman - vibes, drums (03)
Norman Stenfalt - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(05 07)
Dizzy Reece - trumpet
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Ken Wray - bass trumpet
Derek Humble - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Tubby Hayes - baritone
Norman Stenfalt - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Victor Feldman - drums
(06)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Victor Feldman - vibes
Terry Shannon - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Blues in Two Modes (Feldman) (6:40)
02 Jennie (Feldman) (4:24)
03 One Momentum (Feldman) (3:30)
04 Karen (Feldman) (6:15)
05 Woodwork (Feldman) (7:58)
06 It Ain't Necessarily So (Gershwin) (6:03)
07 Short Circuit (Crombie) (5:16)

Tempo TAP 12 EXA67 Jasmine JASM 2003
Recorded: December 11 (05 07) 12 (01-04) 1956 January 03 1957 (06)
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0010 Victor Feldman [Victor Feldman in London Vol 1 The Quartet] FLAC 7(45.06)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Victor Feldman - a child musical prodigy and multi-instrumentalist emigrated to the USA in September 1955 after a number of successful years on the UK jazz scene. He returned to the UK for a short visit at the end of 1956 and this quartet date was recorded for Tempo on 4 and 6 December. Victor played vibes, his main instrument, on 6 of the tracks, and piano on the last track where Dizzy Reece, another emigrant to be, joins the Quartet. The date was later re-issued as a cd on the Jasmine label together with other tracks.

(01-04)
Victor Feldman - vibes
Terry Shannon - piano
Pete Blannin - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(05-06)
Victor Feldman - vibes
Terry Shannon - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(07)
Dizzy Reece - trumpet
Victor Feldman - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Jackpot (Feldman) (4:11)
02 Karen (Feldman) (7:41)
03 You Are Too Beautiful (Rodgers) (5:21)
04 You Are My Heart's Delight (Lehar) (3:55)
05 The Major and the Minor (Feldman) (7:53)
06 The Toff (Crombie) (5:11)
07 Wilbert's Tune (Feldman) (10:54)

Label:Tempo TAP8
Recorded: December 04 (01-04) 06 (05-07) 1956
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0009 Kenny Graham [Afro-Cubists Volume 2 Afro Kadabra Caribbean Suite] FLAC 14(49.13)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
These are further recordings from Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists in 1953 including the 'Caribbean' Suite an ambitious and interesting set of pieces which, surprisingly, have never been re-issued on cd. This particular lp issue dates from 1987 and is part of the Esquire Treasure Chest series of lps.
British guitarists never got much of a chance to shine in the 1950s in any band, being kept mainly to a role in the rhythm section but here Roy Plummer is featured on 'Beguine'. A rare solo spot.
The Afro Cubists recorded again in 1957 (to be seen here later) and then disbanded. It was a brave but financially disastrous experiment.

(01-03)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Kenny Graham - tenor
Derek Humble - tenor
Joe Temperley - tenor
Pete King - tenor
Oscar Birch - baritone
Ralph Dollimore - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Billy Olu Shelanke - conga drums
(04 to 06)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Kenny Graham - tenor
Norman Fantham - tenor
Eddie Mordue - tenor
Wally Moffatt - tenor
Oscar Birch - baritone
Ralph Dollimore - piano
Joe Muddell - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Billy Olu Shelanke - conga drums
Lati Pedro - African maracas
(08 09 12 13)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Kenny Graham - tenor
Joe Temperley - tenor
Eddie Mordue - tenor, clarinet
Norman Fantham - tenor
Don Honeywill - baritone
Dill Jones - piano
Roy Plummer - guitar
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Donaldo - bongoes
Judy Johnson - vocal and maracas
(07 10 11 14)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Kenny Graham - tenor
Joe Temperley - tenor
Eddie Mordue - tenor, clarinet
Norman Fantham - tenor
Don Honeywill - baritone
Dill Jones - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Donaldo - bongoes
Judy Johnson - vocal and maracas

01 Jump for Joe (Roland) (2:59)
02 A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie) (3:17)
03 Take the A Train (Strayhorn) (3:46)
04 Flamingo (Anderson, Grouya) (2:48)
05 Keni B'sindika (Graham) (3:37)
06 Afro-Kadabra (Graham) (8:42)
07 Mango Walk (Graham) (1:51)
08 Bongo Chant (Graham) (2:43)
09 Saga Boy (Graham) (2:01)
10 Dance of the Zombies (Graham) (3:46)
11 Wha' Huppin' Sah? (Graham) (3:16)
12 Tempo Medio Lento (Graham) (3:30)
13 Beguine (Graham) (2:53)
14 Haitian Ritual (Graham) (4:04)

Label: Esquire S 329
Recorded: February 05 (01-03) April 29 (04 to 06) October 23 (08 09 12 13) 27 (07 10 11 14) 1953
Lineage: Reissue LP>FLAC

0008 Kenny Graham [Mango Walk] FLAC 16(49.18)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
These are the first sixteen Esquire titles recorded by the Afro-Cubists during a two year period.
Formed in 1950, the band was no longer viable by March 1952 although it reformed periodically to record until 1957.
They were the only small bop group in the world to play full time with a latin rhythm section.
The talented trumpeter, Jo Hunter, appears on twelve of the sixteen tracks and the last two tracks show Kenny rethinking his format to use a five piece sax section.

(01 02)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Kenny Graham - tenor
Jack Honeybourne - piano
Roy Plummer - guitar
Cliff Ball - bass
Dickie Devere - drums
(03-06)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Kenny Graham - tenor
Ralph Dollimore - piano
Roy Plummer - guitar
Cliff Ball - bass
Dickie Devere - drums
(11-14)
Terry Brown - trumpet
Kenny Graham - tenor
Ralph Dollimore - piano
Bruce Swain - bass
Dickie Devere - drums
(15 16)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Kenny Graham - tenor
Derek Humble - tenor
Pete King - tenor
Joe Temperley - tenor
Oscar Birch - baritone
Ralph Dollimore - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Mango Walk (Graham) (1:50)
02 Pina Colada (Ventura, Kral) (2:59)
03 Chloe (Kahn, Moret) (3:03)
04 Over The Rainbow (Harburg, Arlen) (3:34)
05 Skylon (Graham) (3:19)
06 Dome Of Discovery (Dollimore) (3:17)
07 Mike Fright (Graham) (3:18)
08 Pip Squeak (Graham) (3:11)
09 Kenny's Jig (Graham) (2:55)
10 Cuban Canon (Graham) (3:28)
11 Boom (Trenet, Goetz) (3:04)
12 Barbados (Parker) (2:43)
13 All The King's Horses (Gay) (3:30)
14 Peanut Vendor (Simons, Sunshine, Gilbert) (3:18)
15 I'll Remember April (Raye, De Paul, Johnson) (2:57)
16 Jump For Joe (Roland) (2:52)

Label: Esquire ESQ 308
Recorded:
February 10 (01 02) June 04 (03-06) 1951
February 13 (07-10) October 08 (11-14) 1952
February 05 1953 (15 16)
Lineage: vinyl>FLAC

0007 Dizzy Reece [Nowhere To Go] FLAC 4(11.23)

Contributed by grumpy

Dizzy Reece - trumpet
Tubby Hayes - tenor, baritone
Lloyd Thompson - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Main Title (Nowhere to Go) (Reece) (3:32)
02 The Escape and Chase (Reece) (2:52)
03 The Search (Reece) (3:30)
04 The Sunset Scene (Reece) (1:29)

Label: Tempa EXA 86
Recorded: October 02 1958

A contemporary review:
Only limited use has been made of jazz as incidental music for British films, but Dizzy Reece’s ambitious scores for the recent Balcon production "Nowhere To Go" are a step in the right direction and compare favourably with some of the colourful themes played by the West Coasters for Hollywood movies. Moody and expressive, these tracks rank among Dizzy's most noteworthy compositions, and are outstanding examples of descriptive writing.
Both Dizzy and his front-line partner Tubby Hayes blow short, virile solos on "Main Title" and skate nimbly around the chords of the fast blues, "Escape And Chase". This title opens with some insistent cowbell work by Phil Seamen, while the up-tempo sequences are highlighted by Lloyd Thompson's powerful bass-work. "The Search" (sub-titled ''On The Scene") is a down-to-earth blues with crisp, crackling trumpet, a generous helping of robust tenor, and excellent "walking" bass. "Sunset Scene" is a reiteration of "Main Title"—a mournful melody that you'll find spinning round in your head long after the record has finished.
Keith Goodwin ~ Jazz Journal Vol12 No4, April 1959

0006 Jimmy Deuchar [Pub Crawling] FLAC 6(38.37)

Contributed by Cornelius

(01 04-06)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Ken Wray - trombone
Derek Humble - alto, baritone
Tubby Hayes - tenor 
Victor Feldman - piano
Lennie Bush - bass 
Phil Seamen - drums
(02 03)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Ken Wray - trombone
Derek Humble - alto, baritone
Stan Tracey - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums

01 IPA Special (Deuchar) (6.30)
02 Colne Springs (Deuchar) (6.02)
03 E (Deuchar) (6.30)
04 Treble Gold (Deuchar) (6.16)
05 Bass House (Deuchar) (6.54)
06 Final Selection (Deuchar) (7.00)

Label: Contemporary C3529
Recorded: April 23 (02 03) 26 (01 04-06) 1956
Lineage: CD>FLAC

Biography by Ron Wynn
One of Britian's better bebop trumpeters, Jimmy Deuchar played in London's Club Eleven while in the Royal Air Force, then joined the Johnny Dankworth Seven in 1950. He later played with Geraldo and Oscar Rabin and Ronnie Scott's sextet in Paris in 1951. There were recording sessions with Jack Parnell and Scott in the early '50s, followed by stints and/or tours with Tony Crombie, Lionel Hampton and Scott. Deuchar moved to Germany in the late '50s, and played from 1957 to 1959 with Kurt Edelhagen's band. He returned to Scott's group for a couple of years, then played in Tubby Hayes' quartet, The Clarke-Boland Big Band and Edelhagen's band. Deuchar worked mainly as an arranger during the '60s and '70s, making one album as a leader in 1979.
Jimmy Deuchar. This able but scarcely exceptional Scottish trumpeter leads a small group through a blowing session, Pub Crawling with Jimmy Deuchar, Contemporary 3529, which is interesting mainly for the amiably burr-toned trombone of Ken Wray.

0005 [Arnold Ross Sextet] FLAC 5(16.02)

Personnel:
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Derek Humble - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Arnold Ross - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Jack Parnell - drums

Tracks:
01 The Champ
02 All the Things You Are
03 Once in a While
04 These Foolish Things
05 Nice Work if You Can Get It

Esquire ep 207

Recorded August 23 1952

Contributed by delmonico

At the time of this recording in Sweden, 23 August 1952, Arnold Ross was the pianist accompanying Lena Horne on her European Tour. Whilst Ross was born in the USA the backing group was drawn from the ranks of the Jack Parnell Band and comprise some of the top British modernists. Presumably the Parnell band was also on tour at the time.

The ep contained 4 tracks but the cd re-issue, from which these tracks are taken, had an extra track from the date and it is included here.

0004 [The Tony Kinsey Quintet Play a Jazz at the Flamingo Session] FLAC 6(43.26)

Joe Harriott - alto
Bob Efford - tenor
Bill LeSage - piano, vibes
Pete Blannin - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums

01 Hi-Ya!
02 Fishin' the Blues
03 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste
04 I'm Beginning to See the Light
05 Pict's Lament
06 Just Goofin'

Decca LK 4207

Recorded May 16 1957

Contributed by delmonico

Tony Kinsey had been a resident attraction at the Flamingo Club from 1953. Decca decided to create a club atmosphere on the album by recording it at a live session at 'The Railway Arms', a pub conveniently sited next to its studios in West Hampstead. Joe Harriott is re-united with the Kinsey group for the date.

0003 Various Artists [Jazz At The Fabulous Flamingo 10th Anniversary Tribute] FLAC 10(39.37)

Personnel:
Track 1
Jimmy Deuchar, trumpet; Tommy Whittle,
Don Rendell,  tenor; Benny Green, baritone;
Bill Le Sage, piano; Sammy Stokes, bass;
Tony Crombie, drums.

Track 2
Alan Branscombe, alto; Tubby Hayes, vibes;
Tony Crombie, piano; Jack Fallon, vibes.

Track 3
Bert Courtley, mellophonium; Ronnie Ross, baritone;
Eddie Harvey, piano; Pete Blannin, bass;
Andy White, drums


Track 4
Eddie Thompson, piano; Arthur Watts, bass; Andy White, drums.

Track 5
Tommy Whittle, tenor; Harry Klein, baritone; Eddie Thompson, piano; Ken Sprang, bass;
Jackie Dougan, drums.

Track 6
includes:-
Les Condon, Stan Roderick, Ronnie Simmonds, trumpet; George Chisholm, Ray Premru, trombone;
Alan Branscombe, alto; Tommy Whittle, tenor; Tony Crombie, drums.

Track 7
Harry Klein, baritone; Derek Smith, piano; Freddie Logan, bass; Allan Ganley, drums.

Track 8
Alan Branscombe, alto; Tubby Hayes, vibes; Tony Crombie, piano; Jack Fallon, bass.

Track 9
Eddie Thompson, piano; Arthur Watts, bass; Andy White, drums.

Track 10
Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, tenor; Terry Shannon, piano; Phil Bates, bass; Bill Eyden, drums.

Tracks:
01 All Star Special
02 Wait and See
03 Red Prune
04 Moveable
05 12 by 5
06 Interpol Chase
07 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
08 Fishin' the Blues
09 Just Play
10 The Serpent

This is a compilation album by various artists recorded for the Ember label after the Club opened in 1952. The Krugers, mentioned in the sleeve notes, owned both the Club and the Ember record label. Ember was never very good (and still isn't) about the details in its sleeve notes but these tracks were recorded between 1953 and 1959. They provide a fine representative sample of the British modern jazz scene in the 1950s.

I recall going to the Flamingo in the mid 1950s to see a Tubby Hayes group and another led by Ronnie Ross. It was a dismal, dark cellar-type room full of smoke and young stylish 'mods' and their equally stylish girls - but the music was great. I seem to remember being turned out into the street well before midnight. Happy days.

Contributed by Delmonico (ripped to flac format from LP c/w cover scans)

0002 Wilton Bogey Gaynair [Blue Bogey] FLAC 7(45.24)

Wilton Gaynair - tenor
Terry Shannon - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Bill Eyden - drums

01 Wilton's Mood
02 Deborah
03 Joy Spring
04 Rhythm
05 Blues For Tony
06 The Way You Look Tonight
07 Gone With The Wind

Jasmine JASM 2016

Recorded August 26 1959

Contributed by delmonico

Wilton Gaynair (1927-1995) was born in Jamaica and came to the UK during the early 50s. He played around the London scene at that time and then in 1955 decided that there was more work in Germany and that was where he spent the rest of his life. He played mainly in the Studio/Radio big bands there and this recording from 1959 was made during one of his brief returns to the UK. It was thought to be his only recording of that period but further recordings were made in 1960 for Tempo again during one of his visits to the UK but never issued at the time as the label folded. They were issued for the first time in 2005 by Candid and called 'Africa Calling'.
It is interesting to speculate how Gaynair would have fared in the UK musical environment had he stayed. Gaynair made one further album in 1982 called 'Alpharian' with a group of European musicians but his sound and musical approach had changed considerably over the intervening years although the cd is not without interest.
Gaynair suffered a stroke in 1983 and never played publicly again. He died in Germany in 1995.
Ripped in FLAC with cover scans.

0001 Tubby Hayes [The Couriers of Jazz!] FLAC 8(42.38)

Contributed by delmonico

Tubby Hayes - tenor
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Terry Shannon - piano
Jeff Clyne - bass
Bill Eyden - drums

01 Mirage
02 After Tea
03 Stop The World, I Want To Get Off!
04 In Salah
05 Star Eyes
06 The Monk
07 My Funny Valentine
08 Day In, Day Out

Label: Fresh Sound Records FSR 1620
Recorded: November 1958