0033 Joe Harriott [Blue Harriott] FLAC 4(14.13)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
These 4 tracks recorded on 5 May 1959 were first issued in the UK as an ep. They were later included in a US Jazzland lp called 'Southern Horizons,' which was never issued in the UK, together with other tracks recorded a year later.
Joe's next recordings, in November 1960, were to be his ground breaking music with his 'Free Form' groups.

Hank Shaw - trumpet
Joe Harriott - alto
Harry South - piano
Coleridge Goode - bass
Bobby Orr - drums

01 Senor Blues
02 Still Goofin'
03 Count Twelve
04 Jumpin' with Joe

Label: SEG 7939
Recorded May 05 1959
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0032 Jack Parnell Orchestra [The Singles 1952-1954] FLAC 18(48.41)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
The Parnell Orchestra of the early 1950s really was a breeding ground for the British modernists and unlike the Ted Heath Orchestra, which was rehearsed and regimented with no improvisation, it gave the soloists room to expand and played interesting charts. The band has not been given its due for the contribution to the development British jazz.
In these selections from the 1952-1954 period musicians such as Jimmy Deuchar, Ken Wray, Derek Humble, Ronnie Scott and many others went on to provide the backbone of British modern jazz in later years. A young Tubby Hayes joined the band in March 1954 replacing Joe Temperley but was fired in September after his arrest in Blackpool for possession of cannabis. You can hear him here soloing on 'Sure Thing' and  'Trip To Mars'.
Full discographical details included.

Jack Parnell - leader, drums, vocals with:-
(01 02)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Albert Hall - trumpet
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Mac Minshull - trombone
Ken Wray - trombone
Derek Humble - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Peter King - tenor, bass clarinet
Harry Klein - baritone
Max Harris - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums, bongo
(03)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet, arranger
Ron Simmonds - trumpet
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Mac Minshull - trombone
Ken Wray - trombone
Derek Humble - alto
Joe Temperley - tenor
Peter King - tenor, bass clarinet
Harry Klein - baritone
Max Harris - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums, bongo
(04 05)
Jimmy Watson - trumpet
Ron Simmonds - trumpet
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Mac Minshull - trombone
Lad Busby - trombone
Bob Burns - alto
Joe Temperley - tenor
Ronnie Keene - tenor
Joe Adams - baritone
Max Harris - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
(06-09)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Ron Simmonds - trumpet
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Mac Minshull - trombone
Lad Busby - trombone
Bob Burns - alto
Joe Temperley - tenor
Ronnie Meene - tenor
Joe Adams - baritone
Max Harris - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(10)
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Ron Simmonds - trumpet
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Lad Busby - trombone
Mac Minshull - trombone
Bob Burns - alto
Joe Temperley - tenor
Ronnie Keene - tenor
Don Honeywill - baritone
Max Harris - piano
Jack Fallon - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(11-15)
Jack Parnell - leader
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Terry Lewis - trumpet
Ron Simmonds - trumpet
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Bobby Lamb - trombone
Robin Kaye - trombone
Jimmy Tobbett - trombone
Mac Minshull - trombone
Bob Burns - alto
Jimmy Philip - alto
Joe Temperley - tenor
Ronnie Keene - tenor
Don Honeywill - baritone
Max Harris - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(16)
Jack Parnell - leader
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Terry Lewis - trumpet
Ron Simmonds - trumpet
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Bobby Lamb - trombone
Robin Kaye - trombone
Jimmy Tobbett - trombone
Mac Minshull - trombone
Jimmy Philip - alto
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Ronnie Keene - tenor
Don Honeywill - baritone
Max Harris - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Tracks 17 and 18
Ron Simmonds - trumpet
Ronnie Hughes - trumpet
Jo Hunter - trumpet
Terry Lewis - trumpet
Ken Wray - trombone
Bobby Lamb - trombone
Clarry Baines - trombone
Brian Perrin - trombone
K Balanzwela - alto
Freddie Syer - alto
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Jack Fisher - tenor
Don Honeywill - baritone
Norman Stenfalt - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Kenny Clare - drums

01 Catherine Wheel
02 The Champ
03 Walting the Blues
04 Night Train
05 The Hawk Talks
06 Topaz
07 Carioca
08 Cottontail
09 April in Paris
10 Fuller Bounce
11 Skin Deep
12 The Devil's Eyes
13 Knock Out
14 Blowin' Wild
15 Kick Off
16 Sure Thing
17 Trip to Mars
18 A Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie

Recorded: 1952-1954

0031 Dizzy Reece [A New Star] FLAC 6(28.06)

Contributed by grumpy

This is what musicians call a "blowing session". No attempt to create any so-called "new sounds". Just honest-to-goodness, down-to-earth, relaxed swinging jazz. This date gives a real first recording break to one of the British jazz scene's "musicians' musicians", trumpeter Dizzy Reece.Dizzy's following is confined to just about every musician who has blown with him, a handful of knowledgeable fans (the kind who dig Miles Davis) and a couple of critics. This particular writer has tried to wake the town and tell the people about Dizzy since early 1954, but so far all appears to have fallen on deaf ears.

(01-04)
Dizzy Reece - trumpet
Sammy Walker - tenor
Tony Crombie - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(05 06)
Dizzy Reece - trumpet
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Harry South - piano
Pete Blannin - bass
Bill Eyden - drums

01 O Moon
02 Butch
03 Bang!
04 This Is Always
05 Now's The Time
06 Please Call

Label: Tempo LAP3
Recorded: May 16 (01-04) July 14 (05 06) 1955
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0030 Lita Roza [Listening In The After Hours] FLAC 8(26.47)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
A 1955 recording with the Quartet which includes Joe Harriott.  Lita sticks to the well known standards - she was never too adventurous in her few jazz outings after she left the Ted Heath band. Was she a jazz singer?  Perhaps.
Joe Harriott plays quite beautifully in his backing and solo spots and gives no indication of things to come in his later ground - breaking free form work.

Lita Roza - vocal
Joe Harriott - alto
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums

01 That Old Black Magic
02 Guilty
03 Don't Worry 'Bout Me
04 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
05 Too Marvellous for Words
06 I Don't Want to Walk Without You
07 The Nearness of You
08 You'll Never Know

Label: Decca LF 1243
Recorded: April 05 July 29 1955
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0029 Frank Horrox [Jazz Session] FLAC 4(11.46)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Frank Horrox was the Ted Heath pianist throughout the 1950s and recorded only one other session under his own name. Here he is joined by Don Rendell on tenor and Albert Hall on trumpet playing four standards. It is thought that the recording dates from around 1959.
After leaving Heath, Horrox freelanced as pianist and arranger and he died in Germany in 1972.

Albert Hall - trumpet
Don Rendell - tenor
Frank Horrox - piano
Jeff Sothcott - bass
Don Lawson - drums

01 After You've Gone
02 Deep Purple
03 Just You, Just Me
04 How About You

Label: Embassy WEP 1038
Recorded: c. 1959
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0028 Tubby Hayes [The Yellow Rose Session 1956] FLAC 5(12.41)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is a 30 minute broadcast from the BBC Light programme Dance Music slot where Hayes and his Octet, making their debut here, show that even top class musicians had to make musical concessions and play 'near jazz' material to earn a living back in 1956. Note the very proper BBC announcer trying to be cool.

Ian Hamer - trumpet (01 02 04 05)
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet (01 02 04 05)
Mike Senn - alto, baritone, clarinet (01 02 04 05)
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Jackie Sharpe - tenor, baritone (01 02 04 05)
Harry South - piano
Pete Blannin - bass
Bill Eyden - drums

01 He's a Tramp
02 Sophisticated Lady
03 The Yellow Rose of Texas
04 Almost Like Being in Love
05 Ain't It the Truth

Label: BBC broadcast
Recorded: January 04 1956
Lineage: Unknown>FLAC

0027 Ronnie Scott [Live at the Jazz Club] FLAC 11(55.54)

Contributed by delmonico.

(01-07)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Ken Wray - trombone
Derek Humble - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Benny Green - baritone
Norman Stenfalt - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums
(08-11)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Ken Wray - trombone
Derek Humble - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Peter King - tenor
Benny Green - baritone
Norman Stenfalt - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums
Harry Klein - arranger

01 Popo
02 Pantagrulian
03 Mullenium
04 The Nearness of You
05 Nemo
06 All the Things You Are
07 The Champ
08 Day Dream
09 On the Alamo
10 What's New
11 I May Be Wrong

Label: Esquire 32-001 32-002
Recorded: BBC Broadcast Paris Cinema Studio London December 01 1952 (01-07) February 10 1953 (08-11)
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0026 Stan Tracey [Little Klunk] FLAC 8(39.18)

Contributed by delmonico

Stan Tracey - vibes (04 08), piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Li'l Ol' Pottsville
02 Dream of Many Colours
03 Little Klunk
04 Boo-bah
05 Baby Blue
06 A Walk in the Park
07 We'll Call You
08 Free

Label: Ace of Clubs ACL 1259
Recorded: May 22 26 1959
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0025 Tubby Hayes [Tubby's Groove] FLAC 6(40.34)

Contributed by bluebird.

I think it's one of Tubby's best ever studio recordings and catches him very much in his prime. I suppose that the stand-out track for me has to be Sunny Monday with its unaccompanied tenor choruses. The tone is big, the rhythmic delivery is full of confidence and the sheer enthusiasm shines through half a century on. Simon Spillett

Tubby Hayes - tenor, vibes
Terry Shannon - piano
Jeff Clyne - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Tin Tin Deo
02 Embers
03 Like Someone in Love
04 Surrey with the Fringe on Top
05 Sunny Monday
06 Blue Hayes

Label: Tempo 1960
Recorded: December 1959

0024 Tommy Whittle [More Waxing with Whittle] FLAC 13(1.00.00)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Here are further recordings of Whittle's Quintet from 1954/55. Pianist Dill Jones and baritone saxophonist Harry Klein are present on all tracks and it is good to hear Klein stretch out in a smaller group. At the time Klein and Ronnie Ross (both very different in approach and sound) were the main UK exponents of the baritone. Klein, the older man, started his recording career in 1949 whilst Ross came along 5 years later and challenged him successfully for the top spot in later years.
Klein had a long and varied career working latterly as a freelance session musician,  on cruise ships and as a tv actor. He was still active in the 2000s playing mainly alto sax.
Tommy Whittle, of course, continues to play and is one of our finest living (and perhaps under appreciated) musicians.
Ripped in FLAC from re-issue lp with cover scans. The tracks originally appeared on a 10" lp Esq 20-048, 'The Tommy Whittle Quintet', ep 67 on Esquire and 3 x 78 rpm singles.
This is the ep sleeve.  No lp available.

Tommy Whittle - tenor
Harry Klein - baritone
Dill Jones - piano
Joe Muddel - bass
Dave Willis - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums

01 Archer's Treat
02 Pyramid
03 Willow Weep for Me
04 Crazy Rhythm
05 Ten-Bar Gait
06 The Finisher
07 Someone to Watch Over Me
08 Harry's Blues
09 Flamingo
10 Ghost of a Chance
11 I'll Remember April
12 You've Done Something to My Heart
13 Stars Fell on Alabama

Label: Esquire lp ESQ 334
Recorded : December 01 1954 March 22 August04 1955
Lineage: LP>FLAC