Contributed by Azule Serape, who writes:-
A wonderful compilation of very early British Modern Jazz from some very obscure labels such as Bosworth and Paxton with other tracks coming from Decca and Melodisc. All were originally on 78 rpm discs recorded between 1949 and 1951 and were transferred to cd for re-issue.
Someone on the blog asked previously about pianist Steve Race in a jazz setting. Well, here he is in two different groups recorded in 1949.
Some musicians featured on the disc are Jimmy Skidmore, Tommy Whittle, Don Rendell, Johnny Dankworth, Ronnie Scott, Ralph Sharon, Ronnie Ball plus many others.
For discographical followers, Howard Lucraft (the nominal leader of the date) plays guitar on some of the Steve Race tracks. He emigrated to the USA (yes, yet another one) in 1950 and later found fame with the West Coast musicians and as a jazz writer for Metronome and Melody Maker.
A second volume will appear here later.
(01-04)
Freddy Gardner - tenor
Johnny Douglas - accordion
Howard Lucraft - guitar
Steve Race - piano
Mickey Rome - bass
Roy Cooper - drums
(05-08)
Leon Calvert - trumpet
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Steve Race - piano
Pete Chilver - guitar
Jack Fallon - bass
Norman Burns - drums
(09-13)
Reg Arnold - trumpet
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Bernie Fenton - piano
Joe Muddel - bass
Laurie Morgan - drums
Alan Dean - vocal (13)
(14-17)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Eddie Harvey - trombone
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Don Rendell - tenor
Bill Le Sage - piano
Joe Muddel - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
(18-19)
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Victor Feldman - vibes
Ralph Sharon - piano
Pete Chilver - guitar
Jack Fallon - bass
Martin Aston - drums
(20-21)
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Ronnie Ball - piano
Frank Donnison - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
(22-25)
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Roy Willox - alto
Tommy Whittle - tenor
George Hunter - baritone
Frank Horrox - piano
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Ronnie Verrall - drums
01 Rebop Rebels
02 Quintessence
03 Boppin' the Boogie
04 Baltimore Bop
05 Vertigo
06 Marzipan
07 Bugle Call Bop
08 Microcosmo
09 Gone with the Windmill (Take 1)
10 Gone with the Windmill (Take 2)
11 Barbados
12 Elevenses
13 Ool-Ya-Koo
14 Lightly Politely
15 Strike Up the Band
16 Marmaduke
17 Little Benny
18 Burman's Bauble
19 Boptical Illusion
20 All the Things You Are
21 Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
22 Wit's End
23 Portland Place
24 Sam's Say
25 Night and Day
Label: Various
Recorded: 1949-1951
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Another fine offering.Many thanks once again.
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The Learning Curve
ReplyDeleteTalk about The Learning Curve! Perhaps you could sub-title your blog with that. I have heard little of very early British Modern Jazz before 1950, but recognise some of the names from later works.
Alongside some of the more respected jazzers, I am aware of Steve Race only as a vague avuncular presence on children's TV and music shows from a decade or more after these recordings. I'm sure that somewhere there's an annual bequeathed by an uncle where he 'talks' to Sooty or somesuch puppet (it might have been Twizzle, or Bobby the Bear, or Torchy) about the delights of jazz. I remember wondering what exactly this exciting music that he promised would sound like - and then getting Acker Bilk or Kenny Ball in trad gear! Not his fault, really, and he did host some great Jazz 625 TV concerts and radio shots - not that I heard them back then. Wouldn't we give for some of those missing broadcasts listed in tiny print in the back pages of old jazz journals!
Anyway, looking forward to this one, and thanks for the continuing education....
Bop-In' Britain.....a really excellent compilation, many thanks for this one. Eagerly awaiting Vol.2!
ReplyDeleteRegarding Howard Lucraft, a great 1957 session(s) of his [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/LucraftHoward-ldr.php] can be found here courtesy of hookfinger. Note that Lucraft is also listed on this session under the pseudonym of John Doe.
http://hooksgems.blogspot.com/2009/12/showcase-for-modern-jazz.html
The jazzman (for those who know him) also has this as flac.
jason
Many thanks from Toledo, Ohio, USA, where comps like this and the Soho After Dark collection are really opening eyes... Very impressive. Had no idea.
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