0065 Ronnie Scott [Ronnie Scott Quartet] FLAC 4(13.08)

Contributed by bluebird
Ronnie Scott in his Getz mode here playing with American pianist Rocky Coluccio. The tracks are alternate takes to those originally issued on 78 rpm discs.
Rocky had been part of Sam Donahue's Navy Band during WW2 which had played in London so the local musicians were known to him. At the time of this recording (18 June 1953) he was pianist to Johnny Ray who had a three week engagement at the London Palladium.
He gets a good share of the solo space here even though it was Scott's date.
Listeners must be warned that the sound on the first track of both sides contains an unusual 'swishing' noise which has proved impossible to eliminate although it was somewhat reduced. Opinion suggests that at the time of recording, raw vinyl stocks in the UK were low and sometimes old vinyl with their labels were re-processed to make new discs such as this.
Ripped in FLAC from ep with cover scans.

Ronnie Scott - tenor
Rocky Collucio - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums

01 Tangerine
02 How am I to Know
03 I Cover the Waterfront
04 Night and Day

Label: Esquire EP 51
Recorded: June 18 1953
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0064 Joe Harriott [Cool Jazz with Joe] FLAC 4(12.40)

Contributed by Azule Serape
An early session for Joe Harriott as leader with his Quartet playing four standards. We hear Dill Jones again.

Joe Harritt - alto
Dill Jones - piano
Jack Fallon - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Summertime
02 April in Paris
03 Cherokee
04 Out of Nowhere

Label: Melodisc ep - EPM7-117
Recorded: London February 1954
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0063 Martin Slavin [A La Goodman] FLAC 4(12.49)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
This is Martin Slavin's first date as a leader (1955) and as you would imagine from the title there are echoes of Goodman and his small groups here. Nothing earth shattering but nicely played with a few solo spots.
Our old friend George Chisholm appears together with Israeli born Al Newman on clarinet making his first recordings. Al would later go on to record with Bill Russo during his residency in London in the mid 1960s.
Martin became a Musical Director for television shows during the 1960s and moved to Canada in 1966. He later settled in Hollywood where he composed and arranged film music. He moved back to the UK in the mid 1980s and was fatally injured in a road accident in London in 1988.
Ripped in FLAC from ep with cover scans.

George Chisholm - trombone
Al Newman - clarinet
Martin Slavin - vibes
Ken Jones - piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar
Bill Sutcliffe - bass
Derek Price - drums

01 Ace in Space
02 After You've Gone
03 Sweet Georgia Brown
04 A Smooth One

Label: Nixa EP NJE 1028
Recorded: December 06 1955
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0062 Tubby Hayes [The Eighth Wonder] FLAC 3(12.08)

Contributed by Gonzo (and the late Barton Bill), who writes:-
This album has been stored for many years, unplayed, it was brought 2nd hand
originally, the cover condition will show that for some years before the
current collector brought it, it was not particuarily well looked after, however
the audio quality after washing and some de-noising/de-clicking is remarkable
considering it's age.
This was ripped at 16 bits and 44.1kHz with a standard Creative sound card, some editing with Adobe Audition and Sound Forge has turned it into a very respectble quality Mono sound.
This LP is owned by, and was ripped and edited by Barton Bill, titling and FLAC
conversion for blog presentation by Gonzo. Cover scan tidied up and edited by Gonzo

Note: This contribution is one for the connoisseurs. It duplicates five tracks on the previous excellent contribution from delmonico "More Waxing with Whittle" (the blog will inevitably include more duplication of material as we go on) but has one track - Cherokee - not on the reissue.

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

01 Flamingo
02 You've Done Something To My Heart
03 Stars Fell On Alabama
04 I'll Remember April
05 A Ghost Of A Chance
06 Cherokee

Label: Esquire 20-048
Recorded: August 04 1955
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0061 Tommy Whittle [Quintet] FLAC 6(30.04)

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

Tracks:
01 Flamingo
02 You've Done Something to My Heart
03 Stars Fell on Alabama
04 I'll Remember April
05 Ghost of a Chance
06 Cherokee

August 4 1955

Esquire 20-048 10" vinyl album.

Contributed by Gonzo and Barton Bill

This album has been stored for many years, unplayed, it was brought 2nd hand
originally, the cover condition will show that for some years before the
current collector brought it, it was not particuarily well looked after, however
the audio quality after washing and some de-noising/de-clicking is remarkable
considering it's age.

This was ripped at 16 bits and 44.1kHz with a standard Creative sound card, some
editing with Adobe Audition and Sound Forge has turned it into a very respectble
quality Mono sound.

This LP is owned by, and was ripped and edited by Barton Bill, titling and FLAC
conversion for blog presentation by Gonzo. Cover scan tidied up and edited by Gonzo

This contribution is one for the connoisseurs. It duplicates five tracks on the previous excellent contribution from delmonico "More Waxing with Whittle" (the blog will inevitably include more duplication of material as we go on) but has one track - Cherokee - not on the reissue. BJ

0060 Jimmy Deuchar [Thou Swell] FLAC 12(51.36)

Contributed by Azule Serape, who writes:-
A collection of Jimmy Deuchar's Esquire recordings taken from one 10" lp, one ep and various 78 rpm issues. These are all the recordings he made for Esquire with the exception of 4 alternate takes on a further ep which we shall see later.
His bright boppish sound heard here softened later in his career and on these recordings he could be mistaken  for Dizzy Reece.
Ripped in FLAC from re-issue lp with front and back cover scans.

(01-04)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Victor Feldman - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
(05-08)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Alan Clare - piano
Pete Blannin - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
(09-12)
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Terry Shannon - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums

01 They Can't Take That Away from Me
02 Close as Pages in a Book
03 The Folks Who Live on the Hill
04 Thou Swell
05 Why Do I Love You
06 The Things We Did Last Summer
07 This Can't Be Love
08 Just One of Those Things
09 Dance Little Lady
10 Dancing in the Dark
11 Dancing on the Ceiling
12 Dance of the Infidels

Label: Esquire 330
Recorded: April 20 (01-04) November 12 (05-08) 1954 Ocotober 04 1955 (09-12)
Lineage: LP>FLAC