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
Glad you're back. Thanks for Martin Slavin, the education continues.
ReplyDeleteNew artist to me.Thats why I love tis blog! Thanks for the share BritJazz and delmonico
ReplyDeleteNothing 'po-faced' about this homage - pure fun!
ReplyDeleteLoved it, thanks Delmonico.
We shall see Martin Slavin again soon in Kenny Graham's 'Moondog and Suncat Suites'.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your continued support - still some technical problems but we are getting around them. Reduced postings though for a week or so.
Many thanks for this one.
ReplyDeleteMartin Slavin ... Ace In Space stood out for me ... Good to see the Eps too.
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MARTIN SLAVIN - A LA GOODMAN
ReplyDeleteI know that the most famous British jazz musicians, like Tubby Hayes, have been reissued on CD on Jasmine, Vocalion etc. But it is all the other rare LP and EP only stuff that makes this blog such a goldmine!
Martin Slavin is a name I have never heard of, but this swings along very nicely, in an obviously Goodman-inspired way. Excellent sound reproduction too!
According to Lord this was Slavin's second and last leader session, recorded in 1956. His first was for Esquire in 1954, yielding four tracks that were released on two singles (78? 45s?).
This is the type of thing that I suppose never would be reissued on CD, so many thanks for making it available!
Lovely! Many thanks for this Slavin and for your splendid work.
ReplyDeleteWe would like to thank Simon Slavin, Martin's nephew, for contacting us. He supplied the following which we hope will be of interest to visitors here, as it certaily was to us. We are especially pleased to receive his accolade for the blog which, as one of us has remarked, makes it all seem worthwhile.
ReplyDelete"My name is Simon Slavin and a recent family get-together inspired a search for my family's music on the web. I found many sources on the net but your own site contains one properly released album which we had no idea existed, and doesn't seem to be documented anywhere else:
I wanted to thank you for your running the site and allowing me to find that album.
You may be interested to know that there were three Slavin brothers who contributed to the British Jazz scene. In decreasing order of age
Archie Slavin -- Guitar, Lute, etc..
Nathan/Nat Slavin -- Double Bass
Martin Slavin -- Piano, Vibes, etc..
Archie was mostly an agent and manager and guitar teacher. He has one recording in your blog but as agent and manager he had a big hand in the pop scene, most prevalently with Sandie Shaw and Trisha Noble.
Nathan Slavin, my father, was a double bassist who played live in orchestras and bands in the UK and the UK, preferring the Big Band sound to Jazz. He does not appear in studio recordings.
Martin Slavin was the most prevalent of the three, arranging directing or playing in countless recordings of music of all styles both in the UK and the US, as reflected by the many appearances in your blog.
Unfortunately the music gene appears to have skipped the following generation. Apart from my cousin Devra Slavin none of us, including myself, have any talent at music.
Anyway, thank you for allowing me to find a recording of Martin's I hadn't known about, and good luck with your useful and entertaining blog."
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