Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
This is a showcase for four very different tenor saxophonists recorded in May 1956 - Don Rendell, Jimmy Skidmore, Kenny Graham and newcomer Roy Sidwell. Each plays 2 tunes with different rhythm sections. For lovers of jazz trivia, Stan Tracey plays Israeli bongos on the Kenny Graham tracks. Yes, really.
(01 02)
Kenny Graham - tenor
Jack Ellory - flute
Major Holley - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Stan Tracey - bongoes
Gilbert Webster - maraccas
(03 04)
Don Rendell - tenor
Damian Robinson - piano
Pete Elderfield - bass
Don Lawson - drums
(05 06)
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Derek Smith - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(07 08)
Roy Sidwell - tenor
Derek Smith - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
01 Poinciana
02 Teddy Boy
03 Curio
04 Don't You Know I Care
05 Just You Just Me
06 Blue Major
07 What a Difference a Day Made
08 Roy Leaps Out
Label: Nixa NJL4
Recorded: March 22 (03 04) May 22 (07 08) 23 (05 06) 25 (01 02) 1956
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Thanks to delmonico. Bit of a surprise to see Major Holley on bass. Wasn't he on Kenny Burrell's 'Midnight Blue'? Not to mention Stan Tracey on bongos!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for the Tenorama set.
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Jazzjet - yes, he does appear on Midnight Blue and worked with many other greats - Oscar Peterson, Ella, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker. He spent some time working for the BBC so maybe that's why he appears here and on the Dill Jones Jazz Today Piano Moods also on this blog.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for Tenorama delmonico.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Tenorama comp - good to hear these tracks which escaped me before in their original lp configuration. Don Rendell & Kenny Graham were special, but once again this shows there was other talent around.
ReplyDeleteJust to add, I'm particularly impressed with the Jimmy Skidmore & Roy Sidwell tracks. I would love to hear more from them as leaders. I'm much more familiar with Jimmy's son, Alan. Might Roy be related to Steve Sidwell the trumpet player? Of course it helps that both tenors have the same world class rhythm section - Derek Smith, Sammy Stokes & Phil Seamen.
ReplyDeleteMr Pinkwhistle - if you do not have it, you could try Jimmy Skidmore's Skidmarks at my Ronnie Ross blog - http://ronnierossmusic.blogspot.com/2008/07/jimmy-skidmore-skid-marks.html. Hope it is okay for me to promote a competitor here!
ReplyDeleteYes, quite all right, yewsta - glad of the input.
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ReplyDeleteYes, Roy Sidwell (born 1927) is the father of trumpeter Steve, trombonist Neil and another trumpeter son, Richard.
All he needs now is a good rhythm section.
Roy didn't record very much under his own name but there is another short session I have where he features and I will post this shortly.
From the early 1960s he played mainly in West End shows combined with some copying and teaching.
He played baritone on two USA tours of the Charlie Watts Big band in the 1985/86 period.
Thanks, yewsta, I do know of the attractively titled 'Skidmarks' courtesy of your excellent Ronnie Ross blog, which I have recommended before here and will do so again. It's later (1972) and so outside the scope of this blog, but any admirer of Brit (and European) jazz will find much to enjoy in your posts.
ReplyDeleteThanks bluebird for the Roy Sidwell info. It just seems so unfortunate, to say the least, that such fine players didn't get the chance to record extensively when at the height of their powers.
Thanks to Delmonico ... lots to listen to here ... Baron VB
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I'm a sucker for Poinciana, so many thanks...
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