0227 Zoot Sims [Cookin'!] FLAC 6(39.40)

Contributed by The Jazzman

Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet (06)
Zoot Sims - tenor
Ronnie Scott - tenor (06)
Stan Tracey - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Jackie Dougan - drums

01 Stompin' At The Savoy
02 Love For Sale
03 Somebody Loves Me
04 Gone With The Wind
05 Autumn Leaves
06 Desperation

Label: Fontana Q FJL123
Recorded: late 1961 - Ronnie Scotts club

0226 George Melly [Sings Doom] FLAC 4(12.41)

Contributed by bellawoods, who comments:-
A gloomy sort of record with all the songs being death related. George Melly sings with the Mick Mulligan band. I bought it for the cover.
For jazz trivia enthusiasts, trombonist Frank Parr used to be the wicket-keeper for Lancashire CC.   Howzat?

Mick Mulligan - trumpet
Frank Parr - trombone
Ian Christie - clarinet
Ronald Duff - piano
Nigel Sinclair - guitar
Allan Duddington - bass
Pete Appleby - drums
George Melly - vocals

01 Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair (Smith) (3:23)
02 Cemetery Blues (Cook, Williams) (3:22)
03 Blue Spirit Blues (Williams) (3:11)
04 Death Letter (Son, House) (2:46)

Label: Tempo ep EXA 47
Recorded: September 13 1956
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0225 Victor Feldman [First Recordings] FLAC 4(10.13)

Contributed by bellawoods, who comments:-
This is the Feldman Brothers band from 1944 with 10 year old Victor on drums making his recording debut.
As the included review states, these sides are mainly a showcase for young Victor's drumming and give an early indication of what was to come from this exceptionally talented musician. 

Additional track 04 supplied by Jazzuk

Robert Feldman - clarinet
Monty Feldman - accordion
Unknown - piano
Vic Lewis - guitar
Bert Howard - bass
Victor Feldman - drums

01 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard) (2:28)
02 Cooling Off (2:28)
03 Zanzibar (2:21)
04 Drummin' Man (Krupa, Parham) (2:56)

Label: Parlophone F2050 F2070
Recorded: c. November 04 1944

0224 Don Rendell et Bobby Jaspar [Recontre A Paris] FLAC 6(26.56)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
A nice pairing of two tenor sax players with Don Rendell providing the excuse to post on BritJazz. Sacha Distel is on guitar in one of his few jazz outings before he achieved fame as a pop singer in the 1960s and the wonderfully named Mac Kak is the drummer.
The french horn is a clumsy instrument in the jazz field and Dave Amram seems to struggle with it in his solos. They can be safely forgotten.
The recording date, which is not shown on the sleeve, is 17 March 1955 in Paris. The vinyl from which this was taken was the Japanese re-issue of the lp.
Good opportunity to test out your French with the sleeve notes or for Japanese speakers I can provide the insert in that language.
FLAC with lp cover scans.

Dave Amram - french horn
Don Rendell - tenor
Bobby Jaspar -  tenor
Maurice Vander - piano
Sacha Distel - guitar
Guy Pedersen - bass
Mak Kak - drums

01 Pot Luck (Mandell) (5:45)
02 Olympia (Chevallier) (5:13)
03 Dave's Blues (Amram) (3:56)
04 Kingfish (Holman) (3:25)
05 Thou Swell (Gershwin) (3:49)
06 A Long Way From Home (Amram) (4:47)

Label: Swing lp  M. 33.344
Recorded: March 17 1955
Lineage: LP>FLAC