0232 John Dankworth [Plays My Fair Lady] FLAC 4(11.27)

 

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Every man and his dog recorded music from the musical 'My Fair Lady' and here the 1958 Dankworth Orchestra presents their versions of four of the songs.

John Dankworth - leader, alto
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Derrick Abbott - trumpet
Bob Carson - trumpet
Stan Palmer - trumpet
Colin Wright - trumpet
Jack Botterill - trombone
Garry Brown - trombone
Danny Elwood - trombone
Laurie Monk - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Danny Moss - tenor, clarinet
Alex Leslie - baritone, clarinet
Dave Lee - piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Kenny Clare - drums

01 I Could Have Danced All Night (Lerner, Loewe) (2:55)
02 Show Me (Lerner, Loewe) (3:14)
03 On The Street Where You Live (Lerner, Loewe) (2:47)
04 I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Lerner, Loewe) (2:32)

Label: Parlophone GEP 8671
Recorded March 27 (01 02) April 01 (03 04) 1958
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0231 John Dankworth [The Dankworth Workshop (No. 1)] FLAC 4(11.34)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
The Dankworth band of 1956/57. Three of the four compositions are by Dankworth who was perhaps better known later for his composing/arranging than his playing.
Was 'Melbourne Marathon' composed for the 1956 Olympic Games which was held in Australia.

Derrick Abbott - trumpet
Bill Metcalf - trumpt
Stan Palmer - trumpet
Colin Wright - trumpet
Dougie Roberts - trumpet (01-03)
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet (04)
Bill Geldard - trombone (01-03)
Dannny Elwood - trombone
Garry Brown - trombone
Harry Buckles - trombone (01)
Laurie Monk - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Ted Barker - trombone (04)
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Bill Harrington - tenor
Danny Moss - tenor (04)
Alex Leslie - baritone
Dave Lee - piano
Bill Sutcliffe - bass (01)
Eric Dawson - bass (02-04)
Kenny Clare - drums

01 Applecake (Dankworth) (2:51)
02 Coquette (Lombardo, Kahn, Green) (2:40)
03 Melbourne Marathon (Dankworth) (2:51)
04 Firth Of Fourths (Dankworth) (2:12)

Label: Parlophone GEP 8653
Recorded May 10 (01) December 19 (03) 1956 February 01 (02) May 15 (04) 1957
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0230 Ted Heath [At Carnegie Hall] FLAC 13(37.00)

Contributed by bluebird, who comments:-
This was recorded at the end of Ted Heath's first tour of the USA in 1956. The tour was a huge success for Heath and the band who remained popular in the USA for many years thereafter.
Some tracks are obviously crowd pleasers. The 'humerous' interplay between bassist Johnny Hawksworth and drummer Ronnie Verrell featured at all Heath's concerts in one version or another and it does not bear repeated playing. It hardly bears playing at all.
But there is some fine swinging music here and Kenny Graham's opener 'Kings Cross Climax' is heard in yet another version.
What is particularly interesting to hear is part of a 4 piece suite written for Heath by Bill Russo in 1955 and called 'The English Suite'. Two titles are heard here, 'Stonehenge' and 'Procession' but the other two titles are not known.  'Stonehenge' was recorded only once more by Heath (an airshot) and Russo himself recorded 'Procession' with the London Jazz Orchestra in January 1963 (a BBC broadcast) but there were no other recordings of the Suite as far as is known.
Russo did record a suite called 'Stonehenge' written by Richard Peaslee and played by The London Jazz Orchestra in 1964 but there is no similarity.
Russo's music makes Heath sound like the Kenton Orchestra which is not really surprising.
FLAC from OOP re-issue cd with booklet notes.

Ted Heath - leader
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Bert Ezzard - trumpet
Duncan Campbell - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Wally Smith - trombone
Don Lusher - trombone
Jimmy Coombes - trombone
Ric Kennedy - trombone
Ronnie Chamberlain - soprano, alto
Les Gilbert - alto
Red Price - tenor
Henry Mackenzie - tenor, clarinet
Ken Kiddier - baritone
Frank Horrox - piano
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Ronnie Verrell - drums

01 Listen To My Music (Heath) (0:33)
02 Kings Cross Climax (Graham) (2:16)
03 Memories Of You (Razaf, Blake) (2:42)
04 R. J. Boogie (Hawksworth) (3:57)
05 Perdido (Drake, Lengsfelder, Tizol) (2:44)
06 Autumn In New York (Duke) (4:39)
07 Carioca (Eliscu, Kahn, Youmans) (3:01)
08 Just One Of Those Things (Porter) (2:22)
09 Lullaby In Rhythm (Goodman, Profit, Sampson, Hirsch) (2:39)
10 Stonehenge (Russo) (3:11)
11 Procession (Russo) (3:05)
12 I Remember You (Mercer, Schertzinger) (2:59)
13 Hawaiian War Chant (Freed) (2:53)

Label: Decca LK 4165
Recorded: May p1 1956
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0229 Derek Smith [British Jazz Trio] FLAC 4(11.03)

Contributed by bluebird, who says:-
Pianist Derek Smith emigrated to the USA in 1957 and played with all the great musicians in a long and successful career. He is still active in the States.
Here  he joined up with two other British expatriates to form the short lived British Jazz Trio and recorded these 4 sides in New York in 1961. There are no other known recordings of this trio although they did play extensively in public.
Do I detect a note of nostalgia in the choice of tune titles?
FLAC with ep cover picture, track details and a contemporary review of the record. Alun Morgan was not impressed.

Derek Smith - piano
John Drew - bass
Kenny Harris - drums

01 The White Cliffs Of Dover (Burton, Kent) (3:28)
02 Ilkley Moor Baht 'At (2:35)
03 London Pride (Coward) (2:26)
04 Charlie Is My Darling (2:34)

Label: Ember EMB 4517
Recorded: 1961
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0228 Vic Ash [Hoagy] FLAC 4(12.00)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
This is one of the few records Vic made under his own name and it showcases his lovely clarinet playing on four well-known Hoagy Carmichael ballads.
FLAC with ep cover scans.

Vic Ash - clarinet
Bill Le Sage - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Skylark (Carmichael) (2:58)
02 Lazybones (Carmichael) (2:21)
03 The Nearness Of You (Carmichael) (3:51)
04 Two Sleepy People (Carmichael) (2:49)

Label: Nixa ep NJE 1002
Recorded: July 26 1955
Lineage: EP>FLAC