0244 Tommy Whittle Keith Christie [Lullaby & Rhythm] FLAC 4(20.49)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Sadly, most of the material on the original Esquire label issued in the 1950s usually only appears now on well worn and badly treated lps and eps and it is difficult, if not impossible, to restore them to anything like their original sound.
But I'm delighted to say that this is an exception and the sound is as close to the original as one could hope for. It is ripped from my CDR which, in turn, was ripped from a very good copy of the original 4 track 10" lp (but not by me). It required little work to be done - just some very light click removal in places and tidying up between tracks. There is a tiny drop out/fade at around 1m 18s on track 1 which was on the CDR
The music is first class and a rare opportunity to hear Keith Christie at length in a modern setting with his co-leader, Tommy Whittle. A fine rhythm section with Derek Smith on piano adds to the pleasure and it doesn't get any better than this. Listen out for the 'Peanut Vendor' riff played by Christie in the out chorus of 'Broadway'.
FLAC from CDR/LP with track details and very small and not very good sleeve pictures - any improvements on these anyone?

Keith Christie - trombone, valve trombone
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Derek Smith - piano
Arthur Watts - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums

01 Lullaby In Rhythm (Goodman, Hirsch, Profit, Sampson) (5:16)
02 Lullaby Of The Leaves (Petkere, Young) (4:58)
03 Lullaby Of Birdland (Shearing) (6:06)
04 Lullaby Of Broadway (Dubin, Warren) (4:29)

Label: Esquire 20-068
Recorded: July 06 1956
Lineage: LP>CDR>FLAC