0339 Dill Jones [Little Dragon] FLAC 10(25.46)

Contributed by jazzandylan

Dill Jones - piano
Cedric West - guitar
Freddie Logan - bass
Don Wilson - drums
Humphrey Lyttelton - announcer

01 Introduction (0:11)
02 Just Squeeze Me (Ellington) (4:20)
03 Interview (1:37)
04 Chelsea Bridge (Strayhorn) (4:29)
05 Announcement (0:25)
06 Little Dragon (Jones) (5:44)
07 Announcement (0:12)
08 It's A Wonderful World (Rox) (4:06)
09 Angel Eyes (Brent, Dennis) (3:36)
10 Interview (1:07)

Label: BBC Jazz Club
Broadcasted: September 06 1965

0338 Tubby Hayes [Session Man] FLAC and VBR 26(1.13.26)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Our Christmas contribution this year features the ever popular Tubby Hayes but in slightly unusual settings – as a session musician.
In days gone by there was always a ‘gun for hire’ and there probably still is today if you know the right people. Living on this remote Scottish Island I wouldn’t know.
Anyway, you hired the professional, he came in, did the job cleanly and efficiently, got paid his money and went his way. It was a job. He wasn’t interested in the background or the circumstances.
Very similar to the session musician. Highly professional, could read anything, play with anybody, didn’t much care about the music. It was his job and he got paid for it and then moved on to the next job like the ‘gun for hire’.
So here is Tubby Hayes with his ‘sax (or flute or vibes) for hire’. Some of the music is fragmentary, a lot of it went unacknowledged and unrecognised but it is these little oddities in the discography of a musician that makes life that little bit more interesting. Hayes was not the only musician who worked in this way. They have all done it at one time or another. It was just another job and it paid the mortgage.  The music is taken from many sources and the sound does vary between tracks.  I do have more but there might be much more out there which remains anonymous.
This is what you will hear, so print out the hymn sheet, grab a glass of something and just relax. There’s nothing too demanding.
Bluebird.

01 Time Check (3:30)
This is by a group led by Dave Lee and recorded for the Music Production Company KPM. It is sometimes known as Library Music. The film director would choose music for his film/TV production from a music library and it was listed by style. This is listed as ‘Bright Swinging 60s Jazz’. That’s all he needed to know. Tubby is on tenor.
02 Black, Brown and Gold (2:46)
From a Peter and Gordon vocal album. On tenor again.  MP3 format.
03 Theme from ‘Crescendo’ Soundtrack (1:07)
Tubby plays tenor over the opening and closing 1969 film titles/credits. A creepy thriller. Worth watching.
04 Feed Me (2:13)
A Georgie Fame vocal backed by the Harry South big band. Tenor sax solo again.
05 I Believe In You (2:46)
Tubby’s regular 1963 group produced just this one single, which has never been re-issued. It’s an uncomfortable sort of tune on which to improvise (tenor and vibes here) and the other side is an even worse choice, ‘Sally’, which I always associate with Gracie Fields.
06 Night And Day (2:31)
Tubby plays with the Beatles – well, one of them, Ringo Starr with his first solo vocal album after leaving the Fab Four. He sounds like my old Dad in his shed at the bottom of the garden. Nice arrangement by Chico O’Farrell, of all people and a lusty tenor solo from our man.
07 The Lamp Is Low (4:57)
Or Hayes plays Ravel. Slinky Gary McFarland arrangements from his 1966 Verve easy listening ‘Soft Samba Strings’ album recorded in London. Super Hayes flute solo.  McFarland plays vibes here.
08 That Old Devil Moon (3:17)
From the 1963 Susan Maughan album, ‘Swingin’ Susan’ backed by the Wally Stott Orchestra and TH with a tenor solo.
09 Hindustan (1:42)
Tubby’s only recording with Ted Heath when he appears here as a guest in 1962. He shares the very brief tenor solos with Bob Efford. Tubby is in your right speaker but he gets a bit swamped by the band. It was one of those novelty stereo records with Heath at his worst.
10 Theme from ‘Hysteria’ Soundtrack (2:06)
Tubby solos on tenor over the opening and closing titles of this 1964 British thriller. Typical B film of the period.
11 April Fool (2:39)
Matt Monroe, our greatest male singer, is featured here. Watch out for the flute solo.
12 Art’s Theme (2:53)
This is by the wonderfully named ‘Art Baxter and His Rock ‘n’ Roll Sinners’. Art, the vocalist, sits this one out and lets two of the other Sinners loose. Ronnie Scott and Mr Hayes have it all their own way. Sounds a bit like an old Jazz Couriers tear-up.
13 Boysie’s Bossa (2:26)
 Flute solo from the 1965 James Bond spoof film, ‘The Liquidator’. John Gardner wrote the book from which the film was made and he also went on to write the Bond books after Ian Fleming’s death. Saxophonist and writer Simon Spillett describes this as ‘bachelor pad bossa nova music’ although it was written by Lalo Schiffrin.  BJ educates you as well as entertaining you.  An eminently missable film but it does have a stunning Shirley Bassey title track vocal.
14 Cherokee (2:11)
What a pair of lungs Miss Caterina Valente has - but Tubby is not to be outdone in his tenor solo.
15 Time After Time (2:18)
A beautifully played ballad on vibes backed by Gordon Beck, Jeff Clyne and Johnny Butts. This was part of 3 BBC transcription discs made for Spanish Radio play in 1965.
16 Voodoo (3:03)
From the 1965 film ‘Dr. Terror’s House Of Horrors’ a strong contender for the worst film ever made and redeemed only by the appearance of the Hayes Quintet. This was one of the tunes they played. Roy Castle appears in the film playing trumpet with the group but Shake Keane actually provided his sound. Just listen to Tubby’s strange count in, ‘One, two, three, splonge’ and his growling entry on his Roland Kirk style flute solo.
17 Who Needs Forever (2:10)
From the soundtrack of the 1966 Cold War spy film ‘ The Deadly Affair’ sung by the Ice Maiden, Astrud Gilberto. In the film she sings this in Portuguese, which sounds so much sexier. The tenor solo is pretty sexy too. Quincy Jones wrote the music and John Le Carre wrote the original book (Call For The Dead). Great film, still available on DVD for £3.50 including postage but this is taken from the soundtrack cd.
18 The Chase (3:10)
From the soundtrack of the 1972 film ‘Fear Is The Key’ – an Alistair Maclean book of the same name. This has been edited down from a long car chase track just to give the solo contributions of Hayes and Ronnie Scott. There may be some background car type noises too. Roy Budd wrote the music. Worth watching too with surprise plot twist.
19 Carol’s Theme (2:46)
From the soundtrack of the 1967 Hammer House Of Rubbish film ‘The Vengeance Of She’. TH plays the moody tenor sax solo. See it if you must. Utter tosh.
20 Dumplin’s  (2:46)
By Tony Crombie and His Rockets. Tubby and Ronnie (Scott) again getting down and dirty. Still got your blue suede shoes? And the drainpipes?  Slim Jim tie?  OK you can come in.
21 Crosstrap  (2:09)
The Steve Race Group playing the title song from this obscure and long lost 1962 film which is on the British Film Institute’s ‘75 Most Wanted List’. Hayes is double tracked on tenor and the music is on a hard to find Parlophone single.
22 Funny How Time Slips Away (4:13)
Vocal by Ernestine Anderson backed by the Johnny Scott Orchestra and recorded in London in 1967.  No solos as such but Kenny Wheeler and Tubby Hayes are both heard behind the singer.  A big hit for Georgie Fame.
23 M 1 (2:59)
This is the motorway. Laurie Johnson wrote something called ‘The Two Cities Suite’ in 1966 with titles associated with London and New York and this tune is played by his Orchestra with Hayes taking the tenor sax solo.
24 The Late, Late Show (2:37)
The jazzy vocal group ‘The Polka Dots’ sing this backed by the Wally Stott Orchestra and our man solos on tenor. Watch out for the LP from which this single track was taken, as BJ will be posting this later.
25 Storm Warning (4:38)
The Harry South Big Band performs this, which was taken from a 1968 BBC Jazz Club broadcast. Alan Branscombe on alto and Hayes on tenor share the exchanges. The sax section consists of Alan Branscombe, Tony Coe, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Dick Morrissey and Harry Klein. Not too shabby.
26 When The Saints Go Marching In (3:44)
We finish this session in time-honoured fashion with a rousing version of the ‘Saints’ but you ain’t heard nothing like this before. It’s the Johnny Keating Orchestra reviving the oldies. Just listen to it go, complete with the ‘Salt Peanuts’ riff. TH on tenor, Jimmy Deuchar on trumpet and Keith Christie on trombone take the solos.  Audience courtesy of Rent-A-Mob.

0337 John Dankworth [The Vintage Years] FLAC 11(44.06)

Contributed by Gonzo from the late Barton Bill's collection.
Images from the CD reissue however as we do not have complete scans of the LP cover. There is a paragraph missing from the notes unfortunately.

John Dankworth - leader, alto, clarinet
Derrick Abbott - trumpet
Stan Palmer - trumpet
Colin Wright - trumpet
Bob Carson - trumpet
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet, french horn
Laurie Monk - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Danny Elwood - trombone
Jack Botterell - trombone
Garry Brown - trombone
Jim Powell - tuba (04)
Danny Moss - tenor, bass clarinet
Alex Leslie - baritone
Johnny Scott - piccolo, flute (04)
Bill Le Sage - vibes, glockenspiel
Dave Lee - piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Kenny Clare - drums

01 Crazy Rhythm (Meyer, Kahn, Caesar) (2:41)
02 The Breeze And I (Lecuona) (3:18)
03 Swinging The Blues (Basie, Durham) (5:12)
04 Don't Get Around Much Any More (Russell, Ellington) (3:38)
05 I Can't Get Started With You (Duke, Gershwin) (3:54)
06 How Deep Is The Ocean? (Berlin) (3:51)
07 How High The Moon? (Hamilton, Lewis) (6:00)
08 Moonglow (DeLange, Hudson, Mills) (3:45)
09 Jive At Five (Edison, Basie) (3:56)
10 Stardust (Carmichael) (4:12)
11 Idaho (Stone) (3:40)

Label: Parlophone PMC1076
Recorded March 10 (02 07 10) 13 (03 05 06) 20 (01 08 09) April 01 (11) June 20 (04) 1958
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0336 Various Artists [BBC Jazz Club Guitar Workshop] FLAC 12(45.56)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
A Jazz Club session with 3 very different groups featuring the guitar.
Dave Goldberg never commercially recorded anything under his own name so it's good to have this, albeit brief, set from him.
Cedric West, another guitarist not too well known, was greatly admired by fellow musicians and had a long and active life in music, mainly as a session or backing musician. He does feature on some early British jazz recordings and made a handful of lps under his own name. Here he is with his Guitar Sextet. The personnel is a 'best guess' based on other Sextet recordings by him.
Ray Russell has a much more modern or free approach to his music and the 3 tunes played here were to feature a few months later on his album 'Turn Circle', recently re-issued on cd. This was a regular working group and it has been assumed that the personnel are as on the later 'Turn Circle'.
Overall, the sound is not good - just listenable - and there 'fade-ins' on tracks 1, 5 and 9 with a 'fade-out' on track 12.
The scarcity of recordings by these musicians warrants posting however.
FLAC from CDR with a 'cover picture' and track/personnel details. The music was recorded from the radio broadcast to a home reel-to-reel tape recorder and later digitised and transferred to CDR. It was donated by a follower who wishes to remain anonymous.

(01-04)
Dave Goldberg - guitar
Lennie Bush - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums
(05-09)
Cedric West - guitar
Dick Abel - guitar
Len Argent - guitar
Laurie Wise - guitar
Ken O'Donnel - bass
Ronnie Lord - drums
(10-12)
Ray Russell - guitar
Roy Fry - piano
Ron Mathewson - bass
Alan Rushton - drums

01 As Long As I Live (Arlen, Koehler) (2:56)
02 Eastern Etude (4:08)
03 Little Blues (Goldberg) (3:09)
04 Yesterdays (Kern) (3:34)
05 Airegin (Rollins) (2:57)
06 Daryl's Dance (4:35)
07 Blues Espagnol (4:39)
08 Ruby's Tune (4:34)
09 Four Brothers (Giuffre) (3:13)
10 Peruvian Triangle (Russell) (4:50)
11 Bonita (Russell) (4:07)
12 The Fry And I (Russell) (3:16)

Label: Private recording
Recorded: November 22 1967
Lineage: AM>reel-toreel tape>CDR>FLAC

0335 Ian and Keith Christie [Christie Brothers Stompers] FLAC 23(1.08.13)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
A comprehensive selection of the recordings made by Ian and Keith Christie playing as the Christie Brothers Stompers in 1951/52 and taken from 78s, acetate discs and one ep.
FLAC with OOP cd digipak and leaflet scans.

Ken Colyer - cornet
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Ian Christie - clarinet
Pat Hawes - piano
Charlie Smith - piano
Ben Marshall - banjo
Nevil Skrimshire - guitar
Micky Ashman - bass
Denny Coffee - bass
George Hopkinson - drums
Bernard Saward - drums
Pete Appleby - drums
Bill Colyer - washboard
Neva Rapheaello - vocals

01 Creole Song (Ory) (3:10)
02 Heebie Jeebies (Atkins) (2:42)
03 Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet (Weinrich, Murphy) (3:26)
04 Heebie Jeebies (Atkins) (3:04)
05 Creole Song (Ory) (2:39)
06 Black Cat (Colyer) (2:59)
07 Salutation March (Colyer) (3:06)
08 Hiawatha Rag (Moret) (3:02)
09 Bogalusa Moan (Colyer) (2:25)
10 Willie the Weeper (Colyer) (2:08)
11 Creole Love Call (Ellington, Strayhorn) (3:14)
12 Young Woman Blues (Smith) (2:33)
13 Hiawatha Rag (Moret) (3:27)
14 Down in the Jungle (Morse, Madden) (3:01)
15 You Always Hurt the One You Love (Fisher, Roberts) (2:50)
16 I'm So Glad (3:12)
17 Farewell to Storyville (Williams) (2:50)
18 Old Fashioned Love (Johnson. Mack) (3:23)
19 Fly Cat Boogie (Hawes) (3:07)
20 All of Me (Simons. Marks) (2:38)
21 East End Blues (2:52)
22 Them There Eyes (Pinkard. Tauber, Tracey) (3:18)
23 'S Wonderful (Gershwin) (3:08)

Label: Cadillac SGC/MEL CD 20/1
Recorded: 1951 1952
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0334 Ike Isaacs [I Like Ike] FLAC 10(35.48)

Contributed by Azule Serape, who writes:-
Here is a rare treat from guitarist Ike Isaacs recorded for the obscure UK Morgan label in 1968.  All the tunes were composed by him.
Morgan Records was originally set up in 1968 by record producer Monty Babson and percussionist Barry Morgan. The pair had in fact been working together for a while constructing the now legendary Morgan Sound Recording Studios based at 169, High Road, Willesden in London.
The Morgan studio was to become the place to record during the late sixties and seventies with bands/artists like Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Kinks, Bowie, Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones passing through the doors to the various studios.
Early 1968 saw the birth of the Morgan Records label which featured London pop music as well as middle of the road vocal and instrumental music but following an initial batch of releases Monty Babson felt the label needed to feature more of the music that was taking hold on the ever changing music scene in London.
Unfortunately, Morgan Records was to last only approximately another year due to two major factors. Firstly most of the acts were studio based bands who would find it hard to promote the records and play live shows due to job commitments and secondly, the label did not attract enough attention to warrant it's continuance.
Ike Isaacs (born in Burma in 1919)  recorded little under his own name and of those recordings few could be classed as jazz. This is one of those few.
Ike recorded extensively during his long career. He was with Ted Heath for many years, appearing on most of their records, and also recorded with Kenny Baker, Stephane Grappelli, George Chisholm amongst the many. He was very highly regarded by musicians and was the ultimate 'Session Man'.
He moved to Australia in the 1980s - playing and recording there until his death in 1996.
FLAC from lp with cover scans.

Leon Calvert - trumpet (09), flugelhorn (01 02 04 06 08 10)
Ray Swinfield - flute (01 02 04 06 08 09 10)
Bill LeSage - vibes (01 02 04 06 08 09 10)
Ike Isaacs - guitar
Spike Heatley - bass
Art Morgan - drums
Barry Morgan - drums

01 After Hours (Isaacs) (4:34)
02 Paris Fashion (Isaacs) (3:41)
03 Reflections At Dusk (Isaacs) (1:57)
04 Blushing Bride (Isaacs) (2:47)
05 Just Funky (Isaacs) (3:43)
06 Blues Espagnnol (Isaacs) (3:35)
07 Dream Sequence (Isaacs) (4:26)
08 Two Way Favourite (Isaacs) (4:03)
09 The Second Of April (Isaacs) (4:00)
10 Sad September (Isaacs) (3:02)

Label: Morgan MR116P
Recorded: 1968
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0333 Stéphane Grappelli[A Froggy Plays In London Town] FLAC 24(1.15.17)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
Stephane came to the UK from France as World War 2 broke out and remained there for the duration of the war.
These recordings were made in London between 1939 and 1946 and feature Stephane with British musicians from the dance band age. Django himself appears on the first and last tracks.
Sound is variable as the recordings were taken from 78 rpm records and this version comes from a re-issue cd with one of the worst titles ever. I can't remember where it came from so thanks to some unknown uploader.
Said to be FLAC with a cover picture and track/personnel details.

(01)
Django Reinhardt  - guitar
Joseph Reinhardt  - guitar
Eugene Vees - guitar
Emmanuel Soudieux - bass
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
(02-07)
Arthur Young - piano, novachord
Stanley Andrews - trumpet, clarinet, violin (02-04)
Bill Shakespeare - trumpet (05-07)
Dennis Moonan - tenor, clarinet
Frank Baron - piano (02-06)
George Shearking - piano (07)
Chappie d'Amato - guitar
Jack Llewellyn - guitar
George Senior - bass
Tony Spurgin - drums
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
Beryl Davis - vocal (02 03)
(08-10)
Reg Conroy - vibes
George Shearing - piano
Jack Llewellyn - guitar
Harry Chapman - harp
Hank Hobson - bass
Al Philcock - drums
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
Stanley Andrews - violin
(11-13)
George Shearing - piano
Sid Jacobson - guitar
Harry Chapman - harp
George Gibbs - bass
Jock Jacobson - drums
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
Stan Andrews - violin
Eugene Pini - violin
Dennis Moonan - alto violin
unknown - cello
(14-16)
George Shearing - piano
Jack Llewellyn - guitar
George Gibbs - bass
Dave Fullerton - drums
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
(17-18)
Dennis Moonan - leader, tenor, vocal
Bruce Campbell - trumpet, trombone
Stan Andrews - trumpet, violin
Carl Barriteau - alto, clarinet
Roy Marsh - vibes
George Shearing - piano
Charlie Pude - novachord
Chappie d'Amato - guitar
Alf Leah - bass
Len Hunt - drums
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
Dave Fullerton - vocal (18)
(19 20)
unknown - baritone
George Shearing - piano
unknown - guitar
unknown - bass
Dave Fullerton - drums, vocal
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
(21 22)
George Shearing - piano
unknown - guitar
unknown - guitar
unknown - bass
Dave Fullerton - drums
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
Beryl Davis - vocal
(23)
unknown - other instruments
George Shearing - piano
unknown - guitar
unknown - bass
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
unknown - strings
Doreen Henry - vocal
(24)
Django Reinhardt - guitar (solo)
Jack Llewellyn - guitar
Alan Hodgkins - guitar
Stéphane Grappelli- violin
Coleridge Goode - drums

01 H.C.Q. Strut (Reinhardt, Grappelli) (2:56)
02 Blue Skies (Berlin) (3:09)
03 I Got Rhythm (Gershwin) (3:03)
04 In The Mood (Garland, Razaf) (2:44)
05 Mind, The Handel's Hot (Grappelli) (3:20)
06 How Am I To Know? (King, Parker) (2:56)
07 The Sheik Of Araby (Snyder, Smith, Wheeler, Mills) (3:11)
08 I Never Knew (Egan, Marsh, Pitts) (2:42)
09 After You've Gone (Creamer, Layton) (3:13)
10 Stephane's Tune (Grappelli) (3:02)
11 Sweet Sue, Just You (Harris, Young) (2:38)   
12 Tiger Rag (DaCosta, Edwards, LaRocca, Ragas, Sbarbaro, Shields) (2:33)
13 Stephane's Blues (Grappelli) (3:23)
14 Dinah (Akst, Lewis, Young) (3:23)
15 Body And Soul (Green, Eyton) (3:29)
16 Jive Bomber (Grappelli) (3:31)
17 Liza  (Gershwin) (3:09)   
18 The Folks Who Live On The Hill (Kern, Hammerstein) (3:29)
19 Stardust (Carmichael) (3:30)
20 J'attendrai [Au Revoir] (Reinhardt, Grappelli) (3:27)
21 I'm Confessin' (Daugherty, Neiburg, Reynolds) (3:17)
22 Someday Sweetheart (Spikes) (2:50)
23 Sugar (Alexander, Mitchell, Pinkard) (2:59)
24 Nuages (Reinhardt) (3:21)

Label: Saga Jazz 18
Recorded: 1939-1946
August 25 1939 (01)
February 24 1040 (02)
March 19 1940 (03 04)
April 19 1940 (05 06)
July 08 1940 (07)
July 30 1940 ((08-10)
February 28 1941 (11-13)
April 09 1941 (14-16)
August 20 1942 (17 18)
January 28 1943 (19 20)
June 10 1944 (21 22)
October 25 1945 (23)
February 01 1946 (24)

0332 Monica Zetterlund [Make Mine Swedish Style] FLAC 10(34.29)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Here's a Swedish singer with the Bill McGuffie Quartet (musicians not identified) recorded in London in 1964.
Trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar guests on 4 tracks and Goran Pettersson plays the sandpiper on the first track. I've no idea what that is.
Monica is perhaps better known in her own country, where she recorded extensively, but she sings in an engaging style in a seductive Swedish accented English. She looks good on the photographs too.
The scans provided here exclude the lyrics to the songs, which were printed in the booklet, on the assumption that the followers of BritJazz don't go in for that sort of thing, but if you want to sing along then feel free to do so. If you don't know the words, then just hum or whistle.

Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet (02 03 06 10)
Bill McGuffie - piano
Unknown - guitar
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums
Barry Morgan - bongo (02 03 10)
Goran Pettersson - sandpiper (01)
Monica Zetterlund - vocal

01 Speak Low (Weill) (3:07)
02 The Thrill Is Gone (Brown, Henderson) (3:23)
03 The More I See You (Gordon, Warren) (2:43)
04 He's My Guy (Raye, de Paul) (2:47)
05 Detour Ahead (Carter, Ellis, Frigo) (4:31)
06 What's New? (Haggart, Burke) (3:24)
07 Left Alone (Holiday, Dolphy, Waldron) (3:02)
08 Blue Prelude (Jenkins, Bishop) (3:01)
09 The Second Time Around (Johnson, Bernie, Unger) (4:25)
10 You've Changed (Carey, Fischer) (4:07)

Label: Universal 014 13-2
Recorded: September 14 15 1964

0331 Ronnie Scott [The Night Is Scott And You're So Swingable] FLAC 10(42.54)

Contributed by danair

(01 02 04 05 10)
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Stan Tracey - piano
Rick Laird - bass
Bill Eyden - drums
(03 06-09)
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Ernest Ranglin - guitar
Lennie Bush - bass
Tony Crombie - drums
string section (06-09)

01 Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Wright, Forrest) (4:10)
02 For Heaven's Sake (Meyer, Britton, Edwards) (5:06)
03 Sweet Lotus Blossom (Johnston, Coslow) (3:57)
04 The Night Is Young (And You're So Beautiful) (Suesse, Rose, Kahal) (4:45)
05 The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Brainin, Bernier) (5:21)
06 What's New (Haggart, Burke) (4:39)
07 They Can't Convince Me (Roberts, Fisher) (3:47)
08 All About Ronnie (Holman) (3:44)
09 Once Upon A Summertime (LeGrand, Marnay, Mercer, Barclay) (3:47)
10 Treat It Lightly (Scott, Tracey) (3:38)

Label: Fontana TL5332
Recorded: July 03 1964

0330 Various Artists [Americans In Europe] FLAC 10(39.01)

Contributed by Grumpy

(01 06 10)
Bud Freeman - tenor (01 10)
Eddie Miller - tenor (01 06)
Fred Hunt - piano
Jim Douglas - guitar
Ron Rae - bass
Lennie Hastings - drums
(02 08)
Jimmy Witherspoon - vocal
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Harry South - piano
Phil Bates - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
(03)
Earl Hines - piano
Lennie Hastings - drums
(04)
Bud Freeman - tenor
Dick Katz - piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Tony Crombie - drums
(05)
Wild Bill Davison - cornet
Fred Hunt - piano
Jim Douglas - guitar
Ron Rae - bass
Lennie Hastings - drums
(07)
Earl Hines - piano
Jim Douglas - guitar
Ron Mathewson - bass
Lennie Hastings - drums
(09)
Sir Charles Thompson - piano
Bill Pemberton - bass
Oliver Jackson - drums

01 Bud Meets Eddie (2:50)
02 Things Are Getting Tougher Than Tough (2:25)
03 Time On My Hands (Adamson, Gordon, Youmans) (5:40)
04 Laura (Raksin, Mercer) (4:00)
05 I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (Gaskill, McHugh) (4:55)
06 Diane (Rapee, Pollack) (3:41)
07 Can't We Talk It Over (Young) (4:20)
08 I'll Be So Glad (Sigler) (3:40)
09 Church House Blues (Parth, Carr) (3:45)
10 La Rosita (Stuart, Dupont) (3:45)

Label: Fontana SFJL 916
Recorded: May 23 (02 07 08) 31 (03) June 09 (04) December 13 (05) 1966 March 12 (09) April 16 (01 06 10) 1967

0329 Johnnie Spence [Why Not!] FLAC 12(32.25)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A great big band lp with lots of well known names in the ranks. The tunes might sound a bit hackneyed but there are some fine arrangements and good solos. Just listen to the trumpet section taking off in 'Little Streams'- a real show stopper.
Be warned - it is a very loud band so set your speaker levels accordingly or you might get blasted out of the room.
Nice cover art too. Is that Johnnie Spence? It looks like he can't get his books to balance. Maybe he's doing his tax return.
And is that Mrs Spence all ready for bed with half a glass of scotch? The lp title with a bit of role reversal suggests the following dialogue.
She says, 'Why Not?'. He says, 'Because I've got a headache.'

Johnnie Spence - director
Stan Roderick - trumpet
Tony Fisher - trumpet
Greg Bowen - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Don Lusher - trombone (01-03 05 06 08 09 11)
Johnny Marshall (04 07 10 12)
Johnny Edwards - trombone
Harry Roche - trombone
Ken Goldie - trombone
Johnny Scott - alto, piccolo, flute
Ray Swinfield - alto
Bob Efford - tenor
Duncan Lamont - tenor
Harry Klein - baritone
Laurie Holloway - piano (01-03 05 06 08 09 11)
Alan Branscombe - piano (04 07 10 12)
Judd Proctor - guitar
Joe Muddel - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
Derek Warne - percussion (01-03 05 06 08 09 11)

01 Cherokee (Noble) (2:30)
02 Caribe (Lindup) (3:30)
03 Perdido (Drake, Lengsfelder, Tizol) (2:29)
04 Moon Stone (Spence?) (3:13)
05 C Jam Blues (Bigard, Ellington) (2:16)
06 South Rampart Street Parade (Haggart, Bauduc, Allen) (2:39)
07 Hoe Down (Nelson) (2:06)
08 Blue Mountain (Rohde?) (2:47)
09 Moanin' (Timmons) (3:49)
10 Little Streams (Scott) (2:50)
11 Sugar Beat (Lawrence) (2:19)
12 Yankee Doodle Boy (Cohan) (1:56)

Label: Verve/MGM VLP 9222
Recorded June 01  (01-03 05 06 08 09 11) 02 (04 07 10 12) 1968
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0328 Ronnie Ross [Blues In Transit] FLAC 8(53.42)

Contributed by Rodney - covers by the late Jazzman

Chris Pyne - trombone
Ronnie Ross - baritone
John Horler - piano (01 03-05 07 08), electric piano (02 06)
Chris Laurence - bass
Allan Ganley - drums

01 Mr Louis (Ross) (6:34)
02 Blues In Transit (Ross) (6:35)
03 Andromeda (Ross) (7:18)
04 Freddie Frown (Ross) (5:59)
05 Capability Brown (Ross) (7:44)
06 Blues In Transit (Ross) (7:02)
07 Spring Until Autumn (Ross) (6:45)
08 Rainbows Revisited (Ross) (5:17)

Label: BBC radio broadcast - Sounds of Jazz
Broadcasted: Probably August 08 1982 (01-04) August 21 1983 (05-08) London
Lineage: Uncertain

0327 Shake Keane [Highlife Sounds] FLAC 9(22.06)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
These tracks were mainly recorded in the early (1953/1954) part of Shake Keane's career in the UK with West Indian musicians and before he was established on the jazz scene. They are taken from a variety of sources and are in the calypso/highlife style which was becoming popular in the UK amongst the newly arrived immigrants from the Caribbean.
Our old friend Phil Seamen pops up on the last two tracks recorded in 1962.
FLAC from lp, ep and cd with track details, label pictures, ep cover scans and a front 'cover' picture.

(01)
Shake Keane - trumpet
Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Mike McKenzie - piano
Unknown - guitar
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums
George Browne - vocal
The Ebonaires - vocal group
(02)
Shake Keane - trumpet, claves
Denny Wright - guitar
Unknown - piano
Joe Sampson - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Leslie Weeks - percussion
(03-05)
Shake Keane - trumpet
Mike McKenzie - piano
George Brown - vocal
Unknown - guitar
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums
Unknown - percussion
(06)
Shake Keane - trumpet
Unknown - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums
Unknown - percussion
Unknown - vocal
(07)
Shake Keane - flugelhorn
Johnny Scott - flute
Frank Horrox - organ
Coleridge Goode - bass
Bobby Orr - drums
Barry Morgan - bongo
(08 09)
Shake Keane - flugelhorn
Eddie Palmer - organ, claves
Cedric West - guitar
Chris Staunton - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 A Little More Oil In Your Lamp (Jacob, Saunders) (2:00)
02 Trumpet Highlife (Keane) (2:12)
03 Mambo Indio (Keane) (2:36)
04 Akinla (Sowande) (3:00)
05 Fire, Fire (Lanier) (2:27)
06 Baionga (Keane) (2:11) 
07 Murmurio (Keane) (3:21)
08 Ruanda (Keane) (2:02)
09 Nursery Blues (Keane) (2:16) 

Label: Various
Recorded: 1953-1954
Lineage: Various

0326 Various Artists [Pennies From Heaven] FLAC 69(3.27.16)

Contributed by DaveB, who writes:-
Not to be confused with an inferior single-CD compilation of 1930s saccharine songs of the same name or with one- and two-CD compilations also from the BBC TV series, this is the full-Monty, three-CD, now-hard-to-get set.
Whatever one thinks of Dennis Potter’s script or Bob Hoskins in the lead role (not much in my case), one would need a heart of stone not to be charmed by some of the tracks. It’s as good an introduction to the best swing music of the period as you’re likely to get; many of the bands included Britain’s finest jazz players of the era.
The list below gives the band followed, where appropriate, by the singer. All the recordings were made in London except for one by Connie Boswell (unknown) and two by Greta Keller (New York).

Disc One
Jack Payne and his BBC Dance Orchestra
Billy Scott Coomber - vocal (01)
Ambrose and his Orchestra
Elsie Carslyle - vocal (02)
Jack Jackson and his Orchestra
Fred Latham - vocal (03)
Lew Stone and his Band
Alan Kane - vocal (04)
The Blue Lyres
Joe Crossman and Chorus (05)
The Street Singer
Arthur Tracey - vocal (06)
Lew Stone and his Band (07)
Ambrose and his Orchestra
Elsie Carslyle - vocal (08)
Lew Stone and his Band
Sam Browne - vocal (09)
Lew Stone and his Band (10)
Roy Fox and his Band
Peggy Doll - vocal (11)
Lew Stone and his Band
Al Bowlly and Chorus (12)
Ambrose and his Orchestra
Sam Browne and the Carlysle Cousins - vocal (13)
Lew Stone and his Band
Al Bowlly - vocal (14)
Debroy Somers Band
Gerry Firzgerald - vocal (15)
Lew Stone and his Band (16)
Orlando and his Gleneagles Hotal Orchestra
Phyllis Robins - vocal (17)
Scott Wood and his Orchestra
Jack Plant - vocal (18)
Ray Noble and his Orchestra
Dorothy Carless - vocal (19)
Lew Stone and his Band
Al Bowlly - vocal (20)
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra
Don Donovan - vocal (21)
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra (22)
Lew Stone and his Band
Al Bowlly - vocal (23)
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans
Harry Bentley - vocal (24)

Disc One
01 Down Sunnyside Lane (Campbell, Connelly) (3:08)
02 The Clouds Will Soon Roll By (Woods, Dixon) (3:19)
03 Roll Along Prairie Moon (Fiorito, McPherson, Von Tilzer) (2:54)
04 Seein' Is Believin' (Adams, Ager) (3:14)
05 You Rascal, You (Theard) (2:50)
06 Pennies From Heaven (Burke, Johnson) (3:05)
07 Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (Hanley) (2:57)
08 You've Got Me Crying Again (Newman, Jones) (3:05)
09 Cheek To Cheek (Berlin) (3:01)
10 That's A Plenty (Pollock) (3:07)
11 Without That Certain Thing (Nesbitt) (3:08)
12 You Couldn't Be Cuter (Kern, Friend) (2:38)
13 (Yes, Yes) My Baby Said Yes (Conrad, Friend) (2:45)
14 Just Let Me Look At You (Kern, Fields) (3:18)
15 You And The Night And The Music (Dietz, Schwartz, Warner) (3:01)
16 Garden Of Weed (Forsythe) (3:13)
17 Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You (Friend, Malneck) (2:31)
18 I Only Have Eyes For You (Dubin, Warren) (2:58)
19 Oh You Nasty Man (Yellen, Caesar, Henderson) (3:07)
20 I Love You Truly (Jacobs, Bond) (2:49)
21 Radio Times (Hall) (2:39)
22 Life Begins At Oxford Circus (Nicholls) (2:24)
23 Easy Come, Easy Go (Green, Heyman) (3:10)
24 Better Think Twice (Seymour, Coots) (3:10)

Disc Two
Billy Merrin and his Commanders
Sam Browne - vocal (01)
Lew Stone and his Band
Al Bowlly - vocal (02)
Maurice Winnick and his Orchestra
Sam Costa - vocal
Judy Shirely - vocal (03)
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra
Don Donovan - vocal (04)
Roy Fox and his Band
Al Bowlly - vocal (05)
Harry Roy and his Orchestra
Harry Roy - vocal (06)
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra (07)
Primo Scala's Accordion Band (08)
Lew Stone and the Monseigneur Band
Al Bowlly - vocal (09)
Jack Jackson and his Orchestra
Jack Jackson - vocal (10)
Roy Fox and his Band
Denny Dennis - vocal (11)
Lew Stone and his Band
The Radio Three (Joy Worth, Kay Cavendish, Ann Carring) - vocal (12)
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra
Don Donovan - vocal (13)
Debroy Somers Band
Jack Buchanan - comedian (14)
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans
Anne Lenner - vocal (15)
Connie Boswell - vocal (16)
Teddy Joyce and his Orchestra
Eric Whitely - vocal (17)
Brian Lawrence and his Sextet
Brian Lawrence - vocal (18)
Harry Roy and his Orchestra (19)
Ambrose and his Orchestra (20)
Jack Jackson and his Orchestra
Fred Latham - vocal (10)
Roy Fox and his Band
Denny Dennis - vocal (22)
Lew Stone and his Band
Alfie Nookes, Joe Crossman, Don Barrigo - vocal (23)
Louis Levy and his Gaumont British Symphony (24)

Disc Two
01 We’ll Make Hay While The Sun Shines (Freed, Brown) (2:57)
02 Riptide (Kahn, Donaldson) (3:11)
03 Indian Love Call (Friml, Harbach, Hammerstein) (3:09)
04 How’s Chances? (Berlin) (2:52)
05 The Echo Of A Song (Donovan) (3:26)
06 Okay Toots (Kahn, Donaldson) (2:35)
07 Painting The Clouds With Sunshine (Dubin, Burke) (2:58)
08 Serenade In The Night (Bixio, Kennedy, Cherubin) (3:04)
09 My Woman (Crosby, Wallman, Wartel) (3:14)
10 I’ve Found The Right Girl (Lupino, Gay) (2:51)
11 On The Other Side Of The Hill (Kennedy) (2:56)
12 Anything Goes (Porter) (2:51)
13 Hands Across The Table (Parish, Delettre) (3:06)
14 You Sweet So And So (Furber, Gershwin, Meyer) (2:56)
15 The Moon Got In My Eyes (Burke Johnston) (3:10)
16 In The Middle Of A Kiss (Coslow) (2:57)
17 March Winds And April Showers (Samuels, Whitcup, Powers) (3:07)
18 Says My Heart (Lane Loesser) (2:36)
19 Roll Along Covered Wagon (Kennedy) (2:58)
20 Whistling In The Dark (Suesse) (3:04)
21 I Like To Go Back In The Evening (Pascoe, Clint, Williams) (3:05)
22 In The Dark (Hill, Bergman) (3:07)
23 The Glory Of Love (Hill) (2:51)
24 Pennies From Heaven Selection (Burke, Johnson) (3:14)

Disc Three
Lew Stone and his Band (01)
Phyllis Robins - vocal (02)
Harry Roy and his Orchestra (03)
Ray Noble and his Orchestra
Al Bowlly - vocal (04)
Greta Keller - vocal (05)
Charlie Kunz The Casoni Club Orchestra
George Barclay - vocal(06)
Reginald Foresythe and his New Music (07 08)
Al Bowlly - vocal (09)
Louis Levy and his Orchestra
Eve Becke - vocal (10)
The Street Singer
Arthur Tracey - vocal (11)
Ray Noble
Al Bowlly - vocal (12)
Reginald Foresythe and his New Music (13)
Turner Layton (14)
Lew Stone and his Band (15)
Lew Stone and his Band
Al Bowlly - vocal (16)
Lew Stone and his Band
Alan Kane (17)
Greta Keller - vocal (18)
Roy Fox and his Band
Denny Dennis - vocal (19)
Lew Stone and his Band
Alan Kane - vocal (20)
Al Bowlly - vocal (21)

Disc Three
01 Pick Yourself Up (Kern, Fields) (2:28)
02 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Kern, Harbach) (3:05)
03 Roll Along Prairie Moon (Fiorito, Mcpherson, Von Tilzer) (3:11)
04 Dreaming A Dream (Waller, Tunbridge, Weston, Lee) (3:02)
05 Blue Moon (Rodgers, Hart) (3:17)
06 In The Middle Of A Kiss (Coslow) (3:09)
07 Garden Of Weed (Forsythe) (2:50)
08 Bit (Forsythe) (2:47)
09 Fancy Our Meeting (Furber, Meyer, Charig) (3:08)
10 Says My Heart (Lane, Loesser) (2:54)
11 So Do I (Burke, Johnston) (2:47)
12 Roll Along Prairie Moon (Fiorito, Mcpherson, Von Tilzer) (3:06)
13 The Duke Insists (Forsythe) (2:45)
14 Pennies From Heaven (Burke, Johnston) (3:18)
15 Lew Stone Favourites – Oh Susannah (Foster)-Goodbye Blues (Fields, McHugh, Johnson)-Minnie The Moocher (Calloway, Mills)
Goofus (Kahn, King)-Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf (Churchill, Ronell)-Don’t Tell A Soul (Pepper)-Hello Mike (Maurice, Berne)
Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael, Gorrell) (3:55)
16 Isn’t It Heavenly (Harburg, Meyer) (3:09)
17 Haunting Me (De Lange, Myrow) (3:10)
18 I Believe In Miracles (Wendling, Meyer, Lewis) (2:58)
19 Roll Along Prairie Moon (Fiorito, Mcpherson, Von Tilzer) (2:42)
20 Pop Goes Your Heart (Dixon, Wrubel) (2:47)
21 Love Is The Sweetest Thing (Noble, Wilmott) (3:12)

Label: POTT CD 300
Recorded: 1929-1938
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0325 The Polka Dots [Singin' And Swingin'] FLAC 4(13.36)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Don't be put off by the fact that this looks like a pop vocal ep. Whilst it is a vocal ep there is some very superior jazz here with splendid arrangements and tasty solos.  There's a very interesting vocal version of  'Jordu' too.
Just look at the jazz names in the 'backing' group.  If you don't know who 'Redvers Reedworker' is, then it's Ronnie Ross, in top form here.
The Polka Dots made few records, some were in the pop field but they were very active in the studios and on TV in the late 1950s/early 1960s and first call vocal backing group for many singers. All the members played musical instruments. Jimmy Walker was an accomplished saxophonist in his own right and is heard here on soprano sax.
A lovely little record and well worth a listen.

Jimmy Walker - soprano, vocals
Ronnie Ross (Redvers Reedworker) - alto, baritone, clarinet
Art Ellefson - tenor
Ralph Dollimore - piano
Don Riddell - piano (02), vocals
Sammy Stokes - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Tony Mansell - vocals
Freddy Datchler - vocals

01 Cherokee (Noble) (3:28)
02 Bal Musette (Jordu) (Jordan) (3:21)
03 You Hit The Spot (Mack Gordon) (3:32)
04 I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rodgers) (3:15)

Label: Lansdowne Jazz Series SEG 7894
Recorded: January 27 1959
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0324 Dick Morrissey [Love Dance] FLAC 7(1.16.12)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
This recording was made as part of a Save The Children Event in 1989 and issued in the UK on cassette only  - presumably just for local consumption (the recording was made in a pub). It was issued later on cd on the obscure Japanese Norma label from which this was taken. One track which was on the cassette (Too Close For Comfort) is not on this cd - presumably too long to fit.
The oddly titled 'Sisyfan' is, in fact, Cedar Walton's 'Holyland' and I wonder whether this came about because of some mis-heard announcement. Somebody certainly says the word after the tune is finished. Sounds Welsh - any thoughts?
Dick was 'lost' to jazz for a number of years in the 1970s and 1980s although he had a very successful jazz-rock partnership with Jim Mullen during that period but he broke free now and again and this is one such outing. He is on fine form.
It is ripped in FLAC from the cd but my audio checker says it is of MP3 origin.  Only the front and back of the booklet is provided as the insert is in Japanese.

Dick Morrissey - tenor
Derek Nash - tenor (06)
John Burch - piano
Tony Archer - bass
Jim Hall - drums

01 Falling In Love With Love (Rodgers, Hart) (12:40)
02 I Hear A Rhapsody (Baker, Fragos, Gasparre) (10:19)
03 Swingin' On Rhythm Changes (11:00)
04 Sisyfan or Holy Land (Walton) (10:44)
05 Love Dance (Lins) (8:41)
06 Tenor Madness (Rollins) (11:12)
07 The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Brainin, Bernier) (11:35)

Label: Norma NOCD5633
Recorded: November 17 1989
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0323 Coe, Oxley & Co [Nutty (On) Willisau] FLAC 6(1.13.25)

Contributed by rebf942

Tony Coe - soprano (03 06), tenor (02 04 05), clarinet (01)
Chris Laurence - bass
Tony Oxley - drums

01 Some Other Autumn (Coe) (17:13)
02 Nutty (Monk) (10:05)
03 A Time There Was (Cornford) (13:11)
04 Bub Or Run (Coe, Oxley) (8:10)
05 Body And Soul (Green, Eyton) (10:26)
06 Re: Person I Knew (Evans) (14:20)

Label: Hat Art CD 6046
Recorded: August 28 1983  Jazz Festival Willsau
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0322 Tony Crombie [Drums! Drums! Drums!] FLAC 12(31.08)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Probably of marginal interest to purist jazz fans but Crombie had this fine small jazzy/rock/blues band in the late 1950s/early 1960s and had great commercial success with it. In one respect it was sad perhaps that Crombie had to extend his musical horizons to play this kind of music in order to make a living during this difficult period for jazz but understandable.
You often see comments from critics, who should know better, saying that a certain musician has 'gone commercial'. Wes Montgomery is a good example of this criticism but Wes never deserted jazz, jazz deserted Wes. The jazz gigs dried up and with a family to feed and rent to pay what does a musician do? He takes whatever pays him.
Lots of drums, as one would expect from the title, and none of the musicians are identified. The label has a published date of 1960 on it and the front sleeve has great 1950s cover art.
You can hear tenor sax (possibly two in places), guitar, piano, bass and Crombie on drums so put on your blue suede shoes and rock away.

Tony Crombie - drums
with others unknown

01 Golden Striker (Lewis) (2:42)
02 Johnny Drum (2:30)
03 Drum Boogie Shuffle (2:20)
04 Skin Deep (Bellson) (2:15)
05 Off Beat (4:22)
06 Drums Ahoy (1:48)
07 Drums, Drums, Drums (2:08)
08 Scotland The Brave (2:27)
09 Drum Blues (2:26)
10 The Anvil Chorus (2:07)
11 Dick's Bandstand (2:25)
12 Amen (3:39)

Label: Top Rank BUY/027
Recorded: c.1959
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0321 Buddy Tate [Long Tall Tenor] FLAC 8(49.30)

Contributed by rebf942

Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Pete Strange - trombone
Bruce Turner - alto, clarinet
Buddy Tate - tenor, clarinet
John Barnes - baritone
Stan Greig - piano
Paul Bridge - bass
Adrian Macintosh - drums

01 Buddy Tate Of Texas State (3:36)
02 I Cover The Waterfront (Heyman, Green) (5:23)
03 Sweetie (Bonoff) (4:57)
04 Blues For Big Joe (5:10)
05 Rompin' With Buck (Tate) (3:39)
06 Rock-A-Bye Basie (Basie, Young) (5:54)
07 Buddy's Bit (4:26)
08 Flying Home (Goodman, Hampton, Robin) (6:25)
09 I Want A Little Girl (Moll, Mencher) (4:52)
10 I Cried For You (Lyman, Freed, Arnheim) (5:06)

Label: Calligraph 008
Recorded: December 16 1985 London

0320 Joe Harriott [Abstract] FLAC 8(45.53)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is the second of Joe Harriott's ground-breaking free forms records contained in two sessions from 1961 and 1962. Bobby Orr replaces Phil Seamen on the later session which, for some reason, appears first on this cd.
You either love it or hate it but you can't ignore it.
Joe struggled to get public and critical acceptance of this type of music music and soon all but abandoned it. Perhaps the great British public just wasn't ready for it in 1961. Well, Acker Bilk and Co. were at their peak then.

Shake Keane - trumpet
Joe Harriott - alto
Pat Smythe - piano
Coleridge Goode - bass
Bobby Orr - drums (01-04)
Phil Seamen - drums (05-08)
Frank Holder - bongos (05 08)

01 Subject (Harriott, Mayer) (6:02)
02 Shadows (Harriott) (6:00)
03 Oleo (Rollins) (7:10)
04 Modal (Harriott) (4:48)
05 Tonal (Harriott) (5:10)
06 Pictures (Harriott) (5:09)
07 Idioms (Harriott) (6:28)
08 Compound (Harriott) (5:05)

Label: Redial 538 183-2
Recorded: November 22 1961 (05-08) May 10 1962 (01-04)
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0319 Johnny Dankworth [Rendezvous With Dankworth] FLAC 9(27.00)

Contributed by jazzandylan

Maybe:-
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Gus Galbraith - trumpet
Tony Russell - trombone
Eddie Harvey - trombone
Ian McDougall - trombone
Ron Snyder - tuba
Peter King - alto
Johnny Scott - alto, clarinet
Johnny Dankworth - alto, clarinet
Danny Moss - tenor
Art Ellefson - tenor
Ronnie Ross (doubtful) - baritone
Alan Branscombe - piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums

01 Theme
02 Kool Kate
03 Intro
04 The Jersey Bounce
05 Intro
06 Mood Indigo
07 Intro
08 Allen's Alley (Wee)
09 Intro
10 Guys From Gothenburg
11 Intro
12 Indian Summer
13 Intro
14 Swinging The Blues
15 Outro
16 Theme

Label: BBC Transcription
Recorded: 1960 London
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0318 Wally Fawkes [The Neo-Troglodytes] FLAC 12(43.12)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
FLAC from lp with cover scans. Cover art by Wally Fawkes (Trog) and a nice picture of pianist Doug Murray, who was the subject of the original enquiry, on the back.

Colin Smith - trumpet
Campbell Burnap - trombone, vocal (02)
Wally Fawkes - soprano, clarinet
Doug Murray - piano
Tony Desborough - bass
Derek Hogg - drums

01 Jamaica Jump (3:37)
02 Streets Of London (McTell) (3:24)
03 Blog's Trews (4:10)
04 I'm Turning Blue Over Turnham Green (Fawkes) (3:46)
05 Miss Otis Regrets (Porter) (2:02)
06 You Made Me Love You (McCarthy, Monaco) (3:53)
07 Trog's Blues (Fawkes) (4:05)
08 Quincy Street Stomp (Bechet) (3:27)
09 Azure (Ellington) (3:20)
10 Cakewalkin' Babies From Home (Smith, Troy) (4:06)
11 Wild Man Blues (Morton, Armstrong) (2:54)
12 The Lady In Red (Dixon, Wrubel) (4:27)

Label: Dawn Club DCS 33.001
Recorded: November 18 (01 03 06 08 10-12) 25 (02 04 05 07 09) 1978
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0317 Brian Priestley [Love You Gladly] FLAC 9(49.58)

Contributed by rebf942

Digby Fairweather - trumpet
Derek Wadsworth - trombone
Don Rendell - soprano (07 09), tenor (01 03-06 08), clarinet (02)
Olaf Vas - alto (01 03 05 08), baritone (07 09), clarinet (02 04)
Brian Priestley - piano
Paul Bridge - bass
Trevor Tomkins - drums, percussion

01 Everything But You (Ellington, James, George) (5:43)
02 The Mooche (Ellington, Mills) (6:20)
03 Ducalypso (Priestley) (5:18)
04 Mood Indigo (Ellington, Mills, Bigard) (7:28)
05 Band Call (Ellington, Mills) (4:42)
06 Blooz For Dook (Priestley) (5:47)
07 Downtown Uproar (Ellington, Williams) (4:26)
08 Love You Gladly (Priestley) (5:06)
09 Angelica (Ellington, Mills) (5:07)

Label: Cadillac SGC1021
Recorded: March 08 1988 London

0316 The Polka Dots [Nice Work & You Can Buy It] FLAC 12(33.00)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
The all male vocal group had a highly successful, although short, life in the late 1950s/early 1960s and were much in demand for studio work and as backing for star vocalists.
This Wally Stott band included Kenny Baker, Bert Ezzard, Tubby Hayes, Laddy Busby, Harry Klein and Ronnie Verrell although the full personnel is not known. Hayes can be heard soloing on tracks 1, 7, 8 and 10.
Fringe jazz but good swinging arrangements from a great studio band. Vocals not bad either.

Personnel includes:
Wally Stott - leader
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Bert Ezzard - trumpet
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Lad Busby - trombone
Harry Klein - baritone
Ronnie Verrell - drums
Jimmy Walker - vocals
Don Riddell - vocals
Tony Mansell - vocals
Freddy Datchler - vocals

01 I’ve Got A Gal In Kalamazoo (Warren) (2:46)
02 Paducah (Redman) (2:42)
03 They Go To San Diego (Tormé) (2:36)
04 I’m Shooting High (Koehler, McHugh) (2:50)
05 Hundreds And Thousands Of Girls (Wayne, Rasch) (3:08)
06 Too Marvelous For Words (Mercer, Whiting) (2:39)
07 The Song Is You (Kern) (2:58)
08 The Late, Late Show (Berlin, Alfred) (2:37)
09 Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin, Gershwin) (2:36)
10 I'm Just Breezin’ Along With The Breeze (Gillespie, Simon, Whiting) (2:44)
11 Dancing In The Dark (Schwartz, Dietz) (2:53)
12 Carioca (Eliscu, Kahn, Youmans) (2:31)

Label: Philips BL 7576
Recorded: 1963
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0315 Ted Heath [Spotlight On Side Men] FLAC 12(37.24)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
Just what it says on the sleeve. All nicely played with some good arrangements and solos but it stills smacks of Saturday Night at the Palais. Foxtrot anyone?
FLAC from OOP Jasmine re-issue lp with cover scans.

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

01 Ill Wind (Koehler, Arlen) (2:31)
02 Swinging The Blues (Basie, Durham) (2:46)
03 Hey! Baby (Ellington) (3:33)
04 Idaho (Stone) (2:08)
05 I Can't Get Started With You (Duke) (3:49)
06 Love For Sale (Porter) (4:27)
07 Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be) (Davis, Sherman) (3:14)
08 Sidewalks Of Cuba (Oakland, Parish, Mills) (2:55)
09 I'll Never Be The Same (Malneck, Signorelli) (2:43)
10 Cottontail (Ellington) (2:45)
11 Lullaby Of The Leaves (Young) (2:56)
12 Witch Doctor (Keating) (3:36)

Label: Decca LK 4204
Recorded: April 18 25 26 1957
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0314 Sid Phillips [Raggin' With Sid No. 1] FLAC 4(9.05)

Contributed by jazzandylan

Sid Phillips - clarinet
other personnel unknown

01 Black Cat Rag (Wooster, Smith) (2:28)
02 Tip Top Rag (Fuhlisch, Berking) (2:01)
03 Pi-Ann-A Rag (Lally, Creamer, Layton, La Rocca, Shields) (2:43)
04 Honky Tonk Rag (Duffey) (1:53)

Label: HMV 7EG 8571
Recorded: 1960
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0313 Alan Branscombe [The Day I Met The Blues] FLAC 6(33.10)

Contributed by rebf942

Tony Coe - soprano (02 04 05), alto (05?), tenor (02 03)
Alan Branscombe - piano (01 05 06), electric piano (02-04)
Dick Abel - guitar (02-05)
Daryl Runswick - bass (02 03 05)
Tony Kinsey - drums (02 03 05)

01 The Day I Met The Blues (Branscombe) (3:19)
02 Whip It There! (Branscombe) (5:50)
03 Blues For '69 (Branscombe) (8:28)
04 Black Pussy (Branscombe) (6:22)
05 You Came When I Went (Branscombe) (4:51)
06 Fancy Yancey (Branscombe) (4:19)

Label: EMI EMC3197
Recorded: probably 1977 Lansdowne Studios London under the personal supervision of Denis Preston
Lineage: CD>FLAC with replaygain

Note: Tom Lord's discography lists Tony Coe as playing all three instruments but I could not hear an alto saxophone anywhere except maybe near the middle of 05. Even then it still sounded more like a soprano saxophone to me.
01 and 06 are unaccompanied acoustic piano solos. Rodney

0312 Tony Coe [Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home] FLAC 9(41.26)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
This was Tony's working Quintet in 1962 and it was his first full lp as leader (he had made some earlier sides issued on ep).
Whilst there may many admirers of Tony's work out there, he has a personal sound that really doesn't appeal to me (Paul Gonsalves too) but one has to admire the musicianship and the swinging sounds on this fine mainstream lp. The much under-rated pianist, Colin Purbrook, gets some solo space too.
It has been re-issued on a Japanese cd (very elusive) but this is from the original vinyl. 

John Picard - trombone
Tony Coe - alto, tenor, clarinet
Colin Purbrook - piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Derek Hogg - drums

01 Sunday Morning (Burrell) (3:59)
02 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Barris, Koehler, Moll) (5:58)
03 Not So Blue (Coe) (2:51)
04 I Can't Get Started With You (Duke, Gershwin) (5:01)
05 Sack O' Woe (Adderley) (6:11)
06 Stompin' At The Savoy (Goodman, Razaf, Sampson, Webb) (5:25)
07 Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home (Pettiford) (3:37)
08 Blue Lou (Mills) (3:30)
09 St Thomas (Rollins) (4:54)

Label: Philips lp  B 10784 L
Recorded: July 10 1962
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0311 Jack Emblow [Housewives' Playtime] FLAC 14(31.59)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
I found this lp in a Charity shop during one of my endless trawls in the hope of finding something worthwhile, which is not very often, and I must admit that I was attracted by the cover. Well, who wouldn't be?
I paid £1 and never even looked at the vinyl which I was intending to dump and just keep the sleeve. When I did look, it was an absolute train wreck, full of scratches, scuffs and it sounded terrible when played. But there was something about the music which interested me. Well played, lightly swinging and reminiscent of music I remember hearing on the radio during my youth. So, I decided to attempt some kind of restoration.
I made at least three different rips from the lp before I got the best 'original sound' and then spent hours on restoration trying to get a decent end product. It was probably far longer than it warranted but having started I just couldn't give it up.
The end product is far from perfect but I was quite pleased with it and so here it is. A labour of love.
For those who love trivia, the model on the cover is Mavis Ascot. No, I didn't make it up and I've never heard of her either.
Apart from the very well known Jack Emblow on accordion, the musicians are unknown and the music was recorded in 1962 (issued in 1963) for Embassy which was a Woolworth's record label.
I since discovered that the lp is quite a sought after cult item and sells for quite high sums. BJ spares no expense in bringing this music to you.

Unknown - alto (09), clarinet
Unknown - piano
Jack Emblow - accordion
Unknown - guitar
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums

01 The Gypsy In My Soul (Boland, Jaffe) (2:03)
02 Tangerine (Schertzinger, Mercer) (1:42)
03 Poor Little Rich Girl (Coward) (2:39)
04 Our Love Is Here To Stay (Gershwin) (2:47)
05 That Old Black Magic (Mercer, Arlen) (2:33)
06 Love Is Just Around The Corner (Gensler, Robin) (2:30)
07 Last Night On The Back Porch (Schraubstader) (1:47)
08 All The Things You Are (Kern) (2:06)
09 Babette (Herbert) (2:32)
10 A Foggy Day (Gershwin) (2:22)
11 Beautiful Love (Young, King, Van Alstyne- Haven, Gillespie)  (2:55)
12 I Hear Music (Loesser, Lane) (1:48)
13 Just In Time (Comden, Green, Styne) (2:03)
14 Vilia (Lehar) (2:12)

Label: Embassy WLP 6056
Recorded: 1962
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0310 Tony Crombie [And His Sweet Beat] FLAC 10(23.59)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
A 1957 recording by Tony Crombie during that period when he earned a living playing anything but jazz.
A gimmicky sort of record having the word 'Sweet' in all the titles and played by a smallish group sounding like a combination of Billy May, Sauter-Finegan and Knuckles O'Toole. It's music for doing the washing up by.
All the arrangements are by Crombie and none of the musicians are identified.
FLAC from lp with cover scans.

Tony Crombie - drums
big band - personnel unknown

01 Sweet Beat (Crombie) (2:24)
02 Sweet Lorraine (Parish, Burwell) (2:29)
03 Sweet Potato Piper (Monaco) (2:02)
04 Stay As Sweet As You Are (Gordon, Revel) (2:47)
05 The Sweetest Song In The World (Parr-Davies) (2:29)
06 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casy, Pinkard) (1:46)
07 Sweet And Gentle (del Portal) (2:26)
08 My Sweetie Went Away (Handman, Turk) (2:31)
09 Sweet And Lovely (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) (2:32)
10 Sweet Sue, Just You (Harris, Young) (2:34)

Label: Columbia 33S 1117
Recorded: 1957
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0309 Joe Harriott [Live At The Free Trade Hall Manchester] FLAC 4(31.26)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Joe's Quintet was the support group for the Dave Brubeck Quartet during their 1961 UK Tour.
This is not a complete set as Joe says before the first number...'continue with a composition...' but it is a typical live set with a mixture of jazz and free form. Joe's ground-breaking album 'Free Form' had been recorded a couple of months earlier but the public and critics had mixed views about this 'new' jazz. Joe thought that a concert audience might be more receptive to this music than club audiences but whilst the applause here for the free form numbers is polite, it is far from enthusiastic.
The drummer is Phil Seamen who plays more or less as usual ignoring the 'free' conventions but his days with the group were numbered as his addictions made him unreliable and notoriously unpunctual.
I saw Phil performing just once. He was part of the support group for one of the American touring bands, perhaps Woody Herman, at the Odeon Cinema in Leeds during the 1960s and he was the last to appear on stage. He looked absolutely dreadful - a walking skeleton, chalk white. He played the first number with the group and then left the stage. We never saw him again that night but his musical colleagues seemed unperturbed. They just played on without him as though this was a regular occurrence.  Perhaps it was.
Coleridge Goode the bass player in the Joe Harriott Quintet recalls that .....  'Phil could scarcely have chosen a worse night to miss the band call than their Brubeck tour performance at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.'   Coleridge remembered how the other members of the Quintet were forced to take the stage without Seamen who then appeared  suddenly from nowhere just as the performance seemed doomed.  'And there and then, in front of everybody, he was sick all over the place with Brubeck standing watching us.'
Joe announces the numbers speaking slowly and enunciating beautifully. He was immaculately turned out, always wearing a suit and tie wherever he was appearing and he was always the professional.
FLAC from cd with 'cover picture' and track/personnel details.

Les Condon - trumpet
Joe Harriott - alto
Pat Smythe - piano
Coleridge Goode - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Moanin' (Timmons) (6:39)
02 'Round About Midnight (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) (6:31)
03 Joe Explains Freeform: Coda (Harriott) (8:20)
04 Tempo (Harriott) (9:56)

Recorded: January 27 1961

0308 Tubby Hayes [And His Orchestra] FLAC 5(17.23)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:
'Deuces Wild', only previously issued on a 78rpm record, is added to the original ep tracklist as a bonus.
FLAC from oop re-issue cd with original cover scans.

Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Dave Usden - trumpet
Mike Senn - alto, baritone
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Jackie Sharpe - tenor, baritone
Harry South - piano
Pete Blannin - bass
Lennie Breslow - drums (01 02 05)
Bill Eyden - drums (03 04)

01 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (Ellington) (3:47)
02 Sophisticated Lady (Ellington) (3:46)
03 Fidelius (Feldman) (3:00)
04 Tootsie Roll (Paich) (3:04)
05 Deuces Wild (Stitt)  (3:46)

Label: Tempo EXA 17
Recorded: April 29 1955 (01 02 05) July 14 1955 (03 04)
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0307 Tubby Hayes [The Little Giant] FLAC 4(12.30)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Another contribution from 'The Little Giant'
FLAC from OOP re-issue cd with original cover scans.

Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Mike Senn - alto, baritone
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Jackie sharpe - tenor, baritone
Harry South - piano
Pete Blannin - bass
Lennie Breslow - drums

01 Jordu (Jordan) (3:46)
02 Orient Line (South) (2:47)
03 Mayreh (Silver) (2:32)
04 Monsoon (Feldman) (3:26)

Label: Tempo EXA 14
Recorded: March 10 1955
CD>FLAC

0306 Johnny Dankworth [And His Orchestra BBC Transcriptions 7, 8] FLAC 18(55.08)

 

Contributed by jazzandylan

Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Bob Carson - trumpet
Stan Palmer - trumpet
Laurie Monk - trombone
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Ken Moule - piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
and others

01 Signature Tune - Intro
02 International (Dankworth) (4:08)
03 Atcheson Topeka And The Santa Fe (Mercer) (3:48)
04 The Artful Dodger (Moule) (3:14)
05 Teach Me Tonight (Kahn, DePaul) (3:48)
06 Little Horror (Lindup) (4:18)
07 Round Midnight (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) (3:17)
08 Drums Galore (Lindup) (3:50)
09 Signature Tune - Sign Off (0:37)
10 Signature Tune - Intro (0:34)
11 After You've Gone (Creamer, Layton) (2:33)
12 Slo Twain (Lindup) (4:10)
13 Koller Size (Dankworth) (4:01)
14 Jones (5:23)
15 If I Had You (Shapiro, Campbell, Connelly) (2:47)
16 It's Easy To Remember (Rodgers, Hart) (3:59)
17 Idaho (Stone) (3:29)
18 Signature Tune - Sign Off (0:36)

Label: BBC Transcription Service
Recorded: 1963
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0305 Don Carlos [Crazy Latin] FLAC 12(33.35)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
A breezy latin flavoured 1960 record from pianist 'Don Carlos' a supposedly famous figure on the British Latin American scene and with arrangements by Kenny Graham, no less. He also provided five of the tunes heard.
Joe Harriott pops up here and there and there is support from Bobby Pratt, Bert Courtley and Phil Seamen. Otherwise the assembled musicians are anonymous.
A scarce record to find, never on cd, and worth a listen for Joe Harriott alone.

Don Carlos - leader, piano
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Bert Courtley - trumpet
Hank Stamps - bass trombone
Joe Harriott - alto
Phil Seamen - drums, percussion
Kenny Graham - arranger
and others

01 T'ain't What You Do (Oliver, Young) (3:35)
02 Frenesi (Dominguez, Whitcup) (2:30)
03 Oh, Pampanino (Corvos) (3:00)
04 Cha-Cha-Cha-Charlie (Graham) (2:47)
05 Taboo (Leucona, Russell) (2:50)
06 Crazy Latin (Graham) (2:58)
07 Tangerine (Schertzinger) 2:26)
08 Sunset (Graham) (2:56)
09 In A Little Spanish Town (Wayne) (2:23)
10 Chu-Chin-Cha-Cha-Cha (Graham) (3:22)
11 Adios, Mariquita Linda (Jiménez) (2:55)
12 Beats In The Belfry (Graham) (1:51)

Label: Columbia 33SX 1237
Recorded: 1960
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0304 Max Geldray [Goon With The Wind] FLAC 6(12.01)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Max recorded prolifically for BBC Radio as part of the long running Goon Show, where he provided some of the musical interludes, but made few records, although some of them go back to 1937.
This ep is from 1959 and Max provides some swinging music backed by the Wally Stott Orchestra, which also appeared regularly on the Goon Shown. Alan Clare is said to be the pianist.
FLAC from ep with cover scans.

Note: Sound quality here is presumably dictated by the original source of the material, from the broadcasts, and so is not as good as one would expect in a FLAC recording. BJ

Max Geldray - harmonica
Alan Clare - piano
Wally Stott Orchestra

01 Once In love With Amy (Loesser) (2:42)
02 Crazy Rhythm (Meyer, Kahn, Caesar) (1:32)
03 It's Only A Paper Moon (Arlen, Harburg, Rose) (2:00)
04 Our Love Is Here To Stay (Gershwin) (1:44)
05 Cherie (Geldray) (1:52)
06 Duke's Joke (Clare) (2:11)

Label: Parlophone GEP 8764
Recorded: 1959
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0303 Ken Moule [Waterloo Bridge] FLAC 5(22.53)

Contributed by jazzandylan

Ken Moule - conductor
Bert Courtley - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Unknown - trumpet
Unknown - trumpet
George Chisholm - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Unknown - trombone
Unknown - trombone
Unknown - alto
Unknown - alto
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Roy Sidwell - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Stan Tracey - piano
Arthur Watts - bass
Unknown - drums

01 Love For Sale (Cole Porter) (4:29)
02 I'll Take Romance (Oscar Hammerstein II/Ben Oakland) (3:21)
03 Waterloo Bridge (Ken Moule) (3:47)
04 Gone With The Wind (Herbert Magidson/Allie Wrubel) (4:30)
05 Time's A-Wastin' (Mercer Ellington/Ted Persons) (6:47)

Label: BBC radio production Jazz for Moderns No. 13
Recorded: 1962 London
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0302 Tubby Hayes [The New York Sessions] FLAC 10(1.14.38)

Contributed anonymously

Clark Terry - trumpet (02 04 08 09)
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Horace Parlan - piano
Eddie Costa - vibes (02 03 06)
George Duvivier - bass
Dave Bailey - drums

01 You For Me (Haymes) (4:40)
02 Pint of Bitter (Terry) (7:03)
03 Airegin (Rollins) (8:56)
04 Opus Ocean (Terry) (7:34)
05 Soon (Gershwin) (7:36)
06 Doxy (Rollins) (9:14)
07 Soho Soul (Hayes) (8:05)
08 The Simple Waltz (Terry) (9:00)
09 Half A Sawbuck (Hayes) (7:16)
10 You're My Everything (Dixon, Young, Warren) (5:13)

Label: Columbia CK 45446
Recorded: October 03 (01 03 05-07) 04 (02 04 08-10)1961
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0301 Carlo Krahmer [Jazz At The Town Hall] FLAC 14(54.09)

Contributed by bluebird, who says:-
Cut direct to 78rpm acetates from the concert in 1947 the sound here is far from perfect and the 'stereo enhancement' doesn't help. Things are improved on side 2 - perhaps the musicians were suitably 'refreshed'after the interval.
Dill Jones had just turned professional and provides some good solos. Some of the playing is a bit ragged in places but I'm sure it sounded better on the night.

(01 02 04 05)
Humphrey Lyttelton - cornet
Bobby Mickleburgh - trombone
Wally Fawkes - clarinet
Gerry Moore - piano
Bill Bramwell - guitar
Bert Howard - bass
Carlo Krahmer - drums
(03)
Humphrey Lyttelton - cornet
Gerry Moore - piano
Carlo Krahmer - drums
(06-10)
Humphrey Lyttelton - cornet
Bobby Mickleburgh - trombone
Wally Fawkes - clarinet
Dill Jones - piano
Carlo Krahmer - drums
(11-14)
Humphrey Lyttelton - cornet
Bobby Mickleburgh - trombone
Ernie Mansfield - tenor
Wally Fawkes - clarinet
Dill Jones - piano
Bill Bramwell - guitar
Bert Howard - bass
Carlo Krahmer - drums

01 Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Armstrong) (4:13)
02 Savoy Blues (Ory) (4:33)
03 Weatherbird Rag (Armstrong) (2:54)
04 Mahogany Hall Stomp (Williams) (4:05)
05 A Monday Date (Hines) (4:31)
06 Original Dixieland One-Step (La Rocca) (3:07)
07 Bluin' The Blues (Ragas) (2:15)
08 Livery Stable Blues (Nunez, Lee) (2:26)
09 I'm Coming Virginia (Heywood, Cook) (3:09)
10 Singin' The Blues (Conrad, Robinson) (4:54)
11 'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Creamer, Layton) (2:22)
12 Who's Sorry Now (Kalmar, Ruby, Snyder) (5:40)
13 Sugar (Pinkard, Mitchell, Alexander) (4:33)
14 At Sundown (Donaldson) (5:28)

Label: Esquire 319
Recorded: November 21 1947 Birmingham Town Hall
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0300 Marie Bryant [In London 1952] FLAC 7(20.16)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Marie Bryant, USA born, was probably best known as a dancer in black revues rather than a singer but she can be seen and heard in the 1944 film clip of 'Jammin' The Blues' which features Lester Young amongst others.
She was in London in 1952, where she was appearing in the musical revue 'High Spirits' at the London Hippodrome, when these recordings were made.
The first three tracks were made for the small Lyragon label which specialised in recording calypsos and highlife music which was being introduced by the newly arrived black West Indian and African immigrants to the UK. They are taken from 78 rpm records and there is inevitably some background noise and crackle. Not really jazz, but some of the backing musicians had a later career in jazz.
The other four tracks were recorded with a regular jazz group and Marie sings these with a real jazz feel. There's some lovely trumpet from Humphrey Lyttelton too.
And just to show what she looked like during her dancing days, take a look at the 'cover' picture, unless Mr. BritJazz censors it.  It is shown purely in the interest of jazz history of course.
FLAC  from YouTube (Lyragon sides - thanks to original uploader) and cd re-issue with track details, label pictures and that  'cover' picture. Remember, it's for research purposes only. BritJazz doesn't do titivation.

(01-03)
Bertie King - alto
Mike McKenzie - piano
Unknown - guitar
Neville Boucarut - bass
Leslie Weeks - bongo
Marie Bryant - vocal
(04-07)
Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Mike McKenzie - piano
Denny Wright - guitar
Jack Fallon - bass
Marie Bryant - vocal

01 Tomato (2:58)
02 Rhumboogie Anna (2:42)
03 My Handy Man (Razaf, Blake) (2:41)
04 Ain't Misbehavin' (Brooks, Razaf, Waller) (3:04)
05 Beale Street Blues (Handy)  (3:09)
06 Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael, Gorrell) (3:03)
07 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Barris, Koehler, Moll) (2:39)

Label: Compilation
Recorded:
September 03 1952 (01-03)
October 02 1952 (04-05)
October 24 1952 (06-07)
Lineage: CD and YouTube?>FLAC