Shake Keane - trumpet, flugelhorn
Joe Harriott - alto
Pat Smythe - piano
Coleridge Goode - bass
Tommy Jones - drums
01 How Say You (Keane) (2:57)
02 Morning Blue (Harriott) (4:41)
03 Fidel (Keane) (2:36)
04 In My Condition (Keane) (3:30)
Label: Lansdowne Jazz Series SEG 8140
Recorded: August 31 1961
Lineage: EP>FLAC
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That's brilliant, Boogieman! You must be a mind-reader!!
ReplyDeleteGeneral comment to BritJazz - this blog is a goldmine!
Super! I have wanted to hear this little set for a long time!
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ReplyDeleteMany thanks for this rare ep, and thanks to The Boogieman.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this rarity.
ReplyDeleteA great find. Many thanks.
ReplyDeleteVery excited to have this one to listen to. Many thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteTerrific post - thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great rarity: Thanks very much for this treat !
ReplyDeleteYou're all welcome. Actually all the credits should go to my friend and blog collaborator, Paul D., jazz records collector and discographer. He sent me the rip over 18 months ago. Told me it was "a present from the late Ed Dipple of Mole Records". I have been lucky to meet Shake Keane in the late seventies when he was living in St Vincent and playing twice a week at the Aquatic Club (often with the late pianist / fisheries officer Kerwyn Morris of the St Vincent Latinaires' fame).
ReplyDeleteCheck the post on my blog for more on Shake Keane.
http://theboogiemanwillgetya.blogspot.com/2011/04/rarity-4-in-my-condition.html
Cheers
many thanks and nice to remember Ed (& Pete) and the greatest jazz record shop ever -- Mole Jazz.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, thank you!
ReplyDeleteFor those interested in West Indian Jazz in the 50s, I just posted a rare German EP by Panama-born pianist George Maycock. The small combo features the Jamaican saxophonist Sam/Sammy Walker who had played with Dizzy Reece, Mike McKenzie and Cab Kaye a.o. I would be interested in finding a bio of this musician. I could not find any info on bassplayer George Gillespie whom, I assume, was also Jamaican / West Indian. Considering that Wilton Gaynar was for a while a member of the same combo, there was a strong West Indian musical connection.
ReplyDeleteCould anyone provide additional info (re. boogieman's blog for the post / comments).
Thanks in advance.
Boogieman
Great discovering this vintage jazz I missed the first time around.
ReplyDeleteMay I heartily recommend The Boogieman's blog (see above); some good stuff there, and for for those partial to POST-1963 music there's a particularly good set issued on a private label in 1980 by a completely unknown American named Steven Bauer. Best record I've heard all year! (And expected to remain in the top ten come December.)
ReplyDeleteMole Jazz - what a name to forget. I used to go there occasionally in the 1980s and found the staff just as uncommunicative, unhelpful and unpleasant as those at Ray's. Yes, I bought at both places (more frequently Ray's as it was closer to where I worked) but it was always monosyllables and no eye contact even if I tried to generate conversation about what I was buying. More than one other jazz-loving friend has said much the same thing. Our general consensus is that somehow - probably age - we didn't fit the accepted demographic. (I often think that at 61 now I am probably the youngest JAZZ JOURNAL subscriber!)
At Ray's they condescended to serve you. 'Old' Dobell's was also snotty except for lovely John Kendall in the basement. But Ed & Pete were knowledgeable and friendly although, thankfully, without effusion. They also invested whatever meagre profit into their own, always worthy, issues on Hot House and Mole and Kings Cross. Dobell did too. Most entertaining was Jimmy Asman, always ready with a story or an opinion, of which he had many vehement. More serious was Alan Littlejohns at -- er -- Record Specialities, I think. Transpontine was Dave Carey, also a dear but the shop small and you had to ask for anything, eliminating the joy of browsing and of course, Chris Wellard. And there were more in London and every provincial town had a jazz specialist. What have we lost ! Downloading is no substitute. see http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/
ReplyDeleteYou are very right Zoot in talking about "the joy of browsing". There is something sensual in the physical contact with the records. I use to make regular "pilgrimages" from Brussels to London (taking the cheap Ostend-Dover night ferry) to visit those holy places you mention: Dobel's, Mole, Ray's basement (for the blues) and a few others whose name I forgot.
DeleteI am always enquiring about places that continue to sell old LPs whenever I have the chance to visit a the large city, in Europe or in the rest of the world. Luckily, we have a few excellent shops in Brussels (Antwerp's OK too), probably more than in many other capitals or large cities. I was in WAshington, DC, a few months ago and could only find two decent places with a good selection of jazz / blues LPs. We're better off in Brussels.
I have to say that in my town, Haverfordwest in west Wales, there is an *excellent* specialist jazz shop, AW JAZZ in Market Street, which is everything I always wanted such as Mole and Ray's to be. Its a really lovely little place, attractive, well decorated, nicely organised with excellent stock; Andrew the owner is always keen to chat jazz to browsers (only we locals know what a morose character he can really be!) and in all honestly I can say the shop is an ornament to the town, and in a better world would be a huge success. Unfortunately if it wasn't for the 'visitor' custom it would be barely worth persevering; Andrew knows all his score-or-so local customers by name and interest, and we dontt spend enough to cover the costs no matter how hard we try. Really, if you can think of what you image a Really Good jazz shop would be, AW is *IT*. I buy cds from there which I know I could get cheaper on the web because it is so much more *fun*, and also I wmay well get to know about things I would not have encountered otherise (just like on some real good music blogs, mr boogieman). This is a genuine unsolicited opinion.
ReplyDeleteI think, Greg, you are a lucky man for there can be few jazz shops left. London has now only Ray's rump but I think are two in Paris. CDs are obsolescent and the market for real jazz is surely dying with us. I tentatively claim to have been the youngest JJ subscriber when I was 13 in 1962. I withdrew in mid 70s when it was already downhill. My acned, jejune pubescence is my excuse for not then realising that Jazz Monthly was better.
ReplyDeleteI know no-one may read this, but does anyone have a copy of Shake's 1962 ep 'BOSSA NEGRA' ?
ReplyDeleteGreg. You are wrong about no-one reading your comment but I'm afraid it has got us nowhere - so far. I have consulted our regulars but it seems that nobody has it. So we can only hope that someone reading this has a copy squirreled away which can then be revived here for a wider appreciation.
DeleteGreg. Here's one track from the EP. It's at a very low bit-rate but is quite listenable we think. Not making this a proper post as it is not complete of course but hopefully it will be of some satisfaction and may even lead to the complete album appearing we hope.
DeleteShake Keane - flugelhorn
John Scott - flute
Frank Horrocks - organ
Coleridge Goode - bass
Bobby Orr - drums
Barry Morgan - bongoes
02 Murmurio (3.17)
Columbia Seg 8239 - Ep
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Correction - should be Frank Horrox, of course. Date of recording November 22 1962
DeleteHa, I noticed the existence of that 1962 EP too when checking the discography. So let me echo that request!
DeleteOh, superb! Sounds good to me, certainly as opposed to not hearing it at all. Thank you! One down three to go ...
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for this rare gem, Paul D. and boogieman! "Only" an EP, but it is really great with strong compositions and playing. Shake Keane is fine enough, but the real revelation here for me was Joe Harriott. He must have been one of the most interesting alto saxophonists around at that time - and then I am including the US ones. I must listen to more by him!
ReplyDeleteAnother thumbs up for the superb transfer and scans!
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