0298 Bill Russo [Russo in London] FLAC 9(38.42)

Contributed by yewsta and bluebird

Bill Russo - leader
Ron Simmonds - trumpet
Leon Calvert - trumpet
Gordon Rose - trumpet
Tony Mabett - trumpet
Johnny Edwards - trombone
Bobby Lamb - trombone
Keith Christie - trombone
Don Lusher - trombone
Jack Thirlwell - bass trombone
Ray Premru - bass trombone
Johnny Scott - alto
Al Newman - alto
Art Ellefson - tenor
Duncan Lamont - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Richard Morgan - oboe
Ray Dempsey - guitar
Arthur Watts - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
Raymond Clark - cello
Jack Holmes - cello
Hilary Robinson - cello
Derek Simpson - cello

Suite No 1 Opus 5
01 Portrait of a Count (Russo)
02 Egdon Heath (Russo)
03 Frank Speaking (Russo)
04 Thisbe (Russo)
05 Sweets (Russo) Suite No 2 Opus 8
06 Bill's Blues (Russo)
07 Ennui (Russo)
08 Dusk (Russo)
90 23° North, 82° West (Russo)

Label: Columbia 33SX1508
Recorded: December 21 22 1962
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0297 Tony Kinsey [Trio with Joe Harriott] FLAC 4(12.10)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
More fine music from Joe Harriott with Tony Kinsey on Esquire.

Joe Harriott - alto
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums

01 Last Resort (LeSage) (2:44)
02 Best Behaviour (LeSage) (3:00)
03 How Deep is the Ocean (Berlin) (2:52)
04 Get Happy (Arlen, Koehler) (3:35)

Label: Esquire 82
Recorded: May 13 1954
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0296 Various Artists [Hot Jazz And Cool Beer] FLAC 11(41.22)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
A 1962 live session from The Railway Hotel which just happens to be next door to the Decca Recording Studios at West Hampstead.
Four groups participate all playing in a modernish/mainstream mode and there some big names here.
All-in-all a good time seems to have been had by all and the well recorded music is a treat.  Just listen to the sound of falling beer glasses which punctuate the music throughout too.
FLAC from lp with cover scans.

(01-03)
Al Fairweather - trumpet
Tony Milliner - trombone
Sandy Brown - clarinet, vocal (02)
Brian Lemon - piano
Brian Prudence - bass
Benny Goodman - drums
(04-06)
John Pritchard - trumpet
John Mumford - trombone
Dave Castle - alto, tenor, clarinet
Ronnie Duff - piano
Vernon Brown - bass
John Cox - drums
(07-09)
Pete Strange - trombone
Bruce Turner - alto, clarinet
Colin Purbrook - piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Derek Hogg - drums
(10 11)
John Picard - trombone
Tony Coe - alto, tenor
Colin Purbrook - piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Derek Hogg - drums

01 Goosey Gander (Bishop) (3:10)
02 Morning Glories (Trad) (2:45)
03 Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Mingus) (3:44)
04 Ghana (Wilkins) (3:31)
05 Chicken 'N' Dumplings (Bryant) (3:45)
06 Theme (Davis) (3:55)
07 Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller, Brooks, Rasaf) (3:20)
08 Mood Indigo (Ellington, Mills, Bigard) (3:02)
09 One O'Clock Jump (Basie) (3:03)
10 Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Redman, Rasaf) (3:50)
11 Hanid (Hawkins) (7:17)

Label: Decca LK 4512
Recorded: July 02 1962
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0295 Dave Carey [Jazz Band] FLAC 3(11.13)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A surprisingly modern sounding band and not at all in the expected Dixieland style. The London recording date (not shown in the sleeve notes) was 8 October 1956.
Just listen to pianist Pat Hawes doing his 'Basie' thing in the introduction to 'Feather Merchant' and in his subsequent solo. One for grumpy perhaps. Very enjoyable.

Johnny Codd - trumpet
Tony Milliner - trombone
Tony Gibbons - clarinet
Pat Hawes - piano
Bob Mack - guitar
Bob Sinclair - bass
Dave Carey - drums

01 Button Up Your Overcoat (DeSylva, Brown, Henderson) (2:50)
02 Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider (Leonard, Munson) (3:05)
03 Feather Merchant (Basie, Mundy) (5:19)

Label: Tempo EXA 51
Recorded: October 08 1956
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0294 Tubby Hayes [Tubby's Back in Town Return Visit!] FLAC 5(36.16)

Contributed by Dave_Bruce

James Moody - tenor, flute
Roland Kirk - tenor, manzello, stritch, clarinet, flute
Tubby Hayes - tenor, vibes 
Walter Bishop Jr - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Louis Hayes - drums

01 Afternoon In Paris
02 I See With My Third "I"
03 Lady "E"
04 Stitt's Tune (The Blues Walk)
05 Medley If I Had You-Alone Together-For Heaven's Sake

Label: Fontana TL5195
Recorded: June 23 1962 NYC

0293 Ted Heath [At The BBC] FLAC 13(39.02)

Contributed by jazzandylan

(02 06 09 10 12)
Ted Heath - leader
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Bert Ezard - trumpet
Duncan Campbell - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Don Lusher - trombone
Wally Smith - trombone
Keith Christie - trombone
Jimmy Coombes - trombone
Les Gilbert - alto
Ronnie Chamberlain - alto
Red Price - tenor
Henry Mackenzie - tenor
Ken Kiddier - baritone
Stan Tracey - piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Ronnie Verrell - drums

(03 04) Same as (02 06 09 10 12) except
Bob Efford - tenor replaces Red Price

(07 11) Same as (03 04 ) except
Ken Goldie - trombone replaces Jimmy Coombes
Derek Warne - piano replaces Stan Tracey

(01 08) Same as (07 11) except
Johnny Edwards - trombone replaces Keith Christie

(13)
Ted Heath - leader
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Bert Ezard - trumpet
Duncan Campbell - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Johnny Edwards - trombone
Ted Barker - trombone
Keith Christie - trombone
Alfie Reece - tuba
Ronnie Chamberlain - alto
Dennis Walton - alto
Bob Efford - tenor
Henry Mackenzie - tenor
Ken Kiddier - baritone
Derek Warne - piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Ronnie Verrell - drums

01 From This Moment On (Porter) (2:24)
02 Buttercup (Powell) (3:14)
03 A Sunday Kind Of Love (Belle, Leonard, Prima, Rhodes) (4:06)
04 Gone With The Wind (Magidson, Wrubel) (2:08)
05 Morning Glory (Ellington) (3:57)
06 Squatty Roo (Ellington) (2:33)
07 Viva Verrell (2:47)
08 Experiment (3:29)
09 A Smooth Ride (2:35)
10 I'm Beginning To See The Light (Ellington, George, Hodges, James) (3:42)
11 Seven-Eleven (Carpenter, Williams) (3:46)
12 Cuban Fantasy (Graham) (3:35)
13 Listen To My Music (0:37)

Label: BBC REH483
Recorded: January 03 (09) 07 (12) 15 (10) 26 (06) April 23 (02) November 13 (08) 18 (03 04) 1958 October 20 (07)  21 (11) December 01 1959 (01) May 13 1964 (05)

0292 Bruce Turner and Sam Walker [Lyragon 78s] FLAC 4(10.22)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Now here's a pair of unusual 78s recorded in 1953 on the obscure UK Lyragon label which specialised in recording Calypso music by British based West Indian musicians and singers. It operated between 1952 and 1954 and all the records were issued on 10 78s.
One the first record (J 714) Bruce Turner is the nominal leader and plays a couple of standards. Jumping Sam Walker is featured on the second record (J 715) again playing standards with the same group of musicians and recorded on the same day. Nothing too exciting happens but they are musical oddities in the discographies of these two musicians.
Bruce Turner is of course well known but not Sam Walker. 'Jumping Sam' as he is listed here, is perhaps better known as tenor player Sammy Walker who recorded with Tony Crombie in 1954 and Dizzy Reece in 1955 and 1957.
No one seems to know what became of him after that last recording date but it is possible that he took up residency in Germany where he had made a few earlier recordings and where he had musical connections.

Bruce Turner - alto (01 02 03)
Sam Walker - tenor
Denis Evelyn - vibes (01 03 04)
Mike McKenzie - piano
Fitzroy Coleman - guitar
Joe Sampson - bass
Leslie Weeks - drums

01 I Cried For You (Freed) (2:41)
02 The Piccolino (Berlin) (2:27)
03 Making Whoopee (Donaldson, Khan) (2:25)
04 Girl Of My Dreams (Clappe, Kallua) (2:28)

Label: Lyragon J 714/J 715
Recorded: April 17 1953
Lineage: 78s>FLAC

0291 Carrol Gibbons [On The Air] FLAC 22(1.16.12)

Contributed by Dave_Bruce

Carroll Gibbons - leader, piano
other personnel mostly unknown - see info in Notes.

01 Fascinating Rhythm (Gershwin) (3:15)
02 I Need Some Cooling Off (Rodgers, Hart) - My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers, Hart) (3:04)
03 A Garden In The Rain (Dyrenforth, Gibbons) (3:13)
04 Body And Soul (Green, Eyton) (3:22)
05 Moonbeam Dance (Gibbons) (2:30)
06 Sweet And Lovely (Arnheim, LeMare, Tobias) (3:23)
07 Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries (Brown, Henderson) (3:03)
08 Linda (Tobias, Trent, DeRose) (3:04)
09 On The Air (Gibbons, Campbell, Connelly) (2:59)
10 By The Fireside (Noble, Campbell, Connelly) (2:55)
11 Under A Blanket Of Blue (Symes, Neiburg, Levinson) (2:58)
12 Everything I Have Is Yours (Fields, McHugh, Lane, Adamson) (2:47)
13 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Kern, Harbach) (3:00)
14 Lovely To Look At (Kern, Fields, McHugh) (3:03)
15 Black Coffee (Goodhart, Hoffman, Sigler) (3:09)
16 I'm Just Beginning To Care (Simons) (3:19)
17 With Thee I Swing (Stillman, Hyde, Adlam) (2:53)
18 Summer Rain (Gibbons) (3:04)
19 For Me, For You (Towers, Arden) (3:05)
20 Whispers In The Dark (Robin, Hollander) (3:15)
21 Heaven Can Wait (De Lange, Van Heusen) (2:57)
22 'Carroll Calls The Tunes' - South American Way (Dubin, McHugh)-I Hear A Rhapsody (Fragos, Baker, Gasparre)-Dolores (Loesser, Alter) (3:02)
23 Flamingo (Anderson, Grouya) (3:42)
24 When Day Is Done (DeSylva, Katescher) (2:57)
25 Happy-Go-Lucky (Loesser, McHugh) (2:13)

Label: Living Era
Recorded: 1926-1942
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0290 Lennie Felix [Cat Meets Mice] FLAC 12(37.51)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is a lovely relaxed trio album by pianist Lennie Felix and it plays through as one continuous performance. There are no track markers just a very short break between side 1 and side 2.
Lennie, though, is not well recorded here as he seems to be playing in a room 2 doors down the hallway (IMO, not as bad as that. - BJ) but, on the other hand, you can hear every click and squeak from the closely miked bass of Lennie Bush.
All the tunes are named for girls also known as 'mice'.  I don't ever remember girls ever been called 'mice' do you?  But then I'm an old square.
The lp was not in mint condition and after restoration there is a little background surface noise remaining in places - not enough to spoil the enjoyment though.

Lennie Felix - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Lennie Hastings - drums

01 Rosetta (Hines, Woode) (2:39)
02 Peg O' My Heart (Fisher) (1:50)
03 Laura (Raksin) (3:11)
04 Margie (Davis, Conrad, Robinson) (2:45)
05 Elaine (Felix) (3:31)
06 Dinah (Axt) (3:33)
07 Marie (Berlin) (2:47)
08 Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider (Leonard) (2:53)
09 Stella By Starlight (Young) (3:37)
10 Sweet Lorraine (Burwell, Parish) (3:51)
11 Blues For Tracy (Felix) (3:52)
12 Diane (Rapee, Pollack) (3:22)

Label: Columbia 33SX 1298
Recorded: February 10 1960
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0289 Harry Klein [New Sound] FLAC 2(10.59)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
This is probably the rarest of the 4 eps that Klein made as leader and, like some of the others, it has never been re-issued in any form. This original ep issue dates from 1955 and now BritJazz has posted them all.
This is a biggish band with some of the big names of the day and the music can be perhaps described as 'experimental'. Both tracks were arranged by trumpeter Jimmy Watson.
FLAC from ep with cover scans.

Jimmy Watson - trumpet, arranger
Keith Christie - trombone
Ken Wray - valve trombone
Jim Powell - tuba
Dougie Robinson - alto
Harry Klein - baritone
Benny Green - baritone
Jack Ellory - flute
Derek Smith - piano
Sammy Stokes - bass
Allan Ganley - drums

01 Big Ben (Klein) (6:10)
02 Nightwork (Watson) (4:49)

Label: Nixa NJE 1009
Recorded: November 28 1955
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0288 Johnny Dankworth [Jazz Routes] FLAC 11(47.39)

Contributed by jazzandylan

Dickie Hawdon - trumpet, tenor horn
Derrick Abbott - trumpet
Stan Palmer - trumpet
Colin Wright - trumpet
Bob Carson - trumpet
Laurie Monk - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Danny Elwood - trombone
Garry Brown - trombone
Ron Snyder - trombone, tuba
Johnny Dankworth - alto
Danny Moss - tenor, bass clarinet
Alex Leslie - baritone, flute, clarinet
Dave Lee - piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Kenny Clare - drums

01 Tribute To Chauncey (Hawdon) (3:43)
02 Slo Twain (Lindup) (3:57)
03 Sunflower (Dankworth) (4:16)
04 Dauphine Blues (Dankworth, Lindup) (3:17)
05 Honey-Dew Melon (Dankworth) (4:38)
06 Joe And Lol's Blues (Russell) (4:43)
07 International (Dankworth) (5:17)
08 Kool Kate (Hawdon) (4:24)
09 New Forest (Lindup) (4:10)
10 Specs Yellow (Dankworth) (5:27)
11 Desperate Dan (Dankworth) (3:49)

Columbia SCX 3347, Roulette R52040 (England's Ambassador Of Jazz)
Recorded May 12 13 19 1959
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0287 Al Fairweather [Al's Pals] FLAC 4(16.02)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
In 1969 Al Fairweather and Sandy Brown made a record called 'Al's Pals' which featured guest artists with the regular band.
One of the guests on four tracks was alto saxophonist Joe Harriott proving once more that he could play anything with anybody and these are the tracks presented here.
Byron Gay wrote the words and music for the 1927 song 'Four Or Five Times' (and just listen to Joe taking off on this one), whilst Al Fairweather contributed the other three originals.

Al Fairweather - trumpet
Tony Milliner - trombone
Joe Harriott - alto
Bob Burns - tenor
Cliff Townsend - baritone
Sandy Brown  - clarinet
Stan Greig - piano
Jack Fallon - bass
Lennie Hastings - drums

01 Beat Meat (Fairweather) (3:29)
02 Four Or Five Times (Gay) (3:20)
03 Jim Jam (Fairweather) (2:43)
04 Sue's Blues (Fairweather) (6:30)

Label: Columbia 33XS 1221
Recorded: September 30 1959