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Saturday, June 01, 2013

0299 John Dankworth [The Big Band Sound Of Johnny Dankworth] FLAC 12(46.53)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
Some fine sounds here from the Dankworth band of 1959-1961 which was a very productive period for him.
'African Waltz' (you must remember that one) was a big commercial success and the Bands contained many stars - Danny Moss, Dave Lee, Kenny Wheeler, Peter King, Art Ellefson, Ronnie Ross to mention just a few.
These Roulette recordings have been re-issued many times in various formats and combinations but this compilation features the very best of the period from this excellent Big Band.

John Dankworth - conductor, alto
Derrick Abbott - trumpet
Stan Palmer - trumpet
Colin Wright - trumpet
Bob Carson - trumpet
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Gus Galbraith - trumpet
Ron Simmons - trumpet
Leon Calvert - trumpet
Tony Russell - trombone
Danny Elwood - trombone
Gary Brown - trombone
Eddie Harvey - trombone
Ian McDougall - trombone
Ray Premru - trombone
Laurie monk - trombone
Ron Snyder - tuba
Pete King - alto
Frank Reidy - alto, bass clarinet
Danny Moss - tenor
Vic Ash - tenor, clarinet
Art Ellefson - tenor, bass clarinet
Alex Leslie - baritone
George Tyndale - baritone
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Johnny Scott - piccolo, flute
Dave Lee - piano
Dudley Moore - piano
Alan Branscombe - piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Spike Heatley - bass
Kenny Napper - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
Ronnie Stephenson - drums

01 African Waltz (MacDermot) (2:22)
02 Specs Yellow (Dankworth) (5:27)
03 New Forest (Lindup) (4:10)
04 String of Camels (MacDermot) (2:30)
05 Curtain Up (Dankworth) (7:58)
06 Moanin' (Timmons) (3:11)
07 S O Blues (Lindup) (3:13)
08 Desperate Dan (Dankworth) (3:49)
09 Dauphine Blues (Dankworth, Lindup) (3:17)
10 Winter Wail (Dankworth) (3:11)
11 Chano (Lindup) (2:17)
12 Sack O' Woe (Adderley) (5:28)

Label: Roulette 2934 021
Recorded:
May 12 13 19 1959 (02 03 08 09)
July 01-05 1960 (06)
1960  (01)
1961 (04 05 07 10-12)
Lineage: LP>FLAC
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10 comments:

  1. danair1 June 2013 at 11:21

    Thank you always liked his big band recordings so really looking forward to hearing this .

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  2. oscarjaffe1 June 2013 at 13:41

    :-)!!!!!

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  3. Wallofsound1 June 2013 at 20:27

    Ta

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  4. jazzandylan2 June 2013 at 01:35

    Many thanks to Azule Serape for this one which contains "String Of Camels" and "Chano", not available on any other issue in the UK as far as I know. With "Jazz Routes" posted recently we now have all the Roulette tracks except "Daily Date" which was only issued in the USA on the Johnny Dankworth album "Jazz From Abroad" and reissued on vinyl there as part of a double album "Echoes Of An Era". The other record in the set was "Billy Strayhorn Live!".

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  5. Greg Pickersgill2 June 2013 at 11:37

    Good stuff. I had far too much exposure to 'African Waltz' as a child, so I think I'll be skipping over that for most plays (except for those deep dark moments of wallowing in sentiment), but the rest is excellent. To tell the truth I disliked the Dankworth bands for much of my adult life on the basis of that annoying tune, but I have been repeatedly proved wrong by these excellent BritJazz posts.

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  6. Anonymous3 June 2013 at 15:21

    Thanks azule!

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  7. Baron3 June 2013 at 18:09

    Thank you Azule

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  8. Newlyner5 June 2013 at 15:46

    Many thanks for this excellent posting :)

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  9. agmosk12 June 2013 at 04:00

    Thank you!Excellant!

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