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Sunday, September 29, 2013

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

Sunday, September 22, 2013

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

Sunday, September 15, 2013

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

Sunday, September 08, 2013

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

Sunday, September 01, 2013

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