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