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
Thank you. I think quite a few people have become Shake Keane "completists".
ReplyDeleteThe addition of the elusive Frank Horrox makes this an interesting post. Thanks bluebird and Rodney
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Thank you, all concerned!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for another great Shake Keane collection, bluebird (and Rodney).
ReplyDeleteThanks to all concerned. I just knew two tracks that had appeared on a Caribbean Connection LP in the 80s.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting reflection on the what was going on in London at the time, not only in music but in politics among intellectuals from the Commonwealth. India had recently gotten its independence. Ghana would follow soon. Artists and intellectuals from all corners of the old Empire met in London, exchanged ideas and build new nations. Keane himself will be Minister of Culture, briefly, in St Vincent.
The music is interesting as it is "World Music" long before the concept was invented. It mixes West Indian calypso with Ghanean highlife ... in UK. .
Not jazz for sure but check the credits, not only Phil Seamen but also Humphrey, Denny Wright, the ever excellent Johnny Scott, Coleridge Goode ... it's says a lot about the cultural melting pot in the making.
ReplyDeleteLiking this! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteExcellent. A much under-rated part of UK music history.
ReplyDeleteThanks, bluebird and Rodney! very nice!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how I missed this !!
ReplyDeleteBoogieman said it all ......Thanks.
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