0355 Richard Rodney Bennett [Jazz Calendar] FLAC 7(29.14)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Here's  'Jazz Calendar' which occupies one side of a Richard Rodney Bennett lp. The other side is a Classical Piano Concerto by him with no jazz interest.
This is pretty obscure and should really be better known. It has never seen cd issue but I think it's a little gem with great writing and short solos from all. This was later performed as a ballet.
Can you imagine these guys at Covent Garden with Nureyev dancing around?
The lp sound is exceptional - did classical music get a better deal when it was recorded?  The bass almost jumps out and hits you here and Duncan Lamont, on alto for a change, puts in some outstanding work.
FLAC from lp with cover scans - there are two versions of the cover. The original and my own doctored version which has removed any reference to the Classical side.
Hope you enjoy it - I've chased a copy for years and finally got this a couple of weeks ago.

The London Jazz Ensemble:
Richard Rodney Bennett - leader, arranger
John Lanchberry - conductor
Leon Calvert - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Unknown - french horn
Alfie Reece (?) - tuba
Duncan Lamont - alto
Tony Coe - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Tony Roberts - flute
Pat Smythe - piano
Daryl Runswick - bass
Kenny Clare - drums

Jazz Calendar Suite:
01 Monday’s Child... (Is Fair Of Face) (Bennett) (3:58)
02 Tuesday’s Child... (Is Full Of Grace) (Bennett) (3:55)
O3 Wednesday’s Child... (Is Full Of Woe) (Bennett) (4:33)
04 Thursday’s Child... (Has Far To Go) (Bennett) (3:53)
05 Friday’s Child... (Is Loving And Giving) (Bennett) (5:16
06 Saturday’s Child... (Works Hard For It’s Living) (Bennett) (4:01)
07 And The Child That Is Born On The Sabbath Day... (Is Fair And Wise And Good And Gay) (Bennett) (3:37)

Label: Philips 6500301
Recorded: c. 1971
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0354 Frank Evans [For Little Girls] FLAC 10 (37.44)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
Here's a scarce one. Very limited distribution on Frank's own label and never re-issued.
A lovely solo guitar album by an artist who should have been given more recording opportunities. There are only a handful of jazz albums by him and this is one of the few. BJ will bring you more at a later date.
Great album title (neatly linked to the tune titles too) and great cover picture. 
I remember being in a school picture like this (no, I didn't go to a girls' school) and the camera involved moved slowly horizontally (no wide angle lenses then) to capture the whole school lined up in a similar fashion. It was said that one boy appeared twice on the same picture one year - at each end - running from one end behind the back row to get the other end. The picture was never produced for inspection, although many claimed to have seen it.
I have this music both on lp and on a commercial tape cassette. This is taken from the cassette with scans from the lp. It was easier that way but there may be a little background tape hiss as a result.

Frank Evans - guitar

01 My Funny Valentine (Rodgers, Hart) (3:27)
02 I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (Lerner, Loewe) (2:42)
03 Sweet Lorraine (Burwell, Parrish) (4:05)
04 Little Girl Blue (Rodgers, Hart) (2:35)
05 Laura (Roskin, Mercer) (5:13)
06 Sophisticated Lady (Ellington, Parrish, Mills) (2:52)
07 Pavane Pour Une Enfante Defunt (Ravel) (4:55)
08 Waltz For Debby (Evans) (4:06)
09 Lil’ Darlin' (Hefti) (4:35)
10 Mary (3:14)

Label: Blue Bag BB 104
Recorded: Unknown
Lineage: Commercially produced cassette tape>FLAC

0353 George Chisholm [& The Magnificent 7] FLAC 11(36.02)

Contributed by jazzandylan

(01-05 07-10)
Eddie Blair - trumpet
George Chisholm - trombone
Roy Willox - alto, flute
Keith Bird - tenor, clarinet, bass clarinet
Tony Coe - tenor, baritone
Max Harris - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Bobby Orr - drums
(06 11)
Stan Roderick - trumpet
George Chisholm - trombone
Roy Willox - alto
Al Newman - tenor, flute
Frank Clark - bass
Kenny Clare - drums

01 It's The Talk Of The Town (Levinson, Symes, Neiburg) (4:26)
02 Point Left Right (Chisholm) (4:25)
03 It's The Bluest Kind Of Blues (Reinhardt, Larnes, Williams) (3:13)
04 Avroma (Harris) (3:20)
05 Dear Old Southland (Layton) (2:18)
06 A Ghost Of A Chance With You (Young, Crosby, Washington) (3:55)
07 Seven Up (Harris) (2:36)
08 Three Four Aft (Harris) (2:30)
09 Tic Tac (Harris) (3:00)
10 The Midnight Sun Will Never Set (Jones, Salvador) (3:16)
11 You Turned The Tables On Me (Alter, Mitchell) (3:02)

Label: Columbia SX 6195 (mono) Lansdowne Series
Recorded: late 1967
Lineage: LP>FLAC Frontend

0352 Various Artists [Traditional Jazz Scene 1955] FLAC 9(41.53)

Note February 16 2014 The above image kindly supplied by Roger Clark, a member of BritJazz 2. Not included in the download but you can click on this image to get a full size copy (3600X3600). Thanks to Roger for this.

Note February 16 2014: And here we have yet another image for this post, this time thanks to the diligence of jazzandylan. LP cover.

Contributed by Brian

(01 02)
The Merseyssippi Jazz Band
Pete Daniels - trumpet
John Lawrence - cornet
Don Lydiatt - trombone
Frank Robinson - piano
Ken Baldwin - banjo
Dick Goodwin - bass
Trevor Carlisle - drums
Beryl Bryden - vocal (02)
(03-05)
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Pat Halcox - trumpet
Chris Barber - trombone
Monty Sunshine - clarinet
Lonnie Donegan - banjo
Jim Bray - bass
Ron Bowden - drums
Ottilie Petterson - vocal (04)
(06 07)
Zenith Six
Tony Charlesworth - trumpet
Malcolm Gracie - trombone
John Barnes - clarinet
Derek Gracie - banjo
Dick Lister - bass
Ron Arnold - drums
(08-10)
Alex Welsh Dixielanders
Alex Welsh - trumpet
Roy Crimmins - trombone
Ian Christie - clarinet
Fred Hunt - piano
Neville Skrimshire - guitar
Frank Thompson - bass
Lennie Hastings - drums
George Melly - vocal ((09)

01 Creole Belles (Lampe) (3:38)
02 Young Woman's Blues (Smith) (2:58)
03 I Never Knew What A Girl Could Do (Schoebel) (4:41)
04 St Louis Blues (Handy) (4:44)
05 The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (Seitz, Lockhart) (4:33)
06 Riverside Blues (Dorsey, Jones) (4:25)
07 Steamboat Stomp (Morton) (3:13)
08 Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) (4:37)
09 Black Mountain Blues (Cole) (4:41)
10 Mississippi Mud (Barris, Cavanaugh) (4:23)

Label: Jugoton LP-DC-V-159 (ARL 2533-34); Decca LK 4100; London Records LL1242
Recorded: January 09 1955  The Royal Festival Hall, London, under the auspices of The National Jazz Federation.

0351 Lennie Best [The Lennie Best Quartet] FLAC 7(29.39)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
The first track is poor but is claimed to have been restored by a sound studio. At the time it seemed to be the only recorded evidence of his playing but the later tracks here were subsequently discovered.  These other tracks are of reasonable quality.
Lennie was very active in music but never recorded commercially and his career is best summed up by the following published obituary.

LENNIE BEST (1927-2002) – OBITUARY BY COLIN BARNES,
JAZZ JOURNAL, AUGUST 2002
The name of Lennie Best, British modern jazz vibes player, is inexplicably absent from the major biographical books.  The Grove Dictionary of Jazz, The Essential Companion, The Rough Guide,, John Chilton's Who's Who, The Biographical Dictionary and Leonard Feather's famous trilogy all fail to give even a cursory mention.
Nevertheless, he was a significant figure in British modern jazz although obviously not famous in the way that Tubby Hayes et al were.  There are not many vibes players, after all.
Lennie Best died in May 2002 aged 75.  He was an important figure in the British modern scene of the 1950s and 1960s and remained playing right up to his death.  His last gig was at the Gun Tavern in Croydon along with Alan Berry (p), Tony Archer (b), and Trevor Tomkins (d) just before Christmas 2001.
During his long career he was a regular at the Marquee Club in its Oxford Street guise, the Flamingo, The Bulls Head at Barnes and played a particularly memorable fortnight opposite Dexter Gordon at Ronnie Scott's club.  His quartet played many BBC broadcasts and had the privilege of accompanying 'greats' like Dick Morrisey and Don Rendell on many gigs.  American stars such as Bill Coleman, Jon Eardley and Kai Winding worked with his quartet at various times.  Musicians of the calibre of Brian Dee, Stan Jones, Tony Lee and Dave Holland were also members of his quartet over the years.
Milt Jackson was Lennie's idol and he had a complete knowledge of the Bebop classic 'songbook' and blues cannon.  He possessed a great sound on the instrument, always 'burning', and played prettily on ballads.  What more would you need?
Forceful, charismatic and witty, Lennie was proud of his chosen music and contemptuous of those people who could not or would not understand modern jazz—the 'cloth-eared ones' as he called them.
Lennie is survived by his wife Joan, son Tim (both fine pianists) and his daughters Jane and Sally. 

Music from CDR originally provided by an anonymous donor and with 'cover' also as provided.

(01)
Lennie Best - vibes
Stan Jones - piano
Tron Svenevig - bass
Ted Potter - drums
(02-07)
Lennie Best - vibes
Alan Berry - piano
Ron Rubin - bass
Colin Barnes - drums
Norma Winstone - vocal (02 04)

Introductions by Humphrey Lyttelton and Ian Carr

01 St Vitus Dance (Silver) (4:05)
02 What's My Name (Saxon) (3:22)
03 Love For Sale (Porter) (4:04)
04 In The Still Of The Night (Porter) (3:57)
05 Innefable (Heath) (5:06)
06 Clay's Blues (Jackson) (4:12)
07 Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) (4:53)

Recorded BBC Paris Cinema 1962 (01) December 27 1967 (02-07)
Lineage: CDR>FLAC

0350 Lennie Best [Jazz At The Park] FLAC 7(29.59)

Contributed by grumpy

Kathy Stobart - soprano, tenor
Lennie Best - vibes
Alan Berry - piano
Tony Archer -  bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
Ruth Allan - vocal (03 05)

01 Groove Yard and Introduction (2:16)
02 Speak Low (Weill) (4:52)
03 This Can't Be Love (Rodgers, Hart) (3:28)
04 Round Midnight (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) (6:04)
05 Lush Life (Strayhorn) (4:27)
06 Daahoud (Brown) (4:07)
07 2º East 3º West (Lewis) (4:44)

Recorded: 1984 at the Bracknell Jazz Festival South Hill Park Bracknell Director/producer John Cox
Lineage: TV broadcast>tape>FLAC

0349 Irene Reid [The Lady From Savannah] FLAC 9(36.54)

Contributed by rebf942

Irene Reid - vocal
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Mike Carr - organ
Jim Mullen - guitar
Mike Taylor - drums

01 I'm Walkin' (Bartholomew, Domino) (3:09)
02 S'posin' (Razaf, Denniker) (2:45)
03 Don't Get Around Much Any More (Russell, Ellington) (3:25)
04 Easy Living (Robin, Rainger) (2:16)
05 Over The Rainbow (Harburg, Arlen) (4:10)
06 Fever (Cooley, Blackwell) (3:55)
07 Medley - I Get A Kick Out Of You (Porter)-That Old Black Magic (Arlen, Mercer)-Yes Sir, That's My Baby (Kahn, Donaldson) (4:00)
08 Here's That Rainy Day (Van Heusen, Burke) (3:25)
09 Irene's Blues Medley - Blowtop Blues (Feather)-That's The Way It Is (Alexander)-Million Dollar Secret-Alright, Okay, You Win (Watts, Wyche) (9:47)

Label: Birdland MC5 89
Recorded: April 19 1989 London

0348 Phil Seamen [Phil Seamen Story] FLAC 5(52.38)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Side 1 consists of Phil talking about his early days in music, the bands he played in and the musicians he played with. Now and again he beats the skins for some light relief. His stories are hilarious, not for the prudish though.
Side 2 consists of Phil in a couple of different small groups but the first track with Jimmy Witherspoon and the Dick Morrissey Quartet from the Bull's Head has been issued before.  The other tracks have a group which includes Tony Coe, a musician with a slippery, wavery sound I just don't like. His clarinet playing is just dreadful on the one track where it is played too.
Enjoy Phil though.  Further sessions with Phil had been planned to complete his story and the next one was to have been on 15 October 1972.
For some reason, this did not take place and sadly, Phil died on 21 October 1972 with the rest of his story untold.

(01)
Phil Seamen  - drums, narrative
(02)
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Harry South - piano
Phil Bates - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Jimmy Witherspoon - vocal
(03-05)
Tony Coe - tenor (04 05), clarinet (03)
Brian Lemon - piano
Kenny Baldock - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Phil Talks And Plays (25:27)
02 I Gotta Girl (Davis) (5:39)
03 Perdido (Tizol, Lenk, Drake) (6:17)
04 Blue 'N' Boogie (Gillespie, Paparelli) (7:12)
05 Chinatown (Schwartz, Jerome) (8:03)

Label: Decibel Records BSN 103
Recorded: Bulls' Head Barnes London 1966 (02) Hope & Anchor Islington London 1972 (03-05)
Lineage: LP>FLAC