0375 David Mack [New Directions-Essays For Jazz Band] FLAC (31.11)

David Mack - composer, director
Shake Keane - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ralph Bruce - soprano
Al Baum - alto
Jim Easton - tenor, clarinet
Eric Allen - xylophone, glockenspiel
Don Lowes - piano
Coleridge Goode - bass
Joe Gibbons - drums

01 Johnnie's Door (Mack) (3:46)  
02 Altona (Mack) (3:06)     
03 Chiquita Moderne (Mack) (4:03)
04 Cameo (Mack) (3:40)   
05 Clockwork Boogie (Mack) (3:08)     
06 Tonette (Mack) (3:10)     
07 Half-Tone Poem (Mack) (3:22)     
08 Ralph's Mead (Mack) (3:13)     
09 Dreamy Fugue (Mack) (3:43)

Columbia/Lansdowne LP 12": 33SX1670
Recorded London March 20 1964
Contributed by bluebird.
Rip by Newmill Mark, who writes
A rare British jazz album from the adventurous Columbia Lansdowne series.  This seems to be the only project Mack was destined to lead on record, and I think we can safely assume it was because his ideas were a little bit more advanced than was advisable from a commercial point of view because here is one of the very few albums composed strictly in accordance with Schoenberg's twelve-tone system!
Never re-issued, on vinyl let alone CD, anyone who has read Max Harrison's approving essays in both his Jazz Retrospect and Essential Jazz Record books will have wondered what this fascinating album actually sounded like.  I know I did for many years until tracking it down, and it really is an interesting and rewarding listen.  Sometimes the paths jazz didn't follow seem to have held at least as much promise as those it did, and the unfamiliar but committed musicians together with the marvellous Shake Keane and Coleridge Goode from Joe Harriott's legendary quintet deserve our thanks for bringing to such vivid life this forgotten but unique work.
Vinyl rip in FLAC with front cover & part back cover scans.

0374 Randy Colville And The Colville Collective [Hot 'n' Cool] FLAC 14(55.04)

Randy Colville - alto, clarinet
Al Newman - tenor
Ray Wadsworth - trombone
Nick Stevenson - trumpet
Martin Litton - piano
Andre Messedr - bass
Mike Brooks - drums

01 South Rampart Street Parade (Bauduc) (2:48)
02 On The Alamo (Jones, Kahn) (4:49)
03 That Da Da Strain (Dowell, Medina) (3:23)
04 Memories Of You (Blake, Razaf) (4:04)
05 Broadway (McRae, Woode, Bird) (4:20)
06 Jazz Me Blues (Delaney) (4:21)
07 The Late Late Show (Berlin, Alfred) (3:42)
08 There Will Never Be Another You (Warren, Mack Gordon) (3:58)
09 Basin Street Blues (Williams) (3:23)
10 Deed I Do (Rose, Hirsch) (4:14)
11 Royal Garden Blues (Williams, Williams) (4:24)
12 As Long As I Live (Arlen) (4:43)
13 Sonny Boy (Jolson, DeSylva, Brown, Henderson) (3:22)
14 Stealin' Apples (Razaf, Waller) (3:33)

From unidentified cassette
Arranged by Randy Colville except "The Late Late Show" by Pete Strange
Recorded December 30 1991 Westminster School City of Westminster UK. Engineer Dave Bennett
Contributed by rebf942

0373 Joe Harriott [Personal Portrait] FLAC 8(34.16)

(01 03 05)
Kenny Baker - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Premru - bass trumpet, trombone
Mo Miller - french horn
Joe Harriott  - alto
Bob Efford - flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
Stan Tracey - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Bobby Orr - drums
Monty Babson - bongos (01)
(02 04 06 08)
Joe Harriott  - alto
William Bennett - flute
Roger Pugh - harpsichord
Dennis Bowden - bass
Bobby Orr - drums
Jack Rothstein - violin
Anthony Gilbert - violin
Kenneth Essex - viola
Charles tunnell - cello
(07)
Joe Harriott  - alto
Pat Smythe - piano

01 Saga (Mack, Berkwood) (4:09)
02 Portrait Of Jennie (Robinson) (4:33)
03 Now's The Time (Parker) (3:59)
04 Indian Summer (Herbert) (4:06)
05 Darn That Dream (Van Heusen) (5:42)
06 September Song (Weill) (4:23)
07 Abstract Doodle (Harriott, Smythe) (3:31)
08 Mr Blueshead (Mack) (3:54)

EMI Columbia lp SCX 6249
Recorded 1967
Contributed by bluebird, who writes
I must admit that I was quite disappointed with it. Not for Joe's playing, which is up to his always high standards and quite beautiful in places, but for the turgid arrangements by David Mack (anyone ever heard of him?). The use of a harpsichord on some tracks adds to the general soporific atmosphere and the strings do absolutely nothing for the music. The vibes player on 'Darn That Dream' is probably Stan Tracey, the pianist on the small group tracks, but there is no mention of vibes in the sleeve notes. The music does come to life in one or two places so it cannot be completely written off though. Anything with Joe is worth hearing for his playing alone.
All the tracks were recorded in London during 1967 - no other dates are mentioned - four are with strings, three have a smallish group and one has Joe playing a freeform piece just with pianist Pat Smythe.
There are far better examples of Joe Harriott around but this lp has never been re-issued on cd and is quite hard to find these days so it probably has some curiosity value at least.
FLAC with lp cover scans.

April 28 2014 : The diligence of jazzandylan has once more been brought to bear on the front cover. Above is an improved version which you can copy from here if you wish. Thanks to him.

0372 Prince Lasha [Insight] FLAC 6(39.48)

(01 02)
Chris Bateson - trumpet
John Mumford - trombone
Prince Lasha - alto
Stan Tracey - piano
David Snell - harp
Rick Laird - bass
Dave Willis - bass
Joe Oliver - drums
(03 04)
Chris Bateson - trumpet
John Mumford - trombone
Prince Lasha - flute
David Snell - harp
Dave Willis - bass
Jeff Clyne - bass
Joe Oliver - drums
(05 06)
Chris Bateson - trumpet
John Mumford - trombone
Prince Lasha - alto, flute (03 04)
Stan Tracey - piano
David Snell - harp
Dave Willis - bass
Bruce Gale - bass
Joe Oliver - drums

01 Nuttin' Out Jones (Lawsha) (6:16)
02 Out Of Nowhere (Green, Heyman) (7:37)
03 Body And Soul (Green, Eyton) (6:32)
04 Impressions Of Eric Dolphy (Lawsha) (7:05)
05 Everything Happens To Me (Adair, Dennis) (5:24)
06 Just Friends (Klenner) (6:54)

Dusty Groove DG 3023
Recorded January 10 (01 02) 12 (03 04) 13 (05 06) 1966
Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Originally issued on CBS in the UK this is a cd re-issue on the Dusty Groove label.
Prince Lasha, an American alto saxophonist/flautist, was in Europe at the time (1966) and recorded this in London with a number of British jazz players including harpist, David Snell.  Lasha was an associate of Ornette Coleman and there are some similarities in their playing.  He plays a plastic alto here in addition to flute.
The drummer is Joe Oliver and I did wonder whether this was a pseudonym (Phil Seamen perhaps) - or maybe Lasha brought his drummer with him. Any ideas anyone?
An unusual and interesting mix with some fine swinging contributions from David Snell in particular.
Thanks to Pomegranate for this cd rip in FLAC with full booklet scans.

0371 Tommy Whittle Alan Barnes [Straight Eight] FLAC 9(46.25)

Alan Barnes - alto, clarinet
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Mick Pyne - piano
Alec Dankworth - bass
Alan Jackson - drums

01 Straight Eight (Barnes) (5:23)
02 Con Alma (Gillespie) (5:45)
03 Joking (Pyne) (4:28)
04 Peppercorn (Barnes) (5:20)
05 Note 8.7 (Barnes) (5:22)
06 Goodbye (Jenkins) (4:53)
07 That's All (Brandt, Haymes) (4:49)
08 Early (Pyne) (4:59)
09 Stablemates (Golson) (5:26)

Miles Music MM001
Recorded November 20 1985
Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
From an anonymous donor with some light restoration work by bluebird, this 1985 recording pairs the 'Old Master' with the 'Young Turk'.
From CDR with LP cover scans provided by jazzandylan.

April 26 2014: Thanks to John for a correction to personnel here. The "Jack" in Alan Jackson was inadvertently replaced with "Daw". Corrected above but not in the download Text file. 

0370 Nat Gonella [You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby] FLAC 22(1.07.09)

Nat Gonella - trumpet, vocal
(Other personnel could not be established)

01 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (Warren) (3:00)
02 Tiger Rag (Edwards, Costa, Ragas, Shields, LaRocca, Sbarbaro) (2:46)
03 The Japanese Sandman (Egan, Whiting) (3:12)
04 Blue Turning Grey Over You (Razaf, Waller) (3:11)
05 The Toy Trumpet (Scott) (3:08)
06 Shoo-Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy (Wood, Gallop) (3:09)
07 Ma-Ma (3:06)
08 Flat Foot Foogie (Green, Stewart, Slim Gaillard) (3:10)
09 Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn (Hayes, Mills, Washington) (2:43)
10 Wabash Blues (Ringle, Meinken) (3:06)
11 One Meat Ball (Zaret, Singer) (3:18)
12 In The Mood (Miller) (2:42)
13 Thanks For The Boogie Ride (Ram, Mitchell) (2:47)
14 Tuxedo Junction (Feyne, Hawkins, Dash, Johnson) (3:14)
15 When You're Smiling (Goodwin, Shay, Fisher) (2:58)
16 E Flat Blues (3:08)
17 Mahogany Hall Blues Stomp (2:51)
18 Jeepers Creepers (Warren, Mercer) (2:56)
19 I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) (Williams) (3:01)
20 At The Woodchoppers' Ball (Herman) (3:04)
21 Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael, Gorrell) (3:32)
22 Bye Bye Blues (Hamm, Bennett, Lown, Gray) (3:06)

Contributed by Dave_Bruce, who writes:-
First off, the CD is wrongly labelled - the recordings presented are not by The New Georgians but mainly by an earlier and much better group, the Georgians (see below). The Georgians lasted from 1935 until the band got stranded on tour in Holland on the outbreak of war.
Though the group had started off as one of those bands-within-a-band, in this case Lew Stone's justly famous Monseigneur Band, Gonella left Stone in 1935 to lead it as an independent unit. It consisted of Nat Gonella, trumpet, vocals; Pat Smuts, tenor; Harold 'Babe' Hood, piano; Jimmy Messini, guitar, vocals; Charlie Winter, bass; Bob Dryden, drums. The repertoire was always a mix of jazz and variety and the personnel was stable except that substitutes were sometimes used for recordings, of which they made dozens. It seems that band members played a great deal better than they behaved.
Different sources list different personnel but the above list is taken from Ron Brown's imaginatively titled (and seemingly written by committee) biography, "Nat Gonella, A Life in Jazz". For anyone with any interest in the swing music of the period, it's informative, funny and well worth tracking down.
The review below makes fair comment and adds useful detail but it's better by far to have these recordings than nothing by the greatly talented Nat Gonella.

++++
Amazon Review - 3 out of 5 stars
A GOOD COMPILATION, BUT LACKING IN DETAIL, 30 Oct 2007
By Barry McCanna (Normandy, France)
Yet another Pegasus reissue spoilt by inadequate information (and what little has been supplied is inaccurate). Here are 22 tracks labelled as by Nat Gonella & the New Georgians which designation Nat did not adopt until 1940 whereas the bulk of these recordings predate that change, when his group was known as his Georgians.
And two of the tracks (1. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby and 18. Jeepers Creepers) were recorded in New York in January 1939 with John Kirby's Orchestra!
That said, this is a good compilation and worth considering for purchase if the selection appeals but there are other compilations available which to my mind represent better value for money.

0369 John Dankworth [The Dankworth Workshop No 2] FLAC 4(12.38)

Derrick Abbott - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Bill Metcalf - trumpet
George Boocock - trumpet
Dougie Roberts - trumpet
Stan Palmer - trumpet
Colin Wright - trumpet
Dickie Hawdon - trumpet
Maurice Pratt - trombone
Keith Christie - trombone
Eddie Harvey - trombone
Gib Wallace - trombone
Bill Geldard - trombone
Laurie Monk - trombone
Garry Brown - trombone
Harry Buckles - trombone
Danny Elwood - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Ted Barker - trombone
John Dankworth - alto, clarinet, tympani, narration
Lew Smith - alto
Maurice Owen - alto
Geoff Cole - alto
Rex Morris - tenor
Eddie Courtenay - tenor
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Pete Warner - tenor
Danny Moss - tenor
Alex Leslie - baritone
Bill Le Sage - piano
Derek Smith - piano
Dave Lee - piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Jack Seymour - bass
Bill Sutcliffe - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
Kenny Clare - drums

01 Experiments with Mice (Dankworth) (3:20)
02 It's the Talk of the Town (Livingston, Symes, Neiburg) (3:11)
03 Big Jazz Story (Dankworth) (3:14)
04 You Go to My Head (Gillespie, Coots) (2:53)

Parlophone GEP 8697
Recorded November 12 1953 (02), June 01 1954 (04), May 10 1956 (01) and May 15 1957 (03)
Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
Two of the titles on this compilation  can be classed as novelty items - amusing the first time heard but perhaps not for repeated playing.
The two standards feature Dankworth almost exclusively in his 'couth, 'kempt and 'shevelled mode.
FLAC from ep with cover scans.

0368 Victor Feldman [Trio with Tubby Hayes 1965] FLAC 7(22.31)

Tubby Hayes - tenor (01 07), flute (03 05)
Victor Feldman - vibes (03 06), piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Allan Ganley - drums

01 Hello Dolly #1 (Herman) (2:23)
02 Unknown (4:41)
03 The Girl From Ipanema (Jobim, Gimbel, Moraes) (2:36)
04 Azule Serape (Feldman) (3:16)
05 Unknown (3:09)
06 I Thought About You (Van Heusen, Mercer) (4:02)
07 Hello Dolly #2 (Herman) (2:25)

From a session tape provided by Allan Ganley so we can say it is contributed by him. Cover by bluebird.
Broadcast March 15 1965 (possibly)
Recorded February 06 1965 (possibly)

April 08 2014: The Text file in the download shows incorrect instrument information. The above is correct. Thanks to jazzandylan for pointing this out.

0367 Sandra King [Warm And Swinging] FLAC 12(36.49)

Sandra King - vocal
Orchestra conducted by Ken Moule
personnel unkonwn except
Ike Isaacs - guitar

01 In The Arms Of Love (Mancini, Livingston, Evans) (2:44)
02 Too Little Time (Mancini, Rae) (3:51)
03 Mr. Lucky (Mancini, Livingston, Evans) (2:28)
04 Moon River (Mancini, Mercer) (3:14)
05 Mostly For Lovers (Mancini, Webster) (2:43)
06 Charade (Mancini, Mercer) (2:29)
07 How Soon (Mancini, Stillman) (3:22)
08 Dreamsville (Mancini, Livingston, Evans) (3:43)
09 A Slow Hot Wind (Mancini, Gimbel) (3:32)
10 We (Mancini, McKuen) (2:19)
11 Days Of Wine And Roses (Mancini, Mercer) (3:56)
12 Bye Bye (Mancini, Livingston, Evans) (2:38)

Avenue AVE 033
Recorded 1969
Contribued by bluebird, who writes:-
Sandra who? you might ask.
I'd never heard of her either but picked up a cd of her singing just with pianist Pat Smythe and a bass player live in Washington in 1982.
I really bought it for Pat Smythe's contribution but was so impressed by her singing that I explored further. In the cd sleeve note there was a reference to an obscure lp she made in 1969 when just 19. It was her first and made for the budget UK label Avenue.
Sandra was discovered singing in a small Ilford Club by American vocalist Mark Murphy which lead to an engagement at Ronnie Scott's and a BBC Jazz Club broadcast where she was accompanied by the Pat Smythe Trio. Tony Bennett was an admirer as was Richard Rodney Bennett, with whom she was to record later in her career.
This is that obscure first lp and it is one which you could easily pass up in the charity shop boxes. All the songs are by Henry Mancini and Ken Moule did the arrangements. Apart from Ike Isaacs on guitar, the other musicians are not identified but she is backed by a small jazzy group  and with strings and a larger Orchestra on a couple of tracks.
A fine debut album by this very assured 19 year old singer. She is the stunning redhead pictured on the sleeve.
Stand out tracks for me are 'Dreamsville' and 'Slow Hot Wind' but Mancini never wrote a bad song. I bet you never thought that the words Slow, Hot and Wind could be made to sound sexy but just listen to Sandra's version here.
So what happened to Miss King?
It seems that she worked mainly in radio and on the Continent and didn't record commercially again until the 1982 Washington concert mentioned above. There were a couple of tracks recorded in 1985, an album with Richard Rodney Bennett in 1986 and one more with him in 1996.  Then silence.
Anyone know anything about her - or has anyone even heard of her?  It is possible that she re-located to the USA as her other albums were recorded there.
FLAC from lp with cover scans.