0422 Ronnie Ross [Dolphin Square] FLAC 6(29.35)

Contributed by Roger Hunter

August 30 2014: Please note, this item was available on the Ronnie Ross Music blog as Messages From Munich. This post has a different title and covers.

Olaf Kubler - soprano, tenor, flute
Don Menza - alto, tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Bill Le Sage - piano, harpsichord
George Mraz - bass
Pierre Favre - drums

01 Neon City (3:19)
02 Dolphin Square (Ross) (4:13)
03 After Hours (Ross) (5:12)
04 Tabasco (5:21)
05 Gotham City Blues (6:51)
06 Heathrow Blues (4:15)

Recorded: November 15 16 1967 Munich Germany
Lineage: Uncertain - passes Audiochecker as CDDA 99.83%
I believe this material was issued on the Hot House label as "Messages From Munich", maybe about 1996/7. I contacted the owner after it was no longer available and I think the label was defunct but was unable to obtain a copy. Most of the material was issued on other albums (on the Inmus label) but not as far as I know the tracks here.

0421 Vic Lewis [Jam Sessions Volume 4 1942-1943] FLAC 10(45.34)

Contributed by Gonzo
Don McCaffer - trombone
Buddy Featherstonhaugh - tenor, clarinet
Harry Rayner - piano
Vic Lewis - guitar, vocal
Frank Clark - bass
Jack Parnell - drums

01 Soft Winds (Goodman) (3:45)
02 What's New (Haggart) (4:49)
03 Blues (5:23)
04 I've Found A New Baby (Palmer, Williams) (4:53)
05 Washboard Blues (Callahan, Carmichael, Mills) (4:22)
06 Woo-Woo (4:28)
07 Stardust (Carmichael) (3:59)
08 Cotton Tail (Ellington) (4:02)
09 Body And Soul (Heyman, Eyton, Green, Sour) (4:53)
10 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard) (4:59)

Label: Harlequin HQ3011
Recorded: December 1942-June 1943
Lineage: 78s>FLAC
Processing: Playback Ariston Transcription table, SME Arm with Shure V15 cartridge
Audio processed through NAD moving magnet phono adaptor and digitised with an Edirol R09-HR recorder.
Editing: Sound Forge to remove sub-audio rumble etc, manual de-clicking and re-leveling.
Adobe Audition to take noise print and remove surface noise in two passes.
Sound Forge to handle the lead in / lead out and inter-track fades plus remove the worst of the
extended 78 RPM originated clicks...
 (Analogue filters used before the days of digital editing remove the high amplitude content but leave behind a series of extended "rings" which are far more noticable to the ear)
These clicks have needed a lot of time to remove, hence I have only removed the real offensive ones
leaving quite a few smaller ones as they are, I would like you to enjoy this music, but close your eyes and imagine you are listening to some 78 RPM recordings with all their problems.
Gonzo

0420 Tommy Whittle [Bill's Jazz Legacy Volume Three] FLAC 7(1.05.33)

Contributed by gonzo, from a tape recorded by the late Bill Hugkulstone at The Hopbine Club East Lane Wembley London

Kenny Baker - trumpet (03-07)
Tommy Whittle - tenor (out 04)
Harry Smith - piano
Len Skeat - bass
Unknown - drums

01 I'll Remember April (DePaul, Johnston, Raye) (12:22)
02 I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You (Crosby) (7:48)
03 Summertime (Gershwin) (10:47)
04 Sunday (Styne, Cohn, Miller, Krueger) (7:04)
05 Embraceable You (Gershwin) (9:20)
06 I've Found A New Baby (Palmer, Williams) (7:22)
07 How High The Moon (Hamilton, Lewis) (inc) (10:50)

Label: private recording
Recorded: Unknown
Lineage: Tape>FLAC

0419 Don Rendell [Doggin' Around All the Winners] FLAC 4(16.39)

Contributed by Rodney, who writes:-
All the issued material from a 1957 session, the last track as part of an LP only.
Tuneful and boisterous music which reminds me somewhat of the west coast sound, the same kind of impetus.
Quite good sound quality even if I can't remember where it all came from now.
I could not quite make out exactly where Eddie Harvey plays the piano and valve trombone but it seems he was dodging from one to the other with some rapidity at times.
Fortunately, Ronnie Ross spends most of his time on baritone and while his alto outing is energetic and assertive, it was the larger instrument on which he excelled.

Bert Courtley - trumpet
Eddie Harvey - valve trombone, piano
Ronnie Ross - alto (02), baritone
Don Rendell - tenor
Kenny Napper - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 Rambo (Basie, Johnson) (6:18)
02 Doggin' Around (Evans, Battle) (3:41)
03 Salamander Stroll (Rendell) (3:27)
04 Rush Job (Harvey) (3:13)

Label: Nixa NJE1044 NJT509
Recorded: September 24 1957
Lineage: Uncertain

0418 Harry South [North Of The Soho Border] FLAC 23(55.58)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Almost an hour of Harry South's Big Band in a BBC Jazz Club broadcast from 8 November 1965.  Some big names here, including Tubby Hayes and a few vocals from Georgie Fame. What a pity that there were so few commercial recordings of this band although the personnel fluctuated over it's life depending upon availability of the musicians.
This was ripped from a cassette given to me by a musician friend. There is some sound disturbance for the first minute or so. Otherwise the home taping sound is reasonable for the period. Not sure what the original sound format was (my CDR shows up as CDDA) but it appears here as FLAC with a 'cover picture' and full details.

Harry South - leader
Greg Bowen - trumpet
Les Condon - trumpet
Bert Ezzard - trumpet
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Ian Carr - trumpet, flugelhorn
Keith Christie - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Johnny Marshall - trombone
Ken Wray - valve trombone
Alan Branscombe - alto, flute
Roy Willox - alto, flute
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Tubby Hayes - tenor, flute
Joe Temperley - baritone
Gordon Back - piano
Phil Bates - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
Georgie Fame - vocals (15, 17, 19)
Humphrey Lyttelton - announcer

01 There And Back (South) (incomplete) (2:56)
02 Announcement (0:53)
03 Save Your Love For Me (Pettiford) (3:23)
04 Announcement (1:15)
05 Costa Fortuna (South) (2:55)
06 Announcement (0:50)
07 Afterthought (South) (2:49)
08 Announcement (0:52)
09 Six To One Bar (South) (6:03)
10 Announcement (0:34)
11 Lush Life (Strayhorn) (3:37)
12 Announcement (0:19)
13 North Of The Soho Border (South) (5:12)
14 Announcement (0:41)
15 Down For The Count (Foster, Hendricks) (2:58)
16 Announcement (0:48)
17 Lil' Darlin' (Hefti, Hendricks) (5:26)
18 Announcement (1:00)
19 Little Pony (Hefti, Hendricks) (2:40)
20 Announcement (1:20)
21 Raga (South) (4:09)
22 Announcement (0:26)
23 Last Orders (South) (incomplete) (4:54)

Label: BBC Jazz Club - radio broadcast
Recorded: November 08 1965
Lineage: AM>Tape>CDR>FLAC

0417 Ben Webster [Big Ben Time!] FLAC 10(40.31)

Contributed by bluebird, who says:-
Wonderful late period Ben with that big breathy trademark sound.

Ben Webster - tenor
Dick Katz - piano (01 03-05 07 08 10)
Alan Haven - organ (02 06 09)
Spike Heatley - bass
Tony Crombie - drums

01 How Deep Is The Ocean? (Berlin) (4:13)
02 My One And Only Love (Wood, Mellin) (4:41)
03 Honeysuckle Rose (Razaf, Waller) (3:30)
04 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Moll, Barris, Koehler) (4:58)
05 Exactly Like You (McHugh) (3:43)
06 Where Or When (Rodgers) (3:46)
07 Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' (Strayhorn, Ellington, Gaines) (4:01)
08 Solitude (Ellington, DeLange, Mills) (4:04)
09 You Forgot To Remember (Berlin) (4:16)
10 The Jeep Is Jumpin' (Strayhorn, Ellington, Hodges) (3:18)

Label: Philips CD - 814 410-2
Recorded: January 1967

0416 Dave Hancock [Watership Down Suite] FLAC 6(32.56)

Contributed by Rodney, who writes:-
Sound quality is quite good. The leader and composer favours the flugelhorn. Ronnie Ross solos primarily on the first number with his trademark energy.
Covers by the late Jazzman.

Dave Hancock - trumpet, flugelhorn
Chris Pyne - trombone
Andy McIntosh - alto
Ronnie Ross - baritone
John Horler - piano
Chris Laurence - bass
Allan Ganley - drums

Watership Down Suite
01 Fields Of Efrafa (Hancock) (6:23)
02 General Woundwort (Hancock) (5:39)
03 El-Ahrairah (Hancock) (4:56)
04 Hrududu (Hancock) (5:22)
05 Fu-Inle (Hancock) (4:34)
06 Hazel-Rah (Hancock) (6:02)

Label: BBC radio broadcast Sounds of Jazz
Broadcast: June 05 1983
Lineage: FM>Nakamichi CR5 Metal cassette>FLAC Frontend

0415 William Russo [Stonehenge And Five Pieces For Jazz Orchestra] FLAC 9(35.22)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Who was it who said ' a game of two halves' in the football context?
Well, this is a record of two halves in the musical context.  The first side being devoted to the four part 'Stonehenge' which could well have been written for, and played by, Stan Kenton.  It is full of fire, shouting brass, brooding ensembles and not a little pretension. The scores must have been difficult to play but the musicians are well up to the job particularly in the lip busting, high note trumpet section work.
The second side is more in the jazz style with some attractive themes well played and with some interesting solos.  The musicians are drawn from the ranks of top British session players with some big names from the jazz world added.
Russo was, of course, one of the more interesting writers/arrangers for Kenton whose various bands in the 1950s/1960s enjoyed playing Bill's challenging music.  Russo outgrew the jazz world and moved on to teaching and writing in the academic world, becoming William in the process. His short stay in London after he left Kenton produced some fine music of which this is one example.
FLAC from lp with cover scans.

Some alternative covers are displayed above but are not in the download - the lower ones. These were supplied later by jazzandylan.

(01-04)
William Russo - conductor
Leon Calvert - leader, trumpet
Richard Peaslee - assistant conductor
Don Blakeson - trumpet
Ron Simmonds - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Maurice Pratt - trombone
Ric Kennedy - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Jack Thirwell - bass trombone
Al Newman - alto
Johnny Scott - alto, flute
Eddie Mordeu - tenor
Vic Ash - tenor, clarinet
Alex Leslie - baritone
Ray Dempsey - guitar
Arthur Watts - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums
John Shineborne - cello
Freddy Alexander - cello
William DeMont - cello
Vivain Joseph - cello
(05-09)
William Russo - conductor
Leon Calvert - leader, trumpet
Patrick gowers - assistant conductor
Don Blakeson - trumpet
Butch Hudson - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Maurice Pratt - trombone
Ric Kennedy - trombone
Tony Russell - trombone
Bill Geldard - trombone
Jack Thirwell - bass trombone
Al Newman - alto
Johnny Scott - alto, flute
Eddie Mordeu - tenor
Vic Ash - tenor, clarinet
Alex Leslie - baritone
Judd Proctor - guitar
Arthur Watts - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums, percussion
John Shineborne - cello
Francis Gabarro - cello
William DeMont - cello
Paul Marianari - cello

01 Trilothons (Peaslee) (5:32)
02 Sunrise (Peaslee) (2:56)
03 Rituals (Peaslee) (4:19)
04 Immolation (Peaslee) (4:17)
05 Fugue For Jazz Orchestra (Russo) (2:32)
06 Gentle Autumn (Russell) (5:02)
07 Broadway (Russo) (3:41)
08 Black Pedro (Peaslee) (4:10)
09 Love's Labour (Russell) (2:53)

Label: Columbia 33SX 1758
Recorded: August 15 1964 (01-04) October 09 1964 (05-09)
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0414 Various Artists [Bill's Jazz Legacy Volume Two] FLAC 4(34.18)

Contributed by gonzo, from a tape recorded by the late Bill Hugkulstone at The Hopbine Club East Lane Wembley London. Covers by jazzandylan.

(01)
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Brian Lemon - piano
Len Skeat - bass
Bobby Orr - drums
(02)
Harry Smith - piano
Len Skeat - bass
Unknown - drums
(03)
Tony Fisher - trumpet
Roy Willox - alto
Harry Smith - piano
Len Skeat - bass
Unknown - drums
(04)
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Kenny Powell - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums (possibly Dick Brennan - thanks, ritzbird)

01 Darn That Dream (Van Heusen) (9:31)
02 Sonnymoon For Two (Rollins) (5:29)
03 Stompin' At The Savoy (Goodman, Razaf, Sampson, Webb) (9:37)
04 The Way You  Look Tonight (Kern) (9:40)

Label: private recording
Recorded: June 1971
Lineage: Recording equipment (Unspecified)
Digitising: Playback 7.5 IPS Stereo tape Tanberg 3000X - Edirol R09HR analogue - digital recorder 16bit at 44.1 Kbps
Wave File editing: Sound Forge - Adobe Audition
FLAC encoding FLAC Frontend Vers 1.7.1 Level 6 (speek@myrealbox.com)

0413 John Lewis [European Windows] FLAC 6(43.20)

August 09 2014: Above is an improved front cover, noticeably better than the one in the download. Copy from here if you wish. Thanks to jazzandylan for this version.

John Lewis - conductor, piano
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Gerry Weinkopf - flute
Percy Heath - bass
Connie Kay - drums
Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra

01 Midsömmer (Lewis) (9:46)
02 The Queen's Fancy (Lewis) (4:20)
03 Cortege (Lewis) (8:09)
04 Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West (Lewis) (6:29)
05 England's Carol (7:03)
06 Three Windows (Lewis) (7:05)

Label: RCA Victor LPM1742, PM42476, APM1-1069
Recorded: February 20 21 1958 Stuttgart, Germany
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0412 Betty Smith [With You In Mind] FLAC 9(48.04)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Betty Smith sings (all tracks except 03) and plays tenor sax (all tracks except 02, 05 and 07) with the Tony Lee Trio in 1978.
Tony plays mainly electric piano here (all tracks except 01 and 09) which is not to everyone's taste but he is one of the better players on this instrument and it is a fine swinging little group enhanced by Betty's vocals.

Tony Lee - piano, electric piano
Tony Archer - bass
Jack Parnell - drums
Betty Smith - vocal

01 Sunday (Conn, Miller, Kreuger, Styne) (5:02)
02 You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye, De Paul) (5:07)
03 Double Shuffle (3:47)
04 Once In A While (Green, Edwards) (5:37)
05 I Thought Of You Last Night (Freed) (3:37)
06 Haunted Ballroom (Feldman, Adamo) (4:12)
07 Sunday Kind Of Love (Belle, Prima, Leonard, Rhodes) (6:34)
08  I Found A New Baby (Palmer, Williams) (6:26)
09 Mad About Him Blues (Charles, Markes) (7:42)

Label: Jingles Records LYN 5869/5870
Recorded: August 1978
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0411 Dick Morrissey Peter King Martin Taylor Tony Lee [Live At The Bull] FLAC 5(50.29)

Contributed by jazzandylan

(01)
Peter King - alto
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Tony Lee - piano
Ian Scott-Taylor - bass
Terry Jenkins - drums
(02)
Peter King - alto
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Tony Lee - piano
Ian Scott-Taylor - bass
Tony Crombie - drums
(03)
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Martin Taylor - guitar
(04)
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Tony Lee - piano
Martin Taylor - guitar
Ian Scott-Taylor - bass
Terry Jenkins - drums
(05)
Peter King - alto
Martin Taylor - guitar

01 Bird Feathers (Parker) (12:38)
02 They Can't Take That Away From Me (Gershwin) (14:17)
03 Body And Soul (Green, Heyman) (8:53)
04 Billie's Bounce (Parker) (10:25)
05 You've Changed (Fischer) (4:17)

Label: Bull's Head Music BHM001
Recorded: 1987
Lineage: LP>Adobe Audition>FLAC Frontend Level 6

0410 Stan Tracey [The 7 Ages Of Man] FLAC 8(36.30)

Contributed by jazzandylan

Stan Tracey - leader, piano
Derek Watkins - trumpet
Tony Fisher - trumpet
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Greg Bowen - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Chris Pyne - trombone
Mike Gibbs - trombone
Peter King - alto
Dennis Walton - alto
Tony Coe - tenor, clarinet
Alan Skidmore - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Frank Ricotti - clarinet, vibes
Dave Green - bass
Bryan Spring - drums

01 All The World's A Stage (Tracey) (5:03)
02 Overture And Beginners (Tracey) (4:12)
03 Matinee Days (Tracey) (4:33)
04 Enter Romeo (Tracey) (4:16)
05 Principal Centre Stage (Tracey) (3:47)
06 Wisdom In The Wings (Tracey) (3:50)
07 Panto' Panta' (Tracey) (3:56)
08 Kindly Leave The Stage (Tracey) (6:52)

Label: EMI/Columbia SCX 6413
Recorded: October 08 1969
Lineage: LP>FLAC

August 20 2014: The link now in the comments is for a genuine LP rip completed today.