0449 Jimmy Skidmore [Skid Marks] FLAC 8(40.03)

Willie Garnett - alto, tenor
Jimmy Skidmore - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Alan Branscombe - piano
Peter Chapman - bass
Bill Eyden - drums

01 Skid Row (Skidmore) (5:12)
02 Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Van Heusen) (6:58)
03 This Can't Be Love (Rodgers, Hart) (4:48)
04 Body And Soul (Green, Eyton) (3:40)
05 Good Queen Bess (Hodges) (4:24)
06 Beneath The Sun (Ross) (5:05)
07 I Fall In Love Too Easily (Cahn, Styne) (4:52)
08 Out Of Nowhere (Green, Heyman) (4:08)

Label: Silverline DJSL026
Recorded: 1972 London
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0448 Humphrey Lyttelton [And His Band] FLAC 3(12.39)

Contributed by jazzandylan

Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Eddie Harvey - trombone, piano
Tony Coe - tenor, clarinet
Joe Temperley - baritone
Lennie Bush - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums

01 Shiny Stockings (Foster) (5:13)
02 Lullaby Of The Leaves (Petkere, Young) (3:14)
03 Swingin' At The Copper Rail (Clayton) (4:12)

Label: ARC 78
Recorded: January 12 1965
Lineage: EP>Adobe Audition>FLAC Frontend Level 6

0447 Queenie Watts [Portrait Of Queenie] VIDEO (44.00)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
A 44 minute black and white documentary (about 1.4gb) featuring blues singer and East End pub owner Queenie Watts made in 1964. The pub was quite well known in it's day but probably long gone now.
There's some interesting location  footage of the docks area but most of the action takes place within the pub with a local trad band, some other typical pub 'turns' and Queenie herself who sings with the band.
A Stan Tracey group is heard (but not seen) with Queenie singing  and, all in all, it's a fine slice of East End life with a strong jazz flavour.

If you would like to preview the video before downloading, jazzuk has provided this link:-


http://www.veoh.com/watch/v32320734t9d3p9Ec?h1=Portrait+of+Queenie

0446 Hans Koller Jerry Van Rooyen Ronnie Ross [International Jazz Concert CD2] FLAC 15(1.10.36)

Contributed by relyles

Rob Pronk - trumpet
Jerry Van Rooyen - trumpet
Nat Peck - trombone
Hans Koller - tenor
Klaus Doldinger - tenor
Lucky Thompson - soprano, tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Rolf Kühn - clarinet
Rob Madna - piano
Ingfried Hoffmann - organ
Attila Zoller - guitar
Ruud Jacobs - bass
Cees See - drums

01 Racy (Koller) (7:04)
02 Call Me Eric (Koller) (6:16)
03 Announcement (1:53)
04 Desperation (Deuchar) (2:57)
05 T'was Yesterdays (Thompson) (5:46)
06 The Country Squire (Ross) (3:47) (inc - fades)
07 Announcement (1:27)
08 Made In France (Rooyen) (5:55)
09 Blue Note Blues (Doldinger) (6:16)
10 Bebop (Gillespie) (6:42)
11 The Night That (Pronk) (4:07)
12 Announcement (2:15)
13 Taps Miller (Basie, Russell) (5:39)
14 Blues For Twelve (Rooyen) (7:15)
15 Snooky (Rooyen) (3:18) (voice over)

Label: NDR broadcast Jazz Workshop No. 25
Recorded: May 31 1962 Frankfurt Germany
Lineage: CDR>EAC>Adobe Audition>FLAC Frontend Level 6

0445 Michael Garrick [Black Marigolds] FLAC 9(44.01)

Thanks to the orginal uploader

AMG:
English pianist, organist and composer Michael Garrick studied Literature at London University before leading a trio and quartet in the late '50s. He mixed music and literature in the early '60s, doing more than 250 concerts that blended poetry and jazz. He formed a sextet in 1965, and also played with and did compositions for the Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet and Neil Ardley's New Jazz Orchestra. He made several recordings with his group in the '60s and early '70s, heading trios, quartet, quintets and septets. Garrick experimented with harpsichord in the mid-'60s, and explored jazz settings for liturgical works. He recorded an album of choral compositions in 1968, and in the '70s began to teach as well as play and compose. He founded The Travelling Jazz Faculty in 1979, while working in a trio in the late '70s. He played with Chris Hunter in the early '80s and with Dave Green's band since 1984. Garrick formed a sextet in 1983 and a big band in 1985.

Michael Garrick - piano, organ, celeste, harpsichord
Ian Carr - trumpet, flugelhorn
Don Rendell - soprano, tenor
Joe Harriott - alto
Tony Coe - tenor, clarinet
David Green - bass
Trevor Tomkins - drums (01 03-05 07-09)
Colin Barnes - drums (02 06)
John Smith - reader (02 06)

01 Webster's Mood (Garrick) (6:54)
02 Jazz for Five (Garrick) (8:53)
03 Good Times (Garrick) (6:56)
04 Spiders (Garrick) (2:07)
05 Ursula (Garrick) (5:45)
06 A Jazz Nativity (Garrick) (3:38)
07 Black Marigolds (Garrick) (3:35)
08 What Are Little Girls? (Garrick) (2:45)
09 Carolling (Garrick) (3:25)

Label: Argo DA88
Recorded: January 03 (02 06) 10 11 (01 03 05) February 28 March 01 (04 07-09) 1966

0444 Tommy Whittle [Bill's Jazz Legacy Volume Five] FLAC 5(39.36)

Contributed by Gonzo, who writes:-
Here are some extra out-takes taken from a  3-3/4 IPS dubbing of an original 7-1/2 IPS reel tape recorded at the Hopbine Club by the late Bill Hugkulstone.
The quality is not good, there is some tape noise, some drop-outs and some reversed oversplash background, the original tape was a 2 track which had been over-recorded at sometime on a 4 track machine, I had to recover the old remaining parts of the 2 track tape using a specially adjusted 4 track machine.
The recording balance is not brilliant, but the music is classic, by classic jazz artists, recorded at a classic jazz venue in the 1970's.
There is little documentation on these tracks.

Unknown - trumpet (02)
Tommy Whittle - tenor (02 05), clarinet (01 03)
Tony Lee - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums

01 Gone With The Wind (Magidson, Wrubel) (7:26)
02 Rosetta (Hines, Woode) (8:36)
03 Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Raye, Hardin) (11:20)
04 I Cover The Waterfront (Green, Heyman) (7:56)
05 When Sunny Gets Blue (Segal, Fisher) (4:17)

Label: Private tape
Recorded: Unknown
Lineage: Reel tapes, various:
Analogue recovery via a Sony TC377 with adjusted heads
Digital conversion: Edirol R09-HR solid state recorder 16bit 44.100 Kbits
Editing: Sound Forge / Adobe Audition
Noise reduction: Adobe Audition
FLAC encoding: Flac front-end vers 1.30
Quality setting: 8

0443 Hans Koller Jerry Van Rooyen Ronnie Ross [International Jazz Concert CD1] FLAC 22(1.24.57)

Contributed by relyles

This item was previously on the Ronnie Ross Music blog but is posted now with different artwork, for which my thanks to jazzandylan.
It is the intention to post CD2 on Friday October 24 2014.
If you want to put this onto a CD, you will have to reduce the size. Perhaps cut the announcements.

Rob Pronk - trumpet
Jerry Van Rooyen - trumpet
Nat Peck - trombone
Hans Koller - tenor
Klaus Doldinger - tenor
Lucky Thompson - soprano, tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Rolf Kühn - clarinet
Rob Madna - piano
Ingfried Hoffmann - organ
Attila Zoller - guitar
Ruud Jacobs - bass
Cees See - drums

01 Snooky (Rooyen) (4:22) (voice over)
02 Announcement (3:04)
03 Playing Together (Hoffmann) (3:03)
04 Shiny Stockings (Foster) (5:07)
05 Good Deal (Rooyen) (3:37)
06 Announcement (1:05)
07 Seven (Doldinger) (3:59)
08 Django (Lewis) (5:19)
09 Announcement (1:04)
10 The Birth Of Sunday (Thompson) (6:49)
11 The Green Man (Thompson) (4:05)
12 Announcement (0:55)
13 Ronnie's Fun (Koller) (7:05)
14 Smiling Jack (Ross) (4:51)
15 Announcement (1:22)
16 John Paul Jones (Coltrane) (7:16)
17 Dig (Davis) (5:25)
18 Announcement (0:51)
19 Big Chief (Rooyen) (4:03)
20 Don't Forget Him, Oscar (Koller) (4:30)
21 Announcement (2:07)
22 Our Delight (Dameron) (4:58)

Label: NDR broadcast Jazz Workshop No. 25
Recorded: May 31 1962 Frankfurt Germany
Lineage: CDR>EAC>Adobe Audition>FLAC Frontend Level 6

0442 Ronnie Scott [Live At Ronnie Scotts] FLAC 7(47.19)

Contributed by grumpy

Review by Michael Shera – Jazz Journal June 1969.
Ronnie Scott has assembled a band containing some of Britain's best musicians, an admirable blend of youth and experience. At least two of these musicians, John Surman and Kenny Wheeler are in world class as
soloists, though only John Surman has so far been recognised as such. The programme opens with Joe Henderson's latinesque Recorda Me, where the leader gets off to a good start solo-wise. Gordon Beck's piano solo is somewhat under-recorded. Laurie Holloway wrote King Pete, and John Surman's soprano solo is featured on this fast blues. He builds his solo very effectively, using rapid, staccato phrases and generating tremendous swing, backed by superb bass-playing from Ron Matthewson and the ferocious aggression of the two percussionists. Second Question is Kenny Wheeler's tune, Chris Pyne's relaxed trombone solo being backed by Gordon Beck on organ, who also produces a pleasant chorus or two. Marma-sita, another Joe Henderson tune and another blues, finds the leader in exceptionally Mob-leyesque mood, and is again noteworthy for fine work by Matthewson. Altoist Ray Warleigh also blows hot on this one, backed by assorted latin percussion, and Gordon Beck (on piano) duets with Matthewson. John Surman's baritone is featured on Mike Westbrook's Too Late Too Late, demonstrating his incredible range on the instrument, as well as his invention and drive. Kenny Wheeler's masterly playing on Lord Of The Reedy River makes this track the album's highspot for me; as Peter Clayton points out, it must be hard to play a ballad on flugelhorn without sounding like Miles Davis and Clark Terry—and yet Wheeler makes it seem no problem at all. Gordon Beck wrote Macumba, at ten minutes the longest track on a record notable not least for its generous playing time. Matthewson is again exceptional in the rhythm section. The solo order is Scott, Pyne, Warleigh, Beck and Matthewson.

Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn
Chris Pyne - trombone
Ray Warleigh - alto, flute
Ronnie Scott - tenor
John Surman - soprano, baritone
Gordon Beck - piano, organ
Ron Matthewson - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
Tony Oxley - drums

01 Recorda-Me (Henderson) (4:37)
02 King Pete (Holloway) (6:49)
03 Second Question (Wheeler) (7:22)
04 Mamacita (Henderson) (6:30)
05 Too Late,Too Late (Westbrook) (6:19)
06 Lord Of The Reddy River (Leitch) (5:10)
07 Macumba (Beck) (10:32)

Label: CBS Realm 52661
Recorded: October 25  26 1968
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0441 Auriel Carnell [The English Jazz Scene (Vol. 1)] FLAC 4(11.06)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Little is known about this pianist other than what is written in the sleeve notes to this scarce and very elusive ep.
She seems to have sunk without trace, so any further information about her would be welcomed.*
She was born in 1928 and I can find no other references to her apart from one in the New Musical Express for 2 February 1962  which was perhaps a review of this record.
The 'Aral' record label is equally elusive and was short lived with few other issues (just seven, all in 1962) and none relating to jazz. It was owned by Australian Peter Snell who later moved into the film business. He also owned sister labels called 'Windsor' and 'Top Ten' which existed between 1962 and 1964 and which were mainly concerned with 'pop' issues and vocal covers of hits.
The music here is played by a trio, recorded in 1962, with bass and drums being unidentified.

*October 14 2014: Thanks to Danair, who tells us "She was a member of Ivy Benson's All Girls Band in the 50s and hails from Kings Lynn in Norfolk".

Auriel Carnell - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums

01 S'Wonderful
02 The Nearness Of You
03 Tenderly
04 Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered

Note: The order of the tracks is as they are on the disc, not the sleeve.

Label: Aral PS 101
Recorded: 1962
Lineage: EP>FLAC

0440 Colin Purbrook [Radio Nights] FLAC 10(1.01.57)

Contributed by an anonymous donor, asssembled by delmonico who writes:-
All the compositions are by Purbrook and all get a chance to solo. The flute work is probably Ray Warleigh or possibly Duncan Lamont
There are short patches of radio interference in places and what sounds like tape 'print through' in others although this might be the result of over enthusiastic restoration work (not me guv, honest). Reasonable sound apart from these mentioned defects.
From radio to tape then digitised to CDR and presented here as FLAC with track details and a 'cover picture'.
Assembled by delmonico from an anonymously donated CDR.

Collective personnel:
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Ray Warleigh - alto, flute
Duncan Lamont - tenor
Tony Coe - tenor, bass clarinet
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Colin Purbrook - piano
Tony Archer - bass
Martin Drew - drums

01 Hoxton Parkway (Purbrook) (6:10)
02 Queen Of The Nile (Purbrook) (7:57)
03 Maybe Tonight (Purbrook) (5:38)
04 Slippery Sid (Purbrook) (7:11)
05 Song For Sylvia (Purbrook) (6:28)
06 Queen Of The Nile (Purbrook) (6:04)
07 Almost Walking Straight (Purbrook) (5:29)
08 Dancing In The Circle (Purbrook) (6:34)
09 Could Be The Blues (Purbrook) (4:39)
10 Queen Of The Nile (Purbrook) (5:45)

Label: A compilation of BBC broadcasts
Recorded: Late 1970s
Lineage: BBC broadcast>tape>CDR>FLAC

0439 Don Rendell Ian Carr [Dusk Fire] FLAC 7(48.31)

Thanks to pomegranate, the original uploader

No scans

Ian Carr - trumpet
Don Rendell - soprano, tenor, flute
Colin Purbrook - piano
Michael Garrick - piano
Dave Green - bass
Trevor Tompkins - drums

01 Ruth (Rendell) (6:20)
02 Tan Samfu (Rendell) (5:52)
03 Jubal (Rendell) (7:15)
04 Spooks (Rendell, Carr) (5:21)
05 Prayer (Garrick) (5:50)
06 Hot Rod (Carr, Garrick) )5:36)
07 Dusk Fire (Garrick) (2:15)

Label: Columbia SX6064
Recorded: March 16 17 1966

0438 Gil Evans [At The Roundhouse 1983] FLAC 8(1.27.58)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
This was the opening night of the 1983 British tour by the Gil Evans Orchestra recorded at the 'Roundhouse' Camden Town, London as part of the Camden Jazz Festival.
Apart from Gil himself and his son Miles (now there's a tribute) on trumpet, all the other musicians were British and they perform superbly on these complex and difficult charts There is plenty of solo space for most of the musicians too.
The Orchestra was commercially recorded at Bradford a few days after this performance but this was recorded by the BBC on 14 March 1983 and transmitted later It has not been issued commercially and is taken from my cassette recording of the BBC broadcast  The sound is reasonably good but certainly not hi-fi.
Gil had the habit of running his individual pieces together without a break and it is sometimes difficult to decide where one piece ends and the other starts So this is my best effort to split the 80+ minute performance into separate tracks.

Gil Evans - leader, piano, electric piano
The British Orchestra:
Guy Barker - trumpet
Miles Evans - trumpet
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Malcolm Griffiths - trombone
Rick Taylor  - trombone, bass trombone
Chris Hunter - soprano, alto, flute
Don Weller - soprano, tenor
Stan Sultzmann - soprano, tenor, flute
John Surman - soprano, baritone, bass clarinet, synthesizer
Ray Russell - electric guitar
John Taylor - keyboards
Mo Foster - electric bass
John Marshall - drums

01 Introduction By Charles Fox (6:01)
02 Hotel Me (also known as Jelly Rolls or Nevada or Theme) (Davis, Evans) 0(14:52)
03 London (Evans) (16:38)
04 Variations On The Misery (Evans) (6:26)
05 Waltz (Davis, Evans) (16:33)
06 Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress (Mingus) (3:58)
07 Honeyman (Gershwin, Gershwin) (6:51)
08 Gone... (Gershwin, Gershwin) and closing announcement (16:39)

Label: BBC Radio 3 broadcast
Recorded: March 14 1983  Camden Jazz Festival The Roundhouse Camden Town London

0437 Ronnie Ross [Q. Krook's Clan] 128 5(1.29.45)

Contributed by wil and Q. Krook

For danair, as requested

Willem Reinen - flugelhorn
Ronnie Ross - baritone
John Horler - piano
Henk Haverhoek - bass
Arnoud Gerritsen - drums

01 Bernie's Tune (incomplete - fades in) (Miller) (14:06)
02 There Is No Greater Love (Jones, Symes) (18:06)
03 Scrapple From The Apple (Parker) (16:34)
04 Sue's Blues (Ross) (21:22)
05 Autumn Leaves (Kosma, Mercer) (19:37)

Label: Private recording
Recorded: October 15 1982
Lineage: Tape>mp3 128

0436 Frank Evans [Soirée] FLAC 10(46.58)

Contributed by le porc rouge

Frank Evans:-
In selecting the items for an album entitled Soiree, I decided that the music should convey that feeling to the listener; and also that more varied aspects of my guitar be heard, including the manner in which I normally play in public. So I concluded that Side One be devoted to my own compositions and arrangements recorded in a studio setting and Side Two recorded on location before a receptive audience to show how one reacts to the two situations and its effect on my playing. But what is more important I wanted to give the listener, a choice of moods which I believe to be a contributory factor in making records which, hopefully, are to be enjoyed for a considerable time.
On 'Andalucia' I thought it important to maintain the classical Spanish character but at the same time give it a moody Moorish atmosphere. Each jazz section is preceded by the secondary themes played out of tempo and completely solo by the featured player and then into the chord sequence of the main theme in time. In this way, I hope that I have not detracted from the original beauty of the piece but perhaps given it an added dimension.
The original guitar solos rather gave away my influences; 'Waltz for Django' is my dedication to that great man. I've often wondered if, had he had full use of his left hand would his music have been more chordal and complex? 'Dear Bill' trys to capture the piano style of my favourite pianist Bill Evans and finally 'Soiree' is dedicated to Laurindo Almeida who first prompted me into playing the Spanish guitar.
On the live session, I just sat down with a battered old Gibson and aimed to entertain the audience with guitar solos unprepared, which after all is what I have been doing most of my life as a musician.
Hope you enjoy my Soiree.

Lester Thompson - flugelhorn (02)
Frank Evans - guitar
Mike Hope - piano (02)
Graham Sothcott - bass (02)
Chris Evans - drums (02)

01 Waltz For Django (Evans) (3:36)
02 Andalucia (Granados) (12:24)
03 Dear Bill (Evans) (4:03)
04 Soirée (Evans) (2:30)
05 Autumn Leaves (Mercer, Kosma) (2:31)
06 What's New? (Haggart, Burke) (3:26)
07 Angel Eyes (Brent, Dennis) (6:22)
08 Misty (Garner, Burke) (4:20)
09 Manoir De Mes Reves (Reinhardt) (3:49)
10 All The Things You Are (Kern) (3:58)

Label: Blue Bag BB102
Recorded: May 05-07 1977
Lineage: LP>FLAC