0461 Tubby Hayes [100% Proof] FLAC 6(42.56)

Contributed by jazzandylan

This is a rip from the Fontana stereo LP. It was not posted on the Ronnie Ross Music blog. Ronnie has no solos however - it is Tubby's party, of course - but can be heard from time to time, on one track on bass clarinet I think.

Kenny Baker - trumpet
Greg Bowen - trumpet
Les Condon - trumpet
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
John Marshall - trombone
Nat Peck - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Ray Warleigh - alto, flute
Roy Willox - alto, flute, alto flute
Tubby Hayes - tenor, flute, vibes
Ronnie Scott - tenor, clarinet
Bob Efford - tenor, alto flute, oboe, clarinet
Ronnie Ross - baritone (02-05), bass clarinet (05)
Harry Klein - baritone (01 06)
Gordon Beck - piano
Jeff Clyne - bass
Johnny Butts - drums (01 06)
Ronnie Stephenson - drums (02-05)

01 100% Proof (Hayes) (14:13)
02 A Night In Tunisia (Gillespie) (6:31)
03 Milestones (Davis) (7:43)
04 Sonnymoon For Two (Rollins) (4:39)
05 Bluesology (Jackson, O'Neill) (5:06)
06 Nutty (Monk) (4:19)

Label: Fontana STL5410
Recorded: May 10 12 13 May 1966 London
Lineage: LP>Adobe Audition>iZotope RX3>FLAC
Scans: Front and back LP covers

0460 Belle Gonzalez [Poets Set In Jazz] FLAC 4(11.37)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Now almost forgotten, Belle Gonzalez had an active career as a vocalist in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s, not always in the jazz field, as her interests were wide, but in  cabaret, popular music and the folk field.
She made a couple of jazz eps (of which this is one) for the obscure Jupiter label, recorded two tracks with the Al Fairweather group in 1960, one lp under her own name, half a dozen tracks on an lp with others and that was the total of her commercial discography.
She was born to parents of mixed heritage in Italy in the 1930s then moved to The Philippines in 1939, where she first sang in the 1950s and then settled in the UK in the 1960s.
She retired from singing in 1981 and became a piano teacher.  As far as I know, she is still alive but not active in music.  You can hear her on YouTube in a few of her recordings.
This ep is not, as you might think,  poetry set to jazz.  It is poetry which has been adapted for, and sung by, Belle with a jazz sextet. The second of her eps will be posted here at a later date.
It is really quite unusual and quite beautiful too.

Belle Gonzalez - vocals
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Al Newman - alto
Leslie Pearson - piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar
Al Burke - bass
Stan Gorman - drums

01 Time Of Roses
02 We'll Go No More A-Roving
03 When I Am Dead, My Dearest
04 My True Love Hath My Heart

Label: Jupiter OC 37
Recorded: c. 1964
Lineage: EP>FLAC
Scans: Front and back covers

Belle Gonzalez web page:
http://www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk/profilebellegonzalez.html

0459 Various Artists [The M&B Jam Session Volume 1] FLAC 7(57.36)

Contributed by jazzandylan and processed by bluebird
(01 02)
Digby Fairweather - trumpet
Roy Williams - trombone
Bruce Turner - alto
Randy Colville - clarinet
Mick Pyne - piano
Jim Douglas - guitar
Harvey Weston - bass
Johnny Richardson - drums
(03)
Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Roy Crimmins - trombone
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Dave Shepherd - clarinet
Mick Pyne - piano
Jim Douglas - guitar
Harvey Weston - bass
Johnny Richardson - drums
(04 06 07)
Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Digby Fairweather - trumpet
Roy Crimmins - trombone
Roy Williams - trombone
Bruce Turner - alto
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Randy Colville - clarinet
Dave Shepherd - clarinet
Mick Pyne - piano
Jim Douglas - guitar
Harvey Weston - bass
Johnny Richardson - drums
(05)
Bruce Turner - alto
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Mick Pyne - piano
Jim Douglas - guitar
Harvey Weston - bass
Johnny Richardson - drums

01 Blues My Naughtie Sweetie Gives To Me
02 On The Alamo
03 Frankie & Johnny
04 Crazy Rhythm
05 Jumpin' At The Woodside
06 The Hucklebuck
07 Honeysuckle Rose

Label: Bear 26
Recorded: August 12 1984
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front and back of LP

0458 Ronnie Ross Keith Christie [Smiling Jack] FLAC 3(17.57)

Contributed by bluebird who got it from an anonymous donor

Keith Christie - trombone
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Unknown - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums

01 Smiling Jack (Ross) (5:18)
02 Lady Day (Ross) (6:19)
03 Shoft (Cohn) (6:20)

Label: BBC radio broadcast
Recorded: 1970-1989
Lineage: Unknown
Scans: Front and back covers

0457 Robin Jones [Eye Of The Hurricane] FLAC 5(54.58)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
I've had this lp for ages and I think it's been played just once in the last 20 + years.
Playing it again for the rip I now remember why.  It's not all that good.
It's a live performance from the Bull's Head in 1981 and the audience there seem mightily underwhelmed too.
Roland Lacey blows too many clinkers on tenor, although his best work is on flute on one track, and he meanders aimlessly in his too long solos. He seems to have disappeared  since this date. I can't find any references to him anywhere. Robin Jones, one of the pioneers of Latin jazz in the UK, manages to keep the whole thing under control and there are some pleasant moments from guitarist Esmond Selwyn.
Overall though, it doesn't do anything for me, but others may see it in a different light.  This is the only issue and it has never appeared on cd.

Roland Lacey - tenor, flute
Esmond Selwyn - guitar
Alan Broadbent - bass guitar
Robin Jones - drums

01 Eye Of The Hurricane (Hancock) (11:12)
02 Lush Life (Strayhorn) (4:50)
03 Up Jumped Spring (Hubbard) (10:17)
04 Berimbau (Powell) (13:13)
05 Passion Dance (Tyner) (15:26)

Label: Spotlite SPJ 519
Recorded: 1981
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front and back of LP

0456 Brian Lemon Roy Williams [How Long Has This Been Going On] FLAC 11(1.06.30)

Contributed by Dave_Bruce, who writes:-
I include Benny Green's liner notes as they reflect his typically self-deprecating style though I confess to being baffled by his suggestion that Scott Hamilton has big feet. Is it true? Do we need to know? Does he play the better for them? More seriously, Dave Green's playing is, as ever, a delight on an already fine album."

Roy Williams  - trombone
Scott Hamilton - tenor
Brian Lemon - piano
Dave Cliff - guitar
Dave Green - bass
Allan Ganley - drums

01 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Pinkard, Casey) (6:37)
02 How Long Has This Been Going On? (Gershwin) (5:41)
03 Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael) (6:59)
04 Bye Bye Blues (Bennet) (:4)50
05 I Can't Get Started With You (Duke) (5:14)
06 Blues In The Closet (Powell) (9:01)
07 In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (Hilliard, Mann) (4:16)
08 I Remember You (Van Heusen, Burke) (5:08)
09 Tenderly (Gross) (7:09)
10 When I Fall In Love (Heyman, Young) (6:38)
11 I've Found A New Baby (Palmer, Williams) (4:47)

Label: Zephyr ZECD5
Recorded: August 03 (03 05 06 08-11) 04 (01 02 04 07) 1995
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full

0455 Vic Lewis [Big Band Explosion] FLAC 10(39.25)

Contributed by me and bluebird

This item was on the Ronnie Ross Music blog but here it is a new rip, no ReplayGain, ripped by me and processed by bluebird

Vic Lewis - conductor
Dickie McPherson - trumpet
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Leon Calvert - trumpet
Gordon Turnbull - trumpet
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Keith Christie - trombone
Roy East - alto
Vic Ash - tenor, clarinet
Art Ellefson - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Terry Shannon - piano
Arthur Watts - bass
Allan Ganley - drums

01 Beaulieu Blues (Crombie) (5:32)
02 Lady Belinda (Crombie) (2:14)
03 Motor Museum (Crombie) (4:11)
04 Domus (Crombie) (3:09)
05 Monty (Crombie) (5:47)
06 Gold Dust (Lewis) (3:41)
07 Dobbs Ferry (Lewis) (3:12)
08 The Jacaranda Tree (Lewis) (4:25)
09 Beau Kai (Lewis) (4:13)
10 The Forest (Lewis) (3:01)

Label: Ember CJS807, SE8018
Recorded: June 1959 London
Lineage: LP>Adobe Audition>Izotope RX3 Advanced>Adobe Audition>FLAC Frontend Level 6

0454 Various Artists [Bill's Jazz Legacy Volume Six] FLAC 5(48.32)

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

Covers by jazzandylan

(01)
Danny Moss - tenor
Unknown - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums
(02)
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Unknown - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums
(03 04)
Humphrey Lyttelton - trumpet
Unknown - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums
(05)
John McLevy - trumpet
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Unknown - piano
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums

01 How Long Has This Been Going On  (Gershwin, Gershwin) (10:50)
02 The Way You Look Tonight (Kern) (9:34)
03 Unknown (7:36)
04 It's The Talk Of The Town (Livingston, Symes, Neiburg) (7:01)
05 Unknown (13:31)

Label: Private tape
Recording: 1970-1971
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

0453 Louis Stewart [With The Tony Lee Trio And Ronnie Scott] FLAC 7(42.51)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Here's the Irish guitarist Louis Stewart recorded in the mid/late 1970s during his stay in the UK.
It's not clear whether these sessions come from the same radio broadcast and the personnel on the first session with Ronnie Scott is speculative.
The sound is generally good with just a few glitches on 'Perdido' which were on the original tape and there are some fades in or out in places which are indicated in the track details.
The taped sessions were converted to digital sound and provided by an anonymous donor.  I have tidied up the recordings with some minor restoration, track separation etc and provided what details there are together with a 'cover' picture.

(01 02)
Ronnie Scott - tenor
Louis Stewart - guitar
Tony Archer (?) - bass
Martin Drew (?) - drums
(03-06)
Tony Lee - piano
Louis Stewart - guitar
Tony Archer - bass
Martin Drew - drums
(07)
Louis Stewart - guitar

01 Invitation (Bronislau, Kaper) (9:20)
02 Naima (Coltrane) (6:39)
03 Bags' Groove (Jackson) (4:17)
04 Perdido (Tizol, Lenk, Drake) (5:10)
05 Blue Bossa (Dorham) (7:49)
06 Four On Six (Montgomery) (5:42)
07 Here's That Rainy Day (Van Heusen, Burke) (3:53)

Label: BBC Broadcasts
Recorded: Mid to late 1970s
Lineage: BBC broadcasts>tape>CDR>FLAC

Brian Lemon: 11 February 1937 - 11 October 2014

Brian Lemon, one of the leading pianists and arrangers on the British Mainstream jazz scene died on 11 October 2014 aged 77 at Bexhill
For the last 10 years or so Brian had suffered with osteoarthritis in his hands which prevented him from playing and which must have been the cruellest blow to someone who depended upon his hands to earn a living.
Nottingham born, he played firstly on the local jazz scene and moved to London in 1956 to join the Freddy Randall band and then never looked back, being a permanent fixture on the London jazz scene thereafter. He appeared to be a musician who was never short of work, either leading his own groups, or with others and as first choice pianist for many of the visiting American musicians such as Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson and Ray Brown.
He was a founder member of the Pizza Express All-Stars in 1980 and featured regularly in 'The Best Of British Jazz' package into the 1990s.  Whilst working mainly in the mainstream jazz idiom he was equally at home playing with musicians with a more modern approach even appearing with Art Pepper on his first British tour in 1979.
In 1994 a new label was formed,  Zephyr,  to specifically feature Brian either leading his own groups or as sideman to others and the ensuing 27 cds produced over the next 6 years are a superb legacy to this outstanding pianist. Even the cd booklet covers were lemon coloured.
Our featured track has Brian playing at Ronnie Scott's in 2001 with Dave Green on bass and Charlie Watts (yes, he of the Rolling Stones) on drums.  It was one of his last recorded performances.

R.I.P. Brian Lemon  -  11 February 1937 - 11 October 2014

Body And Soul with Brian Lemon

0452 Johnny Keating [Swinging Scots] FLAC 9(43.40)

Contributed by bluebird

Johnny Keating - conductor
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Tommy McQuater - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Duncan Campbell - trumpet
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Jock Bain - trombone
Jimmy Wilson - trombone
Wally Smith - trombone
George Chisholm - trombone
Burt Harden - tuba
George Hunter - alto
Ronnie Baker - alto
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Duncan Lamont - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Andy Dennits - piano
Alan Metcalfe - guitar
Jack Seymour - bass
Bobby Orr - drums

01 Hampden Roars (Keating) (3:40)
02 Down South Blues (Keating) (4:51)
03 Thistle Song (Keating) (3:51)
04 Headin' North (Keating) (7:51)
05 Tam O' Shanter (Keating) (4:38)
06 Double Scotch (Keating) (4:03)
07 Kiltie (Keating) (5:01)
08 Loch Ness Monster (Keating) (6:17)
09 Clachnacudan Canal (Keating) (5:49)

Labels: London LTZD15122 (UK) Dot DLP 3066 (USA)
Recorded: April 29 30 1957 London
Lineage: CD>FLAC

0451 John Taylor [As It Is] FLAC 9(57.18)

Contributed by jazzandylan

John Taylor - piano
Palle Danielsson - bass
Peter Erskine - drums

01 Glebe Ascending
02 The Lady In The Lake
03 Episode
04 Woodcocks
05 Esperança
06 Touch Her Soft Lips And Part
07 Au Contraire
08 For Ruth
09 Romeo & Juliet

Label: ECM 1594
Recorded: September 1995
Lineage: CD>EAC>FLAC Frontend Level 6

Bernard Stanley (Acker) Bilk : 28 January 1929 - 2 November 2014

Acker Bilk one of the 'Three Bs' from the trad age of the 1950s (Barber, Ball and Bilk) died yesterday aged 85.
Clarinettist Acker,  Somerset born,  was one of our best known and best loved traditional jazzmen who enjoyed a long and full career in the musical entertainment business. The purists might argue that that he was not primarily a jazzman, more of a popular light entertainer but underneath the bowler hat, fancy waistcoat and West Country burr there was a serious and committed jazz player.
His tone was exceptional and his hit single 'Stranger On The Shore' displays this to perfection. His more modern jazz outings away from The Paramount Jazzband included working with the Stan Tracey Big Band ('Blue Acker' and 'We Love You Madly') and in this short musical tribute from 1967 posted here, Ronnie Ross is added to Acker's regular band.
Only Chris Barber nows remains from the 'Three Bs'.

R.I.P. Acker Bilk : 28 January 1929 - 2 November 2014

Acker's Personal Jungle

Victor (Vic) Ash: 9 March 1930 - 24 October 2014

Vic Ash, one of the early pioneers of modern jazz in Britain has died aged 84.
Vic, East End born, started out on the clarinet aged 14 and then moved on to playing the saxophone, first alto and then tenor.
Vic's career was at the centre of modern jazz in Britain from the early days at Club Eleven to associations with Tubby Hayes, Vic Feldman, Ronnie Scott, John Dankworth and a short but productive spell with Harry Klein in the Jazz Five. His later career found him supporting visiting popular US stars such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles and many others.
Surprisingly, his recorded output as a leader was quite small although he had a long and fruitful recording career with others.
For many years he was associated with the BBC Big Band in it's many formats.
His autobiography, co-written with his former pupil and fellow saxophonist Simon Spillett and his wife Helen, was published in 2006. One of the revealing pieces of information contained there was that his parents, both profoundly deaf, never heard him play although they encouraged  and supported  him in his musical career.
The photograph we show has Vic with a very young (16 or so) and star-struck Simon Spillett.

R.I.P. Vic Ash:  9 March 1930 - 24 October 2014

You can read here what Vic Ash wrote for the Ronnie Ross Home Page some years ago, a contribution I am always grateful for. Rodney

0450 Ken Peplowski [All This... Live In The U.K. Volume 1] FLAC 7(53.07)

Contributed by alfonso

Ken Peplowski - tenor (01-03), clarinet (05-07)
John Pearce - piano
Dave Green - bass
Martin Drew - drums

01 Can't We Be Friends
02 Sonny side
03 All This And Heaven Too
04 I'm Walkin'
05 Now And Then There's A Fool Such As I
06 Le Scurier Velours
07 The Lady's In Love With You

Label: Koch Jazz KCD-CD-8581
Recorded: January 13 1999
Lineage: Not known - Audiochecker 92%
Scans: front cover, inside and tray