DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND APPRECIATION OF BRITISH JAZZ
FROM ANY ERA AND STYLE BUT WITH THE EMPHASIS ON MODERN JAZZ

Friday, February 27, 2015

0492 Ronnie Ross [With The Metropole Orchestra] 128 5(23.18)

Contributed by Q. Krook and wil

Ronnie Ross - baritone
The Metropople Orchestra
Dolf van der Linden - leader (members unknown)

01 I Hear A Rhapsody (Baker, Fragos, Gasparre) (4:39)
02 Willow Weep For Me (Ronell) (6:23)
03 Love Walked In (Gershwin, Gershwin) (3:28)
04 Sue's Blues (Ross) (4:09))
05 Stella by Starlight (Washington, Young) (4:39)

Label: None
Recorded: Probably late 1970's
Lineage: Not known
Scans: Front and back covers

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

0491 Eddie Thompson [No Greater Love] FLAC 9(48.13)

Contributed by jazzandylan
Eddie Thompson - piano
Tony Archer - bass (01 03-06 08 09)
Terry Jenkins - drums (01 03-06 08 09)

01 The Lamp Is Low
02 Poor Butterfly
03 There Is No Greater Love
04 Close Your Eyes
05 Surrey With The Fringe On Top
06 Corcovado (Quiet Nights)
07 You Took Advantage Of Me
08 Cry Me A River
09 Body And Soul

Label: MPS 15299 or MPS 20 20871-2
Recorded: December 1970
Lineage: CDR(?)>EAC>FLAC Frontend Level 6
Scans: None

Friday, February 20, 2015

0490 Tony Kinsey [Beachy Head] FLAC 4(24.41)

Contributed by Roger Hunter

Leon Calvert - trumpet
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Derek Healey - trumpet
Ronnie Hughes - trumpet, flugelhorn
Chris Pyne - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Bill Geldard - bass trombone
Peter King - alto
Phil Todd - alto
Don Rendell - tenor, flute (03)
Jimmy Hastings - tenor, flute (03)
Ronnie Ross - baritone
John Horler - piano
Roy Babbington - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums

01 Practical Action (Kinsey) (4:07)
02 Beachy Head (Kinsey) (7:07)
03 On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper, Washington) (6:27)
04 Albert’s Event (Kinsey) (6:26)

Label: BBC radio broadcast
Recorded: Prior to May 07 1983 broadcast - London
Lineage: Not known - good sound
Scans: Front and rear covers by the late Jazzman

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

0489 Gordon Beck [Seven Steps To Evans] FLAC 7(43.40)

Contributed by jazzandylan

Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn
Stan Sulzmann - soprano, tenor, flute
Gordon Beck - piano
Ron Mathewson - bass
Tony Oxley - drums

01 Waltz For Debby
02 Orbit
03 Five
04 Twelve Tone Tune II
05 Turn Out The Stars
06 Peace Piece
07 Peri's Scope

Label: MPS 15553 or MPS 68248
Recorded: July 21-23 1979
Lineage: LP(?)>CDR>EAC>iZotope RX3>FLAC Frontend Level 6
Scans: None

Friday, February 13, 2015

0488 Dave Lee [Jazz Improvisations Of Our Man Crichton] FLAC 10(42.23)

Contributed by bluebird

Eddie Blair - trumpet, flugelhorn
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, tenor horn
Keith Christie - trombone
Alf Reece - tuba
Roy Willox - alto, flute
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Tubby Hayes - tenor, flute, vibes
Ronnie Ross - baritone, bass clarinet
Dave Lee - piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
Ronnie Stephenson - drums

01 Manners Maketh Man (Lee) (3:39)
02 Let's Find An Island (Lee) (4:39)
03 Our Kind Of People (Lee) (3:30)
04 Yesterday's World (Lee) (4:28)
05 Little Darling (Lee) (4:41)
06 I Tries (Lee) (4:35)
07 I Never Looked For You (Lee) (6:02)
08 Oh! For A Husband (Lee) (3:12)
09 My Time Will Come (Lee) (5:01)
10 Were I As Good (Lee) (2:19)

Label: Colpix PXL550
Recorded: 1965 London
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front and rear LP cover


Tuesday, February 10, 2015

0487 Bob Barnard [Class!] FLAC 15(59.44)

Contributed by figbone via jazzuk

June 06 2015: Tracks now corrected, hopefully, and there's the right number of them! It was brought to my attention by an alert member that they weren't quite correct.

Bob Barnard - cornet
Roy Williams - trombone
Danny Moss - tenor
Dick Wellstood - piano
Dave Green - bass
Allan Ganley - drums

01 Opus 0.75
02 My Foolish Heart
03 Mama's Gone, Goodbye
04 The Orange Riff
05 Bondi Blue
06 Linger Awhile
07 My Melancholy Baby
08 I Cried For You
09 Tea For Two
10 Alice Blue Gown
11 I'm Glad There Is You
12 Moon River
13 Opus 0.75 - Alternative Take

Label: Calligraph Records CLGLP 017
Recorded: November 03 1986
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: None

Thursday, February 05, 2015

0486 Ronnie Ross [Spring Until Autumn] FLAC 4(26.39)

Was on Ronnie Ross Music as part of a compilation of radio broadcast tracks called [Radio Activity]

Chris Pyne - trombone
Ronnie Ross - baritone
John Horler - piano
Chris Laurence - bass
Allan Ganley - drums

01 Mr Louis (Ross) (6:35)
02 Spring Until Autumn (Ross) (6:56)
03 Sue's Blues (Ross) (5:35)
04 Butterfly Gold (Ross) (7:28)

Label: BBC radio broadcast
Recorded: June 28 1981
Lineage: Radio broadcast>FLAC
Scans: Front and rear covers by jazzandylan

Tuesday, February 03, 2015

0485 Josh White [Blues And...] FLAC 10(37.50)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Whilst not strictly speaking 'BritJazz',  it is included for the contributions made by the British backing group to Josh White in these 1956 recordings.
'Fred Hartz' heard on tenor sax is Kenny Graham.

Kenny Baker - trumpet
Bertie King - alto
Fred Hartz (aka Kenny Graham) - tenor
Benny Green - baritone
Josh White - guitar, vocals
Jack Fallon - bass
Phil Seamen - drums

01 How Long Blues (Carr) (3:05)
02 Careless Love (Handy) (5:41)
03 Oh Lula (traditional) (2:53)
04 St Louis Blues (Handy) (4:26)
05 Kansas City Blues (Jackson) (3:45)
06 I Had To Stoop To Conquer You (2:49)
07 I Know How To Do It (Feather) (3:01)
08 Dink’s Blues (traditional) (5:38)
09 Mint Julep (3:04)
10 Good Morning Blues (Leadbelly, Lomax) (4:27)

Label: Nixa NJL 2
Recorded: 1956
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front and rear LP covers