Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
In spite of the misleading title, this is not a live recording and the connection is that part of side 2 of the original lp consisted of a suite of music, Beaulieu Festival Suite, which was written specially by Kenny Graham for Heath to play at that Jazz Festival in 1959.
These are later studio recordings of the Suite and the other titles here were said to be the most requested when the band played live dates but it is a well chosen and well played programme of good swinging songs
The Band personnel shown is not definitive but 'probable' based on the musicians usually in that Band in that period.
Stan Tracey was still the pianist in the band and can be heard soloing both on piano and vibes (an instrument he hated playing).
FLAC from re-ssue cd with the lp cover picture and track/personnel details.
Ted Heath - director
Bobby Pratt - trumpet
Bert Ezzard - trumpet
Duncan Campbell - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Don Lusher - trombone
Wally Smith - trombone
Jimmy Coombes - trombone
Keith Christie - trombone
Ronnie Chamberlain - soprano, alto, clarinet
Les Gilbert - alto
Henry Mackenzie - tenor, clarinet
Red Price - tenor
Ken Kiddier - baritone
Stan Tracey - vibes, piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar
Johnny Hawksworth - bass
Ronnie Verrell - drums
01 The Wailing Boat
02 Bags' Groove
03 Doodlin'
04 Exactly Like You
05 Baby Blue
06 Perdido
07 Woody 'n' You
08 'round Midnight
Beaulieu Festival Suite
09 Hunting Scene
10 Vintage Veterans
11 Beaulieiu Abbey
12 Montagu Manor
Label: Decca SKL 4079
Recorded: 1959 London
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Front inside and details
Friday, October 30, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
0588 Ted Heath [Fats Waller Album] FLAC48 13(29.44)
Contributed by Dave_Bruce, who writes:-
Another charity-shop find which, despite the disc being thicker than a dinner plate and the sleeve thinner than a baker's bun bag, offers very fair sound and excellent playing of that like-it-or-loathe-it 1950s Ted Heath Sound. (I like it.) There are certainly some distinguished names in the band.
01 - Honeysuckle Rose (2:14)
02 - Ain't Misbehavin' (2:33)
03 - Blue turning grey over you (2:07)
04 - Jitterbug Waltz (2:30)
05 - I've got a feeling I'm falling (2:15)
06 - Alligator Crawl (2:20)
07 - The London Suite - Soho (2:41)
08 - The London Suite - Limehouse (2:36)
09 - The London Suite - Piccadilly (2:01)
10 - The London Suite - Chelsea (2:46)
11 - The London Suite - Bond Street (3:01)
13 - The London Suite - Whitechapel (2:35)
Leslie Gilbert, Roy Willox, Henry Mackenzie, Danny Moss, George Hunter, saxes; Bobby Pratt, Duncan Campbell, Stan Reynolds, Ronnie Hughes, trumpets; Wally Smith, Don Lusher, Jimmy Coombes, Ric Kennedy, trombones; Frank Horrox, piano; Johnny Hawksworth, bass; Ronnie Verrell, drums. (Maurice Pratt replaces Wally Smith on tracks 3 & 5.) November 1953 - February 1954
Another charity-shop find which, despite the disc being thicker than a dinner plate and the sleeve thinner than a baker's bun bag, offers very fair sound and excellent playing of that like-it-or-loathe-it 1950s Ted Heath Sound. (I like it.) There are certainly some distinguished names in the band.
01 - Honeysuckle Rose (2:14)
02 - Ain't Misbehavin' (2:33)
03 - Blue turning grey over you (2:07)
04 - Jitterbug Waltz (2:30)
05 - I've got a feeling I'm falling (2:15)
06 - Alligator Crawl (2:20)
07 - The London Suite - Soho (2:41)
08 - The London Suite - Limehouse (2:36)
09 - The London Suite - Piccadilly (2:01)
10 - The London Suite - Chelsea (2:46)
11 - The London Suite - Bond Street (3:01)
13 - The London Suite - Whitechapel (2:35)
Leslie Gilbert, Roy Willox, Henry Mackenzie, Danny Moss, George Hunter, saxes; Bobby Pratt, Duncan Campbell, Stan Reynolds, Ronnie Hughes, trumpets; Wally Smith, Don Lusher, Jimmy Coombes, Ric Kennedy, trombones; Frank Horrox, piano; Johnny Hawksworth, bass; Ronnie Verrell, drums. (Maurice Pratt replaces Wally Smith on tracks 3 & 5.) November 1953 - February 1954
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
0587 John Fiddy The Pride Of London Big Band [Gee Whiz!] FLAC 12(40.24)
Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A fairly routine treatment of all original music by this 'one-off' band made up mainly from studio musicians.
There are few solos and these are not credited. It's all very well played but not terribly exciting.
John Fiddy - leader
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Dave Hancock - trumpet
Tony Fisher - trumpet
Ronnie Hughes - trumpet
John Barclay - trumpet
Chris Pyne - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Colin Sheen - trombone
Ken Goldie - bass trombone
Ray Warleigh - alto, flute
Ray Swinfield - trombone
Stan Sulzmann - tenor, flute
Danny Moss - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Brian Dee - piano
Clive Hicks - guitar
Alan Walley - bass
Terry Jenkins - drums
01 The Opener
02 Silken Lady
03 G's Jump
04 Monday Night Call
05 Swinging Wanderer
06 Mucho Macho
07 Meet Mr Big
08 The Late Show
09 Gee Whiz!
10 Conchita
11 Blue Angels
12 Rio con Brio
Label: Intersound ISST 177
Recorded: 1988 Angel Studios London
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
A fairly routine treatment of all original music by this 'one-off' band made up mainly from studio musicians.
There are few solos and these are not credited. It's all very well played but not terribly exciting.
John Fiddy - leader
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Dave Hancock - trumpet
Tony Fisher - trumpet
Ronnie Hughes - trumpet
John Barclay - trumpet
Chris Pyne - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Colin Sheen - trombone
Ken Goldie - bass trombone
Ray Warleigh - alto, flute
Ray Swinfield - trombone
Stan Sulzmann - tenor, flute
Danny Moss - tenor
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Brian Dee - piano
Clive Hicks - guitar
Alan Walley - bass
Terry Jenkins - drums
01 The Opener
02 Silken Lady
03 G's Jump
04 Monday Night Call
05 Swinging Wanderer
06 Mucho Macho
07 Meet Mr Big
08 The Late Show
09 Gee Whiz!
10 Conchita
11 Blue Angels
12 Rio con Brio
Label: Intersound ISST 177
Recorded: 1988 Angel Studios London
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
Monday, October 26, 2015
0586 Jack Sharpe [Catalyst] FLAC 8(50.43)
Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A fine big band tribute to Tubby Hayes featuring some his compositions and arrangements and also some by others with whom Tubby had an association during his career.
Derek Watkins - trumpet
John Barclay - trumpet
Steve Sidwell - trumpet
Dick Pearce - trumpet
Guy Barker - trumpet
Chris Pyne - trombone
Pete Beachill - trombone
Geoff Wright - trombone
Dave Stewart - trombone
Andy MacKintosh - alto
Jamie Talbot - tenor
Dave Bishop - tenor
Jack Sharpe - baritone
David Hartley - piano
Chris Laurence - bass
Harold Fisher - drums
01 Milestones
02 You Know I Care
03 Sharpe Edge
04 Suddenly Last Tuesday
05 Keith
06 Souriya
07 Allisamba
Label: Frog CDFRG 716
Recorded: January 1987 Landsdowne Studio London
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
A fine big band tribute to Tubby Hayes featuring some his compositions and arrangements and also some by others with whom Tubby had an association during his career.
Derek Watkins - trumpet
John Barclay - trumpet
Steve Sidwell - trumpet
Dick Pearce - trumpet
Guy Barker - trumpet
Chris Pyne - trombone
Pete Beachill - trombone
Geoff Wright - trombone
Dave Stewart - trombone
Andy MacKintosh - alto
Jamie Talbot - tenor
Dave Bishop - tenor
Jack Sharpe - baritone
David Hartley - piano
Chris Laurence - bass
Harold Fisher - drums
01 Milestones
02 You Know I Care
03 Sharpe Edge
04 Suddenly Last Tuesday
05 Keith
06 Souriya
07 Allisamba
Label: Frog CDFRG 716
Recorded: January 1987 Landsdowne Studio London
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Saturday, October 24, 2015
DONALD (DON) PERCY RENDELL 4 MARCH 1926 – 20 OCTOBER 2015
Another of the titans of British Modern Jazz has left us.
Don Rendell died in London aged 89 on 20 October after a
short illness.
Born in Plymouth to parents who both were musicians, he
played piano at the age of 5 and took up the alto sax in 1942 before turning
professional in 1943. His first choice instrument was the tenor sax but he
played all the reed instruments and also flute at various times in his career.
His grounding was in the ‘Palais’ dance bands of the
1940s before joining the Dankworth Seven in March 1950 and staying there for
the next 3 years. He formed his own Sextet in 1950 and made his first
recordings as leader in 1954.
Don was at the forefront of British Modern Jazz for over
50 years and played with all the greats including a UK and European tour with
Stan Kenton in 1956 and a UK tour with Woody Herman in 1959.
His associations with Ian Carr and Michael Garrick during
the 1960s and 1970s were particularly noteworthy but he was mainly concerned
with his own small groups from 1970 onwards and he recorded extensively for the
Spotlite label towards the end of his playing career. He later combined his
playing with teaching at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of
Music.
He also gave private tuition and his advert offering his
services could be seen in the Jazz Journal until quite recently.
Don was everything one could ask of a Musician. A first rate instrumentalist, composer,
arranger, teacher and above all, the perfect gentleman.
The short recording
included here (‘On The Way’ – his own composition) has Don with The Joe
Palin Trio at the Avgarde Gallery, Manchester in 1973.
0585 Tony Lee [Street Of Dreams] FLAC 7(41.26)
Contributed by bellawoods
Tony Lee - piano
Tony Archer - bass
Martin Drew - drums
Tony Uter - congas
01 Li'l Darlin'
02 Loss Of Love
03 Street Of Dreams
04 Dick's Mood
05 Love For Sale
06 My Funny Valentine
07 On Green Dolphin Street
Label: Vocalion CDSML 8462 (a double CD with Martin Drew [British Jazz Artists Vol 3] - see separate post) Lee Lambert LAM102
Recorded: February 1979
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Tony Lee - piano
Tony Archer - bass
Martin Drew - drums
Tony Uter - congas
01 Li'l Darlin'
02 Loss Of Love
03 Street Of Dreams
04 Dick's Mood
05 Love For Sale
06 My Funny Valentine
07 On Green Dolphin Street
Label: Vocalion CDSML 8462 (a double CD with Martin Drew [British Jazz Artists Vol 3] - see separate post) Lee Lambert LAM102
Recorded: February 1979
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Friday, October 23, 2015
0584 Phil Seamen [Meets Eddie Gomez] FLAC 8(44.15)
Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Phil Seamen appeared on hundreds of recordings, very few on which he was the leader but this is one of them.
The Bill Evans Trio had just finished their engagement at Ronnie Scott's Club and the bass player, Eddie Gomez, took the opportunity to appear on Phil's recording date which took place on 22 July 1968, the day after the Scott's date ended.
Tony Lee's piano is not well recorded - he is very much in the background and there are a couple of tape flutters in places but Phil's thunderous drums are well to the fore.
You don't see Phil's picture on record sleeves all that often but this one does him no favours. He looks positively evil.
Tony Lee - piano
Eddie Gomez - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
01 Night Train
02 Salt Peanuts
03 Corcovado
04 A Foggy Day
05 Bluesette
06 Fish This Week
07 Autumn Leaves
08 Here's That Rainy Day
Label: Pantonic/Saga PAN 6306
Recorded: July 22 1968
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
Phil Seamen appeared on hundreds of recordings, very few on which he was the leader but this is one of them.
The Bill Evans Trio had just finished their engagement at Ronnie Scott's Club and the bass player, Eddie Gomez, took the opportunity to appear on Phil's recording date which took place on 22 July 1968, the day after the Scott's date ended.
Tony Lee's piano is not well recorded - he is very much in the background and there are a couple of tape flutters in places but Phil's thunderous drums are well to the fore.
You don't see Phil's picture on record sleeves all that often but this one does him no favours. He looks positively evil.
Tony Lee - piano
Eddie Gomez - bass
Phil Seamen - drums
01 Night Train
02 Salt Peanuts
03 Corcovado
04 A Foggy Day
05 Bluesette
06 Fish This Week
07 Autumn Leaves
08 Here's That Rainy Day
Label: Pantonic/Saga PAN 6306
Recorded: July 22 1968
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
0583 Colin Purbrook [Trio With Guest Peter King] FLAC 6(52.01)
Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
Spotlite only issued this session on cassette for some reason and it has long been out of print. The original issue might possibly have been titled 'Blues For Buddy'.
However, Tony Williams, the owner of Spotlite Records kindly made me a CDR of the issued music and here it is.
Colin Purbrook recorded little under his own name although he was a very active pianist and arranger on the British mainstream and modern jazz scene so this is quite a rare event.
But Peter King has most of the solo space and it could well have been issued under his name as the trio only play one track without him, Lush Life. It would have been nice to have heard more from the trio but perhaps there was at the concert, which was recorded live at UCS Frognal in September 1988, and it was just not issued.
Peter King - alto
Colin Purbrook - piano
Dave Green - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
01 Confirmation
02 Chatelet
03 Star Eyes
04 Blues For Buddy
05 Lush Life
06 Good Bait
Label: Spotlite SPJCS 538
Recorded: September 22 1988
Lineage: Commercial cassette tape>CDR>FLAC
Scans: All available
Spotlite only issued this session on cassette for some reason and it has long been out of print. The original issue might possibly have been titled 'Blues For Buddy'.
However, Tony Williams, the owner of Spotlite Records kindly made me a CDR of the issued music and here it is.
Colin Purbrook recorded little under his own name although he was a very active pianist and arranger on the British mainstream and modern jazz scene so this is quite a rare event.
But Peter King has most of the solo space and it could well have been issued under his name as the trio only play one track without him, Lush Life. It would have been nice to have heard more from the trio but perhaps there was at the concert, which was recorded live at UCS Frognal in September 1988, and it was just not issued.
Peter King - alto
Colin Purbrook - piano
Dave Green - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
01 Confirmation
02 Chatelet
03 Star Eyes
04 Blues For Buddy
05 Lush Life
06 Good Bait
Label: Spotlite SPJCS 538
Recorded: September 22 1988
Lineage: Commercial cassette tape>CDR>FLAC
Scans: All available
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
0582 Peter King [90% Of 1%] FLAC 4(47.45)
Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This was originally issued on lp by Spotlite as SPJ 529 but this cd version has never been issued commercially even though it is given a number of CD 429.
It was done for me as a favour by the label owner, Tony Williams.
But what a super quintet it is. Recorded live at University College, Oxford in 1984, it was the last of 4 records Peter made for the Spotlite label starting in 1982 when he recorded as leader for the first time.
Henry Lowther - trumpet (02-04)
Peter King - alto
John Horler - piano
Dave Green - bass
Spike Wells - drums
01 Old Folks
02 ¾ Peace
03 The Eye Of The Hurricane
04 Gingerbread Boy
Label: Spotlite SPJ-CD 429
Recorded: May 26 1984
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
This was originally issued on lp by Spotlite as SPJ 529 but this cd version has never been issued commercially even though it is given a number of CD 429.
It was done for me as a favour by the label owner, Tony Williams.
But what a super quintet it is. Recorded live at University College, Oxford in 1984, it was the last of 4 records Peter made for the Spotlite label starting in 1982 when he recorded as leader for the first time.
Henry Lowther - trumpet (02-04)
Peter King - alto
John Horler - piano
Dave Green - bass
Spike Wells - drums
01 Old Folks
02 ¾ Peace
03 The Eye Of The Hurricane
04 Gingerbread Boy
Label: Spotlite SPJ-CD 429
Recorded: May 26 1984
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Saturday, October 17, 2015
0580 0581 Carroll Gibbons [I Saw Stars vols 1 & 2] FLAC48 39(2.00.30)
Contributed by Dave_Bruce, who writes:-
A friend recently asked me to digitise a couple of cassette tapes he found in his attic; I did as asked on condition I could share the material if it was up to scratch. He readily agreed. As the results were encouraging, here it is.
Probably not to the taste of everyone in these parts but I've lately become an unapologetic lover of British swing bands. Hopefully, one or two others share my enthusiasm - Gibbons's bands were among the best. [One and all agree that the very best included Lew Stone's various orchestras. Watch this space.]
Tape 1
01 - Sweet and Lovely
02 - Keepin' out of mischief now
03 - Actions speak louder than words
04 - My Silent Love
05 - Dancing in the dark
06 - I Heard
07 - Bidin' my Time
08 - I wanna be loved
09 - The Cat and the Fiddle medley
10 - A great big bunch of you
11 - As time goes by
12 - Snuggled on your shoulder
13 - All of a sudden
14 - What a Life
15 - The old man of the mountain
16 - Blues in my heart
17 - Goopy Gear
18 - Love me tonight
19 - With love in my heart
1. Tracks 1, 3, 5: Carroll Gibbons, piano; leader; Bill (Lloyd) Shakespeare, Billy Higgs, trumpet; Don Macaffer, trombone; Howard Jacobs, alto; Laurie Payne, clarinet, alto, baritone; George Smith, tenor; Hugo Rignold, Reg Leopold, violin; Harry Jacobson, piano; Bert Thomas, banjo, guitar; Jack Evetts, bass; Rudy Starita, drums, xylophone.
2. Tracks 11, 16: as 1 but with Ben Frankel for Reg Leopold.
3. Tracks 9, 19: as 2 but with Paul Fenoulhet, trombone, arranger added.
4. Track 12: as 3 but with Harry Sherman, guitar for Bert Thomas.
5. Tracks 2, 6: as 4 but with George Melachrino, clarinet, alto for Howard Jacobs, Hugo Rignold omitted and Sid Bright for Harry Jacobson.
6. Tracks10, 14: as 5 but with Lew Davis for Don Macaffer; Laurie Payne omitted.
7. Tracks 4, 7, 8, 15, 18: as 6. but with Arthur Fenoulhet, trumpet & trombone added and Laurie Payne returning.
Discographical note: The ‘clarinet obligato’ referred to in the contemporary review of the first title applies to the issued ‘take’ of this tune and not to the one included on this record which is a completely different arrangement.
Tape 2
01 - All my Life
03 - Kiss by Kiss
03 - You're the kind of baby for me
04 - Sailin' on the Robert E Lee
05 - One hour with you
06 - What makes you so adorable
07 - I Love you
08 - After tonight, we say Goodbye
09 - I wish I knew a bigger word than love
10 - What more can I ask
11 - Brighter than the sun
12 - It's gonna be you
13 - Oceans of Time
14 - You're gonna lose your gal
15 - One morning in May
16 - May I
17 - The beat o' my heart
18 - So Help Me
19 - I saw stars
20 - For all we know
1. Tracks 1, 2: Carroll Gibbons, piano; leader; Bill (Lloyd) Shakespeare, Billy Higgs, trumpet; Don Macaffer, trombone; Howard Jacobs, alto; Laurie Payne, clarinet, alto & baritone; George Smith, tenor; Hugo Rignold, Reg Leopold, violin; Harry Jacobson, piano; Bert Thomas, banjo, guitar; Jack Evetts, bass; Rudy Starita, drums, xylophone.
2. Track 3: as 1 but with Ben Frankel for Reg Leopold.
3. Tracks 4, 5: as 2 but with Paul Fenoulhet, trombone, arranger added.
4. Track 6: as 3 but with Harry Sherman for Bert Thomas.
5. Track 7: as 4 but with George Melachrino, clarinet, alto for Howard Jacobs, Hugo Rignold omitted and Sid Bright for Harry Jacobson.
6. Track 8: as 7 but with Lew Davis for Don Macaffer and Arthur Fenoulhet, trumpet & trombone added.
9. Tracks 9-20: as 8 but with Sam Acres for Lew Davis.
Recording dates as Inlay.
A friend recently asked me to digitise a couple of cassette tapes he found in his attic; I did as asked on condition I could share the material if it was up to scratch. He readily agreed. As the results were encouraging, here it is.
Probably not to the taste of everyone in these parts but I've lately become an unapologetic lover of British swing bands. Hopefully, one or two others share my enthusiasm - Gibbons's bands were among the best. [One and all agree that the very best included Lew Stone's various orchestras. Watch this space.]
Tape 1
01 - Sweet and Lovely
02 - Keepin' out of mischief now
03 - Actions speak louder than words
04 - My Silent Love
05 - Dancing in the dark
06 - I Heard
07 - Bidin' my Time
08 - I wanna be loved
09 - The Cat and the Fiddle medley
10 - A great big bunch of you
11 - As time goes by
12 - Snuggled on your shoulder
13 - All of a sudden
14 - What a Life
15 - The old man of the mountain
16 - Blues in my heart
17 - Goopy Gear
18 - Love me tonight
19 - With love in my heart
1. Tracks 1, 3, 5: Carroll Gibbons, piano; leader; Bill (Lloyd) Shakespeare, Billy Higgs, trumpet; Don Macaffer, trombone; Howard Jacobs, alto; Laurie Payne, clarinet, alto, baritone; George Smith, tenor; Hugo Rignold, Reg Leopold, violin; Harry Jacobson, piano; Bert Thomas, banjo, guitar; Jack Evetts, bass; Rudy Starita, drums, xylophone.
2. Tracks 11, 16: as 1 but with Ben Frankel for Reg Leopold.
3. Tracks 9, 19: as 2 but with Paul Fenoulhet, trombone, arranger added.
4. Track 12: as 3 but with Harry Sherman, guitar for Bert Thomas.
5. Tracks 2, 6: as 4 but with George Melachrino, clarinet, alto for Howard Jacobs, Hugo Rignold omitted and Sid Bright for Harry Jacobson.
6. Tracks10, 14: as 5 but with Lew Davis for Don Macaffer; Laurie Payne omitted.
7. Tracks 4, 7, 8, 15, 18: as 6. but with Arthur Fenoulhet, trumpet & trombone added and Laurie Payne returning.
Discographical note: The ‘clarinet obligato’ referred to in the contemporary review of the first title applies to the issued ‘take’ of this tune and not to the one included on this record which is a completely different arrangement.
Tape 2
01 - All my Life
03 - Kiss by Kiss
03 - You're the kind of baby for me
04 - Sailin' on the Robert E Lee
05 - One hour with you
06 - What makes you so adorable
07 - I Love you
08 - After tonight, we say Goodbye
09 - I wish I knew a bigger word than love
10 - What more can I ask
11 - Brighter than the sun
12 - It's gonna be you
13 - Oceans of Time
14 - You're gonna lose your gal
15 - One morning in May
16 - May I
17 - The beat o' my heart
18 - So Help Me
19 - I saw stars
20 - For all we know
1. Tracks 1, 2: Carroll Gibbons, piano; leader; Bill (Lloyd) Shakespeare, Billy Higgs, trumpet; Don Macaffer, trombone; Howard Jacobs, alto; Laurie Payne, clarinet, alto & baritone; George Smith, tenor; Hugo Rignold, Reg Leopold, violin; Harry Jacobson, piano; Bert Thomas, banjo, guitar; Jack Evetts, bass; Rudy Starita, drums, xylophone.
2. Track 3: as 1 but with Ben Frankel for Reg Leopold.
3. Tracks 4, 5: as 2 but with Paul Fenoulhet, trombone, arranger added.
4. Track 6: as 3 but with Harry Sherman for Bert Thomas.
5. Track 7: as 4 but with George Melachrino, clarinet, alto for Howard Jacobs, Hugo Rignold omitted and Sid Bright for Harry Jacobson.
6. Track 8: as 7 but with Lew Davis for Don Macaffer and Arthur Fenoulhet, trumpet & trombone added.
9. Tracks 9-20: as 8 but with Sam Acres for Lew Davis.
Recording dates as Inlay.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
0579 Mike Carr [Good Times & The Blues] FLAC 10(53.37)
Contibuted by azule serape, who writes:-
What's not to like? The Hammond organ perhaps?
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Mike Carr - organ, bass
Jim Mullen - guitar
Mark Taylor - drums
01 Good Times
02 Blues For Mr B.
03 The One That Got Away
04 Harlem Waltz
05 Battery Blues
05 Mexican Samba
07 Freedom Song
08 Viva Victor
09 The Baron Of Bop
10 Theme From Cliff
Label: Cargogold CGCD 191
Recorded: March 31 1993
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
What's not to like? The Hammond organ perhaps?
Dick Morrissey - tenor
Mike Carr - organ, bass
Jim Mullen - guitar
Mark Taylor - drums
01 Good Times
02 Blues For Mr B.
03 The One That Got Away
04 Harlem Waltz
05 Battery Blues
05 Mexican Samba
07 Freedom Song
08 Viva Victor
09 The Baron Of Bop
10 Theme From Cliff
Label: Cargogold CGCD 191
Recorded: March 31 1993
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
0578 Mike Carr [Bebop From The East Coast] FLAC 14(1.01.04)
Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Some fine swinging bop from 1960/62 featuring some of the North East's best including Mike and Ian Carr (never knew they were brothers).
(01-03)
Ian Carr - trumpet
Gary Cox - tenor
Mike Carr - piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums
(04 06 08 09)
Ian Carr - trumpet
Gary Cox - tenor
Mike Carr - piano
Midge Pike - bass
Johnny Butts - drums
(05 07 12-14)
Ian Carr - trumpet
Gary Cox - tenor
Mike Carr - piano
John O'Carroll - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums
(10)
Mike Carr - piano
Malcolm Cecil - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums
(11)
Gary Cox - tenor
Mike Carr - organ
John McLaughlin - guitar
Jackie Denton - drums
01 The One That Got Away 2:52
02 Stephenson's Rocket 3:50
03 Preludes 5:59
04 John O'groats 7:00
05 Lefty's Tune 5:09
06 Blues For Lou
07 Blowing The Blues Away 2:40
08 Groovin' At The Downbeat 4:28
09 Mike's Dilemma 4:06
10 Cox's Pippin (Feat. Malcolm Cecil)3:28
11 Bells Blues (Feat. John Mclaughlin)3:54
12 Dobson's Choice 4:48
13 Blues For Monk 6:13
14 The Bridge 1:23
Label: Birdland MC 596
Recorded: June (05 07 12-14) December 14 (01-03) 1961 October 15 1962 (04 06 08 09) 1966 (10) 1967 (11)
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Some fine swinging bop from 1960/62 featuring some of the North East's best including Mike and Ian Carr (never knew they were brothers).
(01-03)
Ian Carr - trumpet
Gary Cox - tenor
Mike Carr - piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums
(04 06 08 09)
Ian Carr - trumpet
Gary Cox - tenor
Mike Carr - piano
Midge Pike - bass
Johnny Butts - drums
(05 07 12-14)
Ian Carr - trumpet
Gary Cox - tenor
Mike Carr - piano
John O'Carroll - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums
(10)
Mike Carr - piano
Malcolm Cecil - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums
(11)
Gary Cox - tenor
Mike Carr - organ
John McLaughlin - guitar
Jackie Denton - drums
01 The One That Got Away 2:52
02 Stephenson's Rocket 3:50
03 Preludes 5:59
04 John O'groats 7:00
05 Lefty's Tune 5:09
06 Blues For Lou
07 Blowing The Blues Away 2:40
08 Groovin' At The Downbeat 4:28
09 Mike's Dilemma 4:06
10 Cox's Pippin (Feat. Malcolm Cecil)3:28
11 Bells Blues (Feat. John Mclaughlin)3:54
12 Dobson's Choice 4:48
13 Blues For Monk 6:13
14 The Bridge 1:23
Label: Birdland MC 596
Recorded: June (05 07 12-14) December 14 (01-03) 1961 October 15 1962 (04 06 08 09) 1966 (10) 1967 (11)
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Monday, October 12, 2015
0577 Martin Taylor Ike Isaacs [After Hours] FLAC 10(38.35)
Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
I think I posted this at either KingCake or jazzyblues a few years ago but here it is again.
It's just two very talented guitar players playing together and making good music.
Martin Taylor - guitar
Ike Isaacs - guitar
01 After Hours
02 What's New
03 Wave
04 What Are you Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
05 Drop Me Off At Harlem
06 You Stepped Out Of A Dream
07 Body And Soul
08 Where Is Love?
09 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
10 Over The Rainbow
Label: JTC-1
Recorded: May 28 1979
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
I think I posted this at either KingCake or jazzyblues a few years ago but here it is again.
It's just two very talented guitar players playing together and making good music.
Martin Taylor - guitar
Ike Isaacs - guitar
01 After Hours
02 What's New
03 Wave
04 What Are you Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
05 Drop Me Off At Harlem
06 You Stepped Out Of A Dream
07 Body And Soul
08 Where Is Love?
09 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
10 Over The Rainbow
Label: JTC-1
Recorded: May 28 1979
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
Sunday, October 11, 2015
0576 Louis Stewart Martin Taylor [Acoustic Guitar Duets] FLAC 10(57.00)
Contributed by Azule Serape
Louis Stewart - guitar
Martin Taylor - guitar
01 Pick Yourself Up
02 Morning Of The Carnival
03 Jive At Five
04 Billie's Bounce
05 Coming Through The Rye
06 Cherokee
07 Stompin' At The Savoy
08 Darn That Dream
09 Bernie's Tune
10 Farewell To Erin
Label: Livia LRCD 7 - Jardis JRCD 9613
Recorded: July 1985
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Louis Stewart - guitar
Martin Taylor - guitar
01 Pick Yourself Up
02 Morning Of The Carnival
03 Jive At Five
04 Billie's Bounce
05 Coming Through The Rye
06 Cherokee
07 Stompin' At The Savoy
08 Darn That Dream
09 Bernie's Tune
10 Farewell To Erin
Label: Livia LRCD 7 - Jardis JRCD 9613
Recorded: July 1985
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Friday, October 09, 2015
0575 Elaine Delmar [Elaine Sings Wilder] FLAC 12(35.21)
Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A super lp. Great singer, great songs and great backing.
It's just.... great.
Collective personnel:
Elaine Delmar - vocals
Colin Beaton - leader, piano
Moe Miller - trumpet, french horn
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Laurie Wise - guitar
John Borthwick - bass
Harvey Bruns - drums
01 It's So Peaceful In The Country
02 The Wrong Blues
03 While We're Young
04 Is It Always Like This
05 Summer Is A-Comin' In
06 I'll Be Around
07 Who Can I Turn To
08 You're Free
09 Winter Of My Discontent
10 That's The Way It Goes
11 The Lady Sings The Blues
12 The April Age
Label: Columbia SX 6044 Lansdowne Series
Recorded: 1965/1966
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
A super lp. Great singer, great songs and great backing.
It's just.... great.
Collective personnel:
Elaine Delmar - vocals
Colin Beaton - leader, piano
Moe Miller - trumpet, french horn
Tommy Whittle - tenor
Laurie Wise - guitar
John Borthwick - bass
Harvey Bruns - drums
01 It's So Peaceful In The Country
02 The Wrong Blues
03 While We're Young
04 Is It Always Like This
05 Summer Is A-Comin' In
06 I'll Be Around
07 Who Can I Turn To
08 You're Free
09 Winter Of My Discontent
10 That's The Way It Goes
11 The Lady Sings The Blues
12 The April Age
Label: Columbia SX 6044 Lansdowne Series
Recorded: 1965/1966
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
Thursday, October 08, 2015
0574 June Christy [The Cool Elephant] WAV 2(5.25)
Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is not the rarest session in the Tubby Hayes discography (that honour goes to singer Teri Thornton who made a single, also for CBS, with him backing) but it is next in line.
The back history is quite interesting.
It was thought at first that the single had been recorded in Los Angeles during one of the periods when Tubby was making one of his exchange visits to the USA. But it wasn't. The truth is much simpler.
Firstly, the title of the song on the 'A' side.
Johnny and Cleo Dankworth opened a small club in London's West End called 'The Cool Elephant' early in 1965 with the Dankworth Sextet providing the music and special guests doing a set with their own groups. Membership was ten guineas (remember those) a year and top star vocalists such as Marian Montgomery, Mel Torme, Georgia Brown, Cleo herself, Oscar Brown Jr. and Teri Thornton were booked. The club, described as an elegant music and supper club, had French chefs and Sean Kenny decor in dark blue tweed.
And June Christy was booked in during January 1965 with her pianist Victor Feldman plus Peter McGurk and Allan Ganley from the house band and it was during this period in the UK that the record was made. Titled no doubt in honour of the Club.
The song, 'The Cool Elephant' was written by Vic Lewis and Don Black (as was the 'B' side of this single, 'Love's Not Only For The Young') and produced by Vic's own Company, Oval Productions. He was a cricket fan.
BritJazz leaves no stone unturned to bring you this irrelevant detail.
Hayes plays flute on the title track and tenor on the 'B' side. Jimmy Deuchar plays trumpet but the other musicians are not named but I can hear piano, guitar, bass and drums.
And, as a tail piece, the Club went bankrupt in November 1965 after only a few months in business.
WAV from 45 single with a 'cover picture', track details such as they are and a couple of photographs taken at the Club.
June Christy - vocals
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Tubby Hayes - tenor (02), flute (01)
Unknown - piano
Unknown - guitar
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums
01 The Cool Elephant (Lewis, Black)
02 Love's Not Only For The Young (Lewis, Black)
Label: CBS 201738
Recorded: January 1965
Lineage: Single>WAV
Scans: Some images and front cover
This is not the rarest session in the Tubby Hayes discography (that honour goes to singer Teri Thornton who made a single, also for CBS, with him backing) but it is next in line.
The back history is quite interesting.
It was thought at first that the single had been recorded in Los Angeles during one of the periods when Tubby was making one of his exchange visits to the USA. But it wasn't. The truth is much simpler.
Firstly, the title of the song on the 'A' side.
Johnny and Cleo Dankworth opened a small club in London's West End called 'The Cool Elephant' early in 1965 with the Dankworth Sextet providing the music and special guests doing a set with their own groups. Membership was ten guineas (remember those) a year and top star vocalists such as Marian Montgomery, Mel Torme, Georgia Brown, Cleo herself, Oscar Brown Jr. and Teri Thornton were booked. The club, described as an elegant music and supper club, had French chefs and Sean Kenny decor in dark blue tweed.
And June Christy was booked in during January 1965 with her pianist Victor Feldman plus Peter McGurk and Allan Ganley from the house band and it was during this period in the UK that the record was made. Titled no doubt in honour of the Club.
The song, 'The Cool Elephant' was written by Vic Lewis and Don Black (as was the 'B' side of this single, 'Love's Not Only For The Young') and produced by Vic's own Company, Oval Productions. He was a cricket fan.
BritJazz leaves no stone unturned to bring you this irrelevant detail.
Hayes plays flute on the title track and tenor on the 'B' side. Jimmy Deuchar plays trumpet but the other musicians are not named but I can hear piano, guitar, bass and drums.
And, as a tail piece, the Club went bankrupt in November 1965 after only a few months in business.
WAV from 45 single with a 'cover picture', track details such as they are and a couple of photographs taken at the Club.
June Christy - vocals
Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
Tubby Hayes - tenor (02), flute (01)
Unknown - piano
Unknown - guitar
Unknown - bass
Unknown - drums
01 The Cool Elephant (Lewis, Black)
02 Love's Not Only For The Young (Lewis, Black)
Label: CBS 201738
Recorded: January 1965
Lineage: Single>WAV
Scans: Some images and front cover
Tuesday, October 06, 2015
0573 Sandy Brown [BBC Jazz Club - 54] FLAC 5(14.49)
Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
This is a 30 minute broadcast from the BBC Jazz Club - No. 54 and is side 2 of 2 of a session by Sandy Brown and his Band.
It dates from 1956 (these discs were licensed for a period of 4 years and the expiry date shown on the disc label is 8.9.60) but there are no other written details.
The information listed in the post comes from the announcements by David Jacobs.
Al Fairweather - trumpet
Jeremy French (?) - trombone
Red Price - tenor
Sandy Brown - clarinet
Ian Armit - piano
Diz Disley (?) - guitar
Brian Parker (?) - bass
Graham Burbidge - drums
01 Nuages
02 Swinging The Blues
03 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
04 Wild Life
05 Theme - Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Label: BBC Transcription Disc
Recorded: c. 1956
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear covers by jazzandylan
This is a 30 minute broadcast from the BBC Jazz Club - No. 54 and is side 2 of 2 of a session by Sandy Brown and his Band.
It dates from 1956 (these discs were licensed for a period of 4 years and the expiry date shown on the disc label is 8.9.60) but there are no other written details.
The information listed in the post comes from the announcements by David Jacobs.
Al Fairweather - trumpet
Jeremy French (?) - trombone
Red Price - tenor
Sandy Brown - clarinet
Ian Armit - piano
Diz Disley (?) - guitar
Brian Parker (?) - bass
Graham Burbidge - drums
01 Nuages
02 Swinging The Blues
03 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
04 Wild Life
05 Theme - Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Label: BBC Transcription Disc
Recorded: c. 1956
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear covers by jazzandylan
Monday, October 05, 2015
0572 Acker Bilk [The Veritable Mr Bilk] FLAC 8(38.19)
Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
I wouldn't normally buy anything by Acker Bilk as it's not my kind of music but I was tempted by this lp as Ronnie Ross appeared as a guest on side two (tracks 5, 6 and 7).
To this lp I added a further track from the same session with Ross (track 8) which appeared on an ep and not this lp.
The first four tracks without Ross were recorded live in concert in New Zealand in September 1966 and the others were studio recordings from January 1967.
FLAC from lp and ep with cover scans of both.
Acker Bilk - leader, clarinet
Al Fairweather - trumpet
Johnny Mortimer - trombone
Bruce Turner - alto
Ronnie Ross - baritone (05-08)
Stan Greig - piano
Tony Pitt - guitar
Tucker Finlayson - bass
Ron McKay - drums
01 Tiger Rag
02 Undecided
03 Bugle Call Rag
04 Front Seat Driver
05 Acker's Personal Jungle
06 Caravan
07 Hucklebuck
08 Tarzan's March
Label: Columbia SX 6241 Festival FY2455
Recorded: late September 1966 (01-04) January 1967 (05-08)
Lineage: LP EP>FLAC
Scans: Full
I wouldn't normally buy anything by Acker Bilk as it's not my kind of music but I was tempted by this lp as Ronnie Ross appeared as a guest on side two (tracks 5, 6 and 7).
To this lp I added a further track from the same session with Ross (track 8) which appeared on an ep and not this lp.
The first four tracks without Ross were recorded live in concert in New Zealand in September 1966 and the others were studio recordings from January 1967.
FLAC from lp and ep with cover scans of both.
Acker Bilk - leader, clarinet
Al Fairweather - trumpet
Johnny Mortimer - trombone
Bruce Turner - alto
Ronnie Ross - baritone (05-08)
Stan Greig - piano
Tony Pitt - guitar
Tucker Finlayson - bass
Ron McKay - drums
01 Tiger Rag
02 Undecided
03 Bugle Call Rag
04 Front Seat Driver
05 Acker's Personal Jungle
06 Caravan
07 Hucklebuck
08 Tarzan's March
Label: Columbia SX 6241 Festival FY2455
Recorded: late September 1966 (01-04) January 1967 (05-08)
Lineage: LP EP>FLAC
Scans: Full
Saturday, October 03, 2015
0571 Ernest Ranglin [Soul D'Ern] FLAC 9(1.16.30)
Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
One of the few straight ahead jazz recordings Ernest made whilst resident here in the early/mid 1960s.
He was part of the house rhythm section at Scott's for a while and he is featured here live from the Club in a trio setting.
Ernest Ranglin - guitar
Phil Bates - bass
Benny Goodman - drums
01 Ronnie's Intro
02 Just One Of Those Things
03 One Note Samba
04 Just In Time
05 Cherokee
06 A Foggy Day
07 Ernest's Other Blues
08 Get Me To The Church On Time
09 Soul D'Ern
Label: Ronnie Scott's Jazz House JHAS 611
Recorded: December 15 1963 (03-06) February 20 1964 (02 07-09)
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
One of the few straight ahead jazz recordings Ernest made whilst resident here in the early/mid 1960s.
He was part of the house rhythm section at Scott's for a while and he is featured here live from the Club in a trio setting.
Ernest Ranglin - guitar
Phil Bates - bass
Benny Goodman - drums
01 Ronnie's Intro
02 Just One Of Those Things
03 One Note Samba
04 Just In Time
05 Cherokee
06 A Foggy Day
07 Ernest's Other Blues
08 Get Me To The Church On Time
09 Soul D'Ern
Label: Ronnie Scott's Jazz House JHAS 611
Recorded: December 15 1963 (03-06) February 20 1964 (02 07-09)
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full
Friday, October 02, 2015
0570 Ernest Ranglin [Ranglypso] FLAC 8(44.29)
Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
This just about squeezes into BritJazz because of the drummer on the date - Kenny Clare.
Ernest Ranglin, who was Jamaican born, was part of the Ronnie Scott house rhythm section in the early/mid 1960s so he almost qualifies as British.
After leaving the UK, Ernest had a long association with Monty Alexander, who plays electric piano only on this date, and they made several records together.
Monty Alexander - electric piano
Ernest Ranglin - guitar
Eberhard Weber - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
01 Mento-Time In Jamaica
02 Feel Like Making Love
03 Escape To Villengen Blues
04 Tico Tico
05 Ranglypso
06 You Make Me Feel Brand New
07 Honky Tonk
08 Freeway
Label: MPS 68.153
Recorded: October 25 1974
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
This just about squeezes into BritJazz because of the drummer on the date - Kenny Clare.
Ernest Ranglin, who was Jamaican born, was part of the Ronnie Scott house rhythm section in the early/mid 1960s so he almost qualifies as British.
After leaving the UK, Ernest had a long association with Monty Alexander, who plays electric piano only on this date, and they made several records together.
Monty Alexander - electric piano
Ernest Ranglin - guitar
Eberhard Weber - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
01 Mento-Time In Jamaica
02 Feel Like Making Love
03 Escape To Villengen Blues
04 Tico Tico
05 Ranglypso
06 You Make Me Feel Brand New
07 Honky Tonk
08 Freeway
Label: MPS 68.153
Recorded: October 25 1974
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover
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