0609 Duncan Lamont [Summer Sambas] FLAC 12(41.36)

Contributed by Dave_Bruce and bluebird, who writes:-
A follow up to the earlier Duncan Lamont 'easy listening' post. It's really more of the same.

Duncan Lamont - tenor
Roger Webb - piano
Alan Branscombe - electric piano, tuned percussion
Ike Isaacs - guitar
George Kish - electric guitar
Kenny Baldock - bass
Art Morgan - drums
Dennis lopez - latin percussion

01 Summer Samba (So Nice)
02 Our Day Will Come
03 The Look Of Love
04 We've Only Just Begun
05 Gentle One
06 Alone Again (Naturally)
07 Felicidade/Samba De Orfeo
08 Destination Love
09 Wave
10 My Cherie Amour
11 Mas Que Nada
12 The Fool On The Hill

Label: MFP 50080
Recorded: February 1973
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover

0608 Dick Crouch - Paz [Look Inside] FLAC 9(39.57)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
BritJazz hasn't featured much Latin jazz perhaps because there aren't all that many British musicians playing it exclusively.
Here's one group that does though.  Paz has been around since 1976 led by vibist Dick Crouch and featuring a moving roster of musicians over the years. This one is from 1983.
And, by the way, the back sleeve cover is not skewed. It's the way it was intended and printed.

Dick Crouch - leader, deagon commander II, vibes
Ray Warleigh - soprano, alto, piccolo, flute
Geoff Castle - piano, fender rhodes, synthesizers
Jim Mullen - electric guitar
Henry Thomas - bass guitar
Dave Early - drums, percussion
Simon morton - percussion
Joäo Bosco De Oliveira - percussion, vocals

01 AC/DC
02 Cravo E Canela
03 One Hundred
04 Sunny Day
05 Making Smiles
06 Bags
07 Look Inside
08 Three Blonde Mice
09 Night Bird

Label: Coda 18
Recorded: August 1983
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover

0607 Alan Clare [Holland Park] FLAC 17(54.51)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A lovely piano album with just a bass player. Not much Clare around so savour this one.

Alan Clare - piano
Lennie Bush - bass

01 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
02 Our Love Is Here To Stay
03 I Cover The Waterfront
04 Embraceable You
05 Manhattan
06 September Song
07 Medley: True Love-These Foolish Things-I Wish You Love-Who Can I Turn To
08 The Nearnes Of You
09 Moon River
10 What's New
11 Smoke Hets In Your Eyes
12 Stardust
13 The Otter
14 Holland Park
15 Eriskay Love Lilt
16 I'm Wishing
17 Making Whoopee

Label: Mastermix CHECD00108
Recorded: October 1993
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full

0606 Gordon Beck [Dr Dolittle Loves Jazz] FLAC 9(36.32)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
A fine trio recording of the songs of Leslie Bricusse from the film Dr. Dolittle.
Not many of these songs are particularly remembered now although 'When I Look In Your Eyes' is a favourite with female vocalists. Try to hear Irene Kral's version.

Gordon Beck - piano
Kenny Baldock - bass
Jackie dougan - drums

01 My Friend The Doctor
02 I've Never Seen Anything Like It
03 At The Crossroads
04 Talk To the Animals
05 Doctor Dolittle
06 When I Look In Your Eyes
07 After Today
08 I Think I Like You
09 Beautiful Things

Label: Major Minor SMMLP 8
Recorded: 1967
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover

0605 John Williams [Year Of The Buffalo] FLAC 4(36.21)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:
One from the Spotlite label, that major supporter of British jazz and talent old and new. Owner and producer Tony Williams surely deserves some kind of award for all he has done for music in the UK.
Whilst some of the issues have appeared on CD, this recorded in 1985 hasn't.
It features the music of pianist Pete Saberton and a group of contemporary musicians but it's very accessible so don't be put off by that. The record has an interesting, but perhaps confusing, rear sleeve design. You have to keep turning it round to read it - a bit like using the steering wheel of a car.

(01-03)
John Williams - leader, baritone
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Paul Nieman - trombone
Martin Speake - alto
Nigel Nash - tenor, piccolo, flute
Pete Saberton - piano
Chocho Merchan - bass
Trevor Tomkins - drums
(04)
John Williams - leader, baritone
Dick Pearce - trumpet
Paul Nieman - trombone
Martin Speake - alto
Nigel Nash - tenor, piccolo, flute
Pete Saberton - piano
Chocho Merchan - bass
Trevor Tomkins - drums

01 F.F.R.B.
02 This Is The Year Of The Buffalo
03 Snow Palace
04 Ricardo's Overture

Label: Spotlite SPJ 532
Recorded: May 19 20 1985
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Full

0604 Various Artists [Peter Burman's Jazz Tête À Tête] VBR 12(38.02)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A very hard to find lp but Johnny Trunk put out this version on his website for download in mp3 format two or three years ago.
Peter Burman was a jazz promoter and for this lp he recorded four very different groups, the Johnny Scott Quintet, the Pat Smythe Trio, the Ray Premru Group and the Alan Clare Trio to form the album. There's lots to enjoy here.

(01-03)
Johnny Scott - alto, flute
Ray Dempsey - guitar
Freddie Alexander - cello
Kenny Napper - bass
Jack Peach - percussion
(04-06)
Shake Keane - flugelhorn
Pat Smythe - piano
Dave Goldberg - guitar
Kenny Napper - bass
(07-09)
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Ray Premru - bass trumpet
Bob Efford - tenor, oboe, bass clarinet
Kenny Napper - bass
Kenny Clare - drums
(10-12)
Bob Burns - soprano (01)
Phil Goody - flute (02)
Alan Clare - piano
Dave Goldberg - guitar (03)
Lennie Bush - bass

Label: Columbia 33SX1452
Recorded: January 23 (04-06) 25 (01-03) May 10 (07-09) 24 (10-12) 1962
Lineage: Download>MP3 VBR
Scans: Front rear disc details

0603 Helen Shapiro [The Quality of Mercer] FLAC 20(50.27)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
I think the singer Helen Shapiro was about 15 when she got a hit pop record way back and I remember buying her first ep which had a stunning picture of her on the sleeve.
I fell in love with her immediately and wrote her a long letter expressing my undying love and I probably proposed to her as well.
Sadly. she never replied and I was totally crushed.  Just think what might have been. I could have been kept in luxury for the rest of my life
I never really liked her after that.
Anyway, we both moved on.  She being discovered by Humphrey Lyttelton and me..?  Sent to sea to serve before the mast.
She developed into a fine jazz singer with Humph's encouragement and here she is with a programme of songs by Johnny Mercer.  And just look at the quality of her Trio, augmented in places with (or is it by?) Tommy Whittle.

Helen Shapiro - vocals
Tommy Whittle - tenor (02 03 09-11 14 16 20)
Brian Lemon - piano
Lennie bush - bass
Bobby Orr - drums

01 Out Of Breath And Scared To Death Of You
02 Goody, Goody
03 I Thought About You
04 I'm Building Up To An Awful Let Down
05 Midnight Sun
06 Jubilation T. Cornpone
07 When A Woman Loves A Man
08 Fools Rush In
09 I'm Old Fashioned
10 G.I. Jive
11 Tangerine
12 Laura
13 Jeepers Creepers
14 Satin Doll
15 Autumn Leaves
16 I Wanna Be Around
17 Skylark
18 Cinderella
19 You Go Your Way
20 Medley

Label: Calligraph CLGLP 014
Recorded: March 03 04 1987
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover

0602 Bob Hudson [Encore!] FLAC 11(56.40)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
A fine latter day Whittle recording with an equally fine local backing trio.

Tommy Whittle - tenor
Bob Hudson - piano
Geoff Pearson - bass
Derek Bush - drums

01 Flamingo
02 Darn That Dream
03 Sweet And Lovely
04 Trotting
05 It Never Entered My Mind
06 Wave
07 My Foolish Heart
08 Tee-Jay Blues
09 Night And Day
10 On Green Dolphin Street
11 My Romance

Label: Sine Records SND 0077
Recorded: June 26 1997
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full

0601 Loose Tubes [Loose Tubes] FLAC 7(40.07)

Contributed by azule serape, who writes:-
This is their first lp recorded for their own label in the mid 1980s and which has never been re-issued.
The group was a collective of young British musicians, with varying personnel in it's short life, in order to give an outlet for them to compose and perform their own contemporary music.
It's hard to classify.  It's basically a big band with bits of everything from the history of jazz and it was the launching pad for the careers of many of today's musicians.

Dave DeFries - trumpet
John Eacott - trumpet
Chris Batchelor - trumpet
Lance Kelly - trumpet (03 04)
Steve Waterman - trumpet (01 02 05-07)
John Harborne - trombone
Steve Day - trombone
Richard Pywell - trombone
Ashley Slater - bass trombone
Dave Powell - tuba
Iain Ballamy - soprano, alto, flute
Steve Buckley - soprano, alto
Tim Whitehead - tenor
Mark Lockheart - tenor
Dave Bitelli - baritone (03 04)
Howard Turner - baritone (01 02 05-07)
Eddie Parker - flute
Django Bates - keyboards, melodica
John Parricelli - electric guitar
Steve Berry - bass
Nic France - drums, electric drums
Steve Arguelles - percussion
Colin Lazzerini - bass telephone, typewriter, rabbit
Dai Pritchard - clarinet, bass clarinet

01 Eden Express
02 Rowing Boat Delineation Egg
03 Descarga
04 Descarga Ocurriencia
05 Yellow Hill
06 Mister Zee
07 Arriving

Label: LTLP 001
Recorded: December 29 1984 (01 02 05-07) September 15 1985 (03 04)
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover

0600 Tubby Hayes [The Orchestra] FLAC 12(33.24)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
This was Tubby's last commercial recording before his death and for some reason it has never seen a cd re-issue.
It was recorded in May 1969 with basically his Big Band, plus strings on some titles, and playing some of the popular music of the day in an attempt to appeal to the more commercially minded audiences. The idea of adding strings to the Big Band was that of Hayes himself though.
It probably fell between two stools at the time, appealing neither to the jazzers or the pop lovers, but Tubby plays quite beautifully and as Simon Spillett commented in his recently published Hayes biography ......'the whole is no more offensive to jazz fans' ears than some of Stan Getz's contemporary productions on the Verve label'.
Judge for yourselves.
For lovers of jazz trivia, the sleeve notes were written by journalist Sylvia Goldberg (the widow of guitarist Dave Goldberg) and with whom Tubby had a brief affair in the summer 1970 shortly after his discharge from a hospital stay of several months following a serious and life-threatening infection.

Tubby Hayes - leader, tenor, flute
Derek Watkins - trumpet
Greg Bowen - trumpet
Tony Fisher - trumpet
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Les Condon - flugelhorn
Keith Christie - trombone
Dave horler - trombone
Bill Geldard - trombone
Roy Willox - alto
Bob Efford - tenor, woodwinds
Alan Branscombe - piano vibes, percussion
Unknown - harp
Louis Stewart - guitar
Ron Mathewson - bass, bass guitar
Spike Wells - drums
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - violin
Unknown - viola
Unknown - viola
Unknown - cello
Unknown - cello

01 Up Up And Away
02 The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener
03 Emily
04 These Boots Were Made For Walking
05 Free Again
06 Here There And Everywhere
07 Song For A Sad Lady
08 Mas Que Nada
09 The Gentle Rain
10 Hey Jude!
11 The Windows Of The World
12 This Guy's In Love With You

Label: Fontana 6309 002
Recorded: May 27 1969
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover

0599 Mark Ramsden Dave Cliff [Tribute To Paul Desmond] FLAC 10(45.18)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
An affectionate tribute to the late Paul Desmond and his music played by alto saxophonist, crime writer and formerly the Editor of 'Fetish Times', Mark Ramsden (how's that for a CV) and guitarist Dave Cliff with bass and percussion.
If you like Paul Desmond then this is for you. Beautifully played with some interesting twists - see if you can recognize what song 'The Mermaid' is based on without reading the booklet notes.
I play this a lot and I hope you will too. It's very addictive.  'El Prince' is a good one to try first.

Mark Ramsden - alto
Dave Cliff - guitar
Andy Hamill - bass
Gary Hammond - drums

01 The Mermaid
02 Take Five
03 Big Eyes Bossa
04 Alone Together
05 Soul And Body
06 Desmond Blue
07 Is It A Dream?
08 El Prince
09 Everything I Love
10 Lionise

Label: 33 Jazz 041
Recorded: 1998
Lineage: CD>FLAC

Scans: Full

0598 Cedric West [Bach Goes West] FLAC 12(30.34)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
There was a bit of a vogue for going all 'Bachy' and 'Baroquey' in the 1960s by various jazz groups, as if by doing this it made jazz music more respectable. I guess Jacques Loussier started the trend.
I never particularly cared for the style myself but here is one example by a group led by one of those musician's  musicians - Cedric West. He was a very highly  regarded guitarist and there is a very interesting YouTube clip showing Joe Pass visiting his home to jam in his living room. Martin Taylor is somewhere in there too.
And what a dreadful cover picture - I hope Cedric was paid a lot of money to pose like that.

Cedric West - guitar
Laurie wise - guitar
Eric Dawson - drums

01 Bach Goes West No. 1
02 Bach To Baroque
03 Bach Goes West No. 2
04 Soliloquy
05 Bach Goes West No. 4
06 Sinfonia No. 2
07 Cedric's Wee Fugue
08 Swing In Baroque
09 Invention For Four Guitars
10 Fugue For three
11 3/4 Waltz
12 Bach Goes West No. 3

Label: World Record Club T 641
Recorded: 1965
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front reat LP cover

0597 Various Artists [We Love You Madly] FLAC 11(38.15)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is just the music (no video) from a BBC TV transmission to celebrate the 70th Birthday of Duke Ellington in April 1969 and played by various groups.
The sound taken from a CDR is not brilliant and there is some residual background noise, possibly the result of earlier over-enthusiastic restoration work, but it is perfectly listenable and there are some fine solos.
Stan Tracey's Big Brass, one of the groups here, plays five selections all of which appeared on his 1968 album 'We Love You Madly' with the same featured soloists.
Sound (the format of which could be anything) from TV transmission via CDR with a 'cover' picture and track/personnel details.

(02 04 07 08 10)
Nigel Carter - trumpet
Tony Fisher - trumpet
Paul Tungay - trumpet
Harry Beckett - trumpet
Hank Shaw - trumpet
Ian Carr - flugelhorn (04)
Don Lusher - trombone
Keith Christie - trombone
Bobby Lamb - trombone
Chris Pyne - trombone
Cliff Hardie - trombone
Don Rendell - soprano, tenor (07)
Joe Harriott - alto (08)
Tony Coe - tenor
Acker Bilk - clarinet (02)
Stan Tracey - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Ronnie Stephenson - drums
(03)
Kenny Graham - director
Duncan Campbell - trumpet
Ronnie Chamberlain - soprano, alto
Bob Efford - tenor
Kathy Stobart - baritone
Dave Goldberg - guitar
Lennie Bush - bass
Bobby Orr - drums
Peter Ahearne - percussion
Tristan Fry - percussion
Bobby Midgley - percussion
(05 06)
John Dankworth - alto
Cleo Laine - vocals
Others unknown but possibly from Graham's group
(09)
Johnny Scott - alto, flute
Bob Burns - alto, clarinet
Ronnie Ross - baritone
Bill LeSage - piano
Spike Heatley - bass
Tony Carr - drums
Freddie Alexander - cello
Maurice Westerby - cello
Francis Gabarro - cello
William De Mont - cello

01 Introduction by Benny Green
02 Creole Love Call
03 Rockin' In Rhythm
04 I'm Beginning To See The Light
05 Sophisticated Lady
06 Sonnet To Hank Cinq
07 Passion Flower
08 In A Sentimental Mood
09 C Jam Blues
10 Lay-By
11 Coda by Benny Green

Label: BBC TV transmission
Recorded: April 1969
Lineage: BBC TV>CDR>FLAC
Scans: Cover details

0596 Stan Tracey [We Love You Madly...] FLAC 8(38.35)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is a follow up to an earlier Stan Tracey Big Brass posting ('Blue Acker') and it has features for the guest soloists Acker Bilk, Ian Carr, Tony Coe, Joe Harriott, Don Rendell plus one for Stan himself.
As the title suggests, this is a tribute to Duke Ellington with most of the songs composed by him, one is by Strayhorn and one other by Tracey.

Stan Tracey - leader, piano
Derek Watkins - trumpet
Paul Tongay - trumpet
Kenny Baker - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Les Condon - trumpet
Ian Carr - flugelhorn (06)
Keith Christie - trombone
Don Lusher - trombone
Chris Pyne - trombone
Bobby Lambe - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Don Rendell - soprano (03)
Joe Harriott - alto (07)
Tony Coe - tenor (04)
Acker Bilk - clarinet (05)
Lennie Bush - bass
Barry Morgan - drums

01 Blue Feeling
02 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
03 Passion Flower
04 Lay By
05 Creole Love Call
06 I'm Beginning To See The Light
07 In A Sentimental Mood
08 We Love You Madly

Label: Columbia SCX 6320
Recorded: August 20 21 1968
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover

0595 Chris Biscoe [Jazz In Britain] FLAC 3(17.13)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This was given to me three or four years ago by one of the musicians on the date and it provides a good example of some of the contemporary music being played in Britain during the mid 1980s.
It has not been issued commercially.

Ray Manderson - trumpet
Danilo Terenzi - trombone
Chris Biscoe - alto, baritone
Peter Jacobsen - piano
Mick hutton - bass
Dave Berry - drums

01 The Good Nu's (Biscoe)
02 I Porcellini (Biscoe, Terenzi)
03 You Don't Know What love Is (Raye, DePaul)

Label: BBC Radio 3 broadcast
Recorded: November 21 1986
Lineage: CDR>FLAC
Scans: Track details and a 'cover picture'

0594 Peter Jacobsen [On Your Marks] FLAC 8(1.10.30)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This is one of the few cds recorded with pianist Peter (Pete) Jacobsen as leader.
Recorded live at the Peterborough Jazz Club in September 2001 shortly before his early death the following year aged 51, it is a real treat with superb location sound on a good instrument and first class backing.
Classically trained and blind from birth, Peter was one of those musicians who could play anything with anybody and appeared on numerous recordings during his short career. He is perhaps best known for his work with the Bobby Wellins Quartet during the late 1970s/early 1980s but he recorded with Peter King, Dick Morrissey, Chris Biscoe and Tim Whitehead amongst the many.
There was also an album ('Eleven Years From Yesterday') under the leadership of Free Jazz musician Philipp Wachsmann which I found totally impenetrable and which I just couldn't cope with. Anyone want to give that one a try?
Outside of jazz, he also played with the Rock Group 'Network', the Progressive Dance/House Group 'The Rurals' and the Irish Folk/Jazz Group 'Carmina', remaining with this latter group until his death. This obituary says it all.
http://www.carmina.co.uk/obit.htm
If you don't know the name then do give this a try. It's quite unique and it might encourage you to seek out his other work. The title track of this cd is just stunning.

Peter Jacobsen - piano, keyboard (02)
Simon Wolff - bass
Nic France - drums

01 Late Night Willie
02 The Voice
03 The God Botherer
04 On Your Marks
05 Eight To One Bar
06 Come Rain Or Come Shine
07 Dry Stone
08 Life's A Take

Label: Global Jazz Productions GJP 110101
Recorded: September 14 2001
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full

0593 Bill Le Sage [Bebop 2000 Confirmation] FLAC 8(1.11.28)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
Features a couple of old boppers with some of the newer musicians playing a programme of the old favourites before an enthusiastic audience (well, they're usually all drunk) at the Ealing Jazz Festival in 2001.  It's really a re-creation of the Bebop Preservation Society, so you know what to expect.
Bill Le Sage plays piano throughout here and the recording was produced for Bill's own label.

Steve Waterman - trumpet
Gilad Atzmon - alto
Bill Le Sage - piano
Laurence Cottle - bass guitar
Bill Eyden - drums

01 Confirmation
02 Ow!
03 Vive La Vanguard
04 Little Suede Shoes
05 Ornithology
06 Over The Rainbow
07 Blue 'N' Boogie
08 Ah-Leu-Cha

Label: Mainstem marbilcd 004
Recorded: August 06 2001 Ealing Jazz Festival
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full

0592 Martin Drew [British Jazz Artists Vol 3] FLAC 8(41.50)

Contributed by bellawoods

Martin Drew - leader, drums
Brian Smith - soprano, tenor
Bill Le Sage - vibes
John Taylor - piano
Ron Mathewson - bass guitar, bass
Chris Fletcher - percussion (01 04 07)

01 No More Blues
02 Re-Rev
03 A Child Is Born
04 Strut Your Stuff
05 Another Star
06 Steelbender
07 Easy Life
08 Sound Down

Label: Vocalion CDSML 8462 (a double CD with Tony Lee Trio [Street Of Dreams] - see separate post) Lee Lambert LAM003
Recorded: November 1977
Lineage: CD>FLAC
Scans: Full

0591 Joe Temperley Don Weller Bryan Spring [BBC Jazz Club Broadcasts] FLAC 8(52.35)

Contributed by bellawoods, who writes:-
Two Jazz Club radio broadcasts by two different quartets in 1979 and 1981.

(01-05)
Joe Temperley - soprano (02 04), baritone (01 03 05)
Brian Lemon - piano
Ron Mathewson - bass (01-03 05)
Martin Drew - drums (01-03 05)
Peter Clayton - announcer
(06-08)
Don Weller - tenor
Martin Blackwell - piano
Roy Babbington - bass
Bryan Spring - drums
Peter Clayton - announcer

01 Blue Bossa
02 Like Someone In Love
03 Lament For A Lost Kitten
04 Poor Butterfly
05 Have You Met Miss Jones? (incomplete)
06 I Wood If You Wood
07 You've Changed
08 Young Mum's Bums

Label: BBC broadcasts
Recorded: November 04 1979 (01-05) January 25 1981 (06-08)
Lineage: Radio broadcasts>cassette tape>FLAC
Scans: Front rear covers

0590 Don Weller Bryan Spring [Commit No Nuisance] FLAC 6(33.42)

Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
This might be the first time Don Weller has appeared on BritJazz and this working group delivers a no nonsense approach to this set recorded in 1979. A first appearance for drummer Bryan Spring too and both he and Don are still happily active on the jazz scene.
I have a very similar set recorded for BBC Jazz Club which will be posted at a later date.

Don Weller - tenor
Martin Blackwell- piano
Roy Babbington - bass
Bryan Spring - drums

01 Smudgley
02 Fruit
03 Like Someone In Love
04 Commit No Nuisance
05 Young Mum's Bums
06 You've Changed

Label: Affinity AFF 44
Recorded: July 03-05 1979
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front rear LP cover