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

0483 Acker Bilk [Blue Acker] FLAC 8(36.43)

Contributed by jazzandylan.

The two additional covers above from the LP, supplied by bluebird

There are four extra tracks, frequently issued elsewhere, on the CD which have been omitted here

Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Derek Watkins - trumpet
Eddie Blair - trumpet
Les Condon - trumpet
Ian Carr - flugelhorn
Keith Christie - trombone
Don Lusher - trombone
Chris Pyne - trombone
Bobby Lamb - trombone
Chris Smith - trombone
Tony Coe - tenor
Acker Bilk - clarinet
Frank Ricotti - vibes
Stan Tracey - piano
Dave Green - bass
Barry Morgan - drums
Alan Branscombe - marimba

01 Royal Garden Blues
02 Stranger On The Shore
03 Festival Junction
04 Blues For Last Year
05 Tin Roof Blues
06 Baby Blue
07 Blues For This Year
08 Mood Indigo

Label: Lake LACD218
Recorded: May 02 03 1968
Lineage: CD>FLAC Frontend Level 8
Scans: CD Front and rear

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

0277 Acker Bilk [Omnibus] FLAC 12(36.59)

Contributed by jazzandylan

Ken Sims - trumpet
John Mortimer - trombone
Acker Bilk - clarinet, vocals
Roy James - tenor banjo
Ernie Price - bass
Ron McKay - drums, vocals

01 C. R. E. March (Traditional) (2:47)
02 Carry Me Back (Bilk) (3:14)
03 Travelling Blues (Austin) (3:09)
04 Gladiolus Rag (Joplin) (2:31)
05 Jump In The Line (Higgs, Kananaugh) (3:00)
06 Blaze Away (Holzman) (2:43)
07 El Abanico (Javaloyes) (2:46)
08 Franklin Street Blues ((Traditional) (3:08)
09 Louisian-i-ay (Darenbourg) (3:52)
10 Dardenella (Bernard) (3:46)
11 Higher Ground (Bilk) (3:08)
12 Under The Double Eagle (Bilk) (2:56)

Label: Pye NJL 22 Black Label
Recorded: 1958-1959