Contributed by Rodney and delmonico. Rodney writes:-
Simon Spillett mentioned this album on August 24 last year (see Vic Ash [Session for Four] - 0084); `Why not try and dig out his rare tracks Blue 'n Boogie and High Priest from the Nixa "Blackstick" album. Even Vic hasn't got them!`
So here is the album - Pye issue. A good balance of styles and variety to portray comprehensively one of the archetypal instruments of jazz. Strong playing from all participants and some very big names in there. All the clarinettists acquit themselves well, including Vic of course. I particularly noticed the tunes by the Tony Coe group but that may have been due to a style preference rather than the performances. I can't say I'd ever heard of Maurice Biella before and when I Googled the name just now I got five hits, all about bikes! Nothing in Tom Lord's "The Jazz Discography" either.
(01 09 12)
John Picard - trombone
Tony Coe - clarinet
Ian Armit - piano
Brian Brocklehurst - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums
(02 11)
Al Fairweather - trumpet
Sandy Brown - clarinet
Bill Bramwell - guitar
Arthur Watts- - bass
(03 07)
Archie Semple - clarinet
Fred Hunt - piano
Chris Staunton - bass
Johnny Richardson - drums
(04)
Dick Heckstall-Smith - soprano
Bruce Turner - clarinet
Harry Smith - piano
Brian Brocklehurst - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums
(05)
Sandy Brown - clarinet
Bill Bramwell - guitar
Arthur Watts- - bass
(06 08)
Vic Ash - clarinet
Maurice Biella - vibes
Stan Jones - piano
Arthur Watts- - bass
Allan Ganley - drums
(10)
Archie Semple - clarinet
Fred Hunt - piano
01 Bali Ha'i (Rodgers) (3:50)
02 Portrait of Miles (Brown) (4:49)
03 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Stept) (2:50)
04 Lover Man (Davis) (4:12)
05 Tipsy (Brown) (1:53)
06 Blue n' Boogie (Gillespie, Papperili) (3:15)
07 The Needle (Semple) (2:29)
08 High Priest (Ganley) (4:10)
09 Sans Humph (Coe) (3:19)
10 I Cover the Waterfront (Green) (4:19)
11 Sugar (Pinkard) (3:19)
12 ⅝ths (Coe) (2:30)
Label: Pye Black Label NJL 20
Recorded: November 05 (04) 18 (03 07 10) 1957 March 26 (06 08) November 13 (02 05 11) 14 (01 09 12) 1958
Lineage: LP>FLAC
