0541 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

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

0471 Eddie Thompson [Dutch Treat] FLAC 8(38.55)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
A nice trio album recorded in Holland in 1976

Eddie Thompson - piano
Jacques Kingma - bass
Ted Easton - drums

01 I Hear Music
02 Ja Da
03 Sweet Sue, Just You
04 Perdido
05 Scheveningen Blues
06 Mean To Me
07 The Honeydripper
08 If I Had You

Label: Riff 659.030
Recorded: June 28 1976 Leiden Holland
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Scans: Front and back LP covers

0168 Eddie Thompson [Piano Moods] FLAC 10(41.20)

Contributed by Doc Sausage, who writes:-
I came across this record in a charity shop in Birmingham in 1991. I hadn't heard of Eddie Thompson at that time, but, as ever, was on the lookout for unusual/obscure gems, and this LP seemed to fit the bill very well. I fell in love with it immediately, and it has become one of my most-played jazz albums. It was only a couple of years ago, when I started to have a proper look on the web at what else of ET's was available, that I discovered that I was in possession of quite a rarity, and that most people have never heard it. I think that is a great shame.
Four of the (many) things I love about this album: the tightly-focussed, urgent fluency of Thompson's fingering on such numbers as Eddification, Watch for the Light, and Eddie Blows the Blues; the expressive, genuinely tender passages featured in Three for 3-4 & Theme for Nica; the rhapsodic, darker tones of Contemplation, which I can't help feeling is a not-so-distant jazz relation of the Ballades of Chopin; and, lastly, the clanking of beer bottles at 0:41 on Three Cuban Heels — it just hits the spot every time!
You can read more about Eddie, including an excellent assessment by Simon Spillett, here.
http://www.jazzeddie.f2s.com/pianoUKpioneers.htm
Scans and pdf file included.

(01-08)
Eddie Thompson - piano
Arthur Watts - bass
Andy White - drums
(09 10)
Eddie Thompson - piano
Ken Sprang - bass
Jackie Dougan - drums

01 Eddification (Thompson) (2:42)
02 Three For ¾ (Thompson) (3:49)
03 Three Cuban Heels (Thompson) (2:11)
04 Blue Whistle (Thompson) (3:42)
05 Theme For Nica (Thompson) (5:18)
06 Watch For The Light (Thompson) (2:28)
07 Eddie Blows The Blues (Thompson) (3:44)
08 After The Ball Is Over (Thompson) (5:58)
09 Thompson Bell (Thompson) (5:20)
10 Contemplation (Thompson) (6:09)

Label: Ember EMB 3303
Recorded: May (01-08) June (09 10) 1958
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0067 Eddie Thompson [Midnight in London] FLAC 9(35.51)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
1958 recordings with Thompson's Trio and then with Tubby Hayes playing vibes only and Johnny Scott on flute added to make the Quintet.  All the tunes have London associations. This lp is the American issue on VOX - the UK VOX issue was called 'London After Dark'. Both lps have the same music and the same cover picture and both are shown here.
Ripped in FLAC from lp with cover scans.

Johnny Scott - flute
Tubby Hayes - vibes
Eddie Thompson - piano
Arthur Watts - bass
Jackie Dougan - drums

01 Passport To Pimlico
02 Nelson's Column
03 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
04 London Pride
05 Underneath The Arches
06 There's A Lovely Lake In London
07 A Foggy Day
08 Chelsea Bridge
09 Limehouse Blues

Label: VOX LP (US) - VX 25 660
Recorded: January 20 1958
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0003 Various Artists [Jazz At The Fabulous Flamingo 10th Anniversary Tribute] FLAC 10(39.37)

Personnel:
Track 1
Jimmy Deuchar, trumpet; Tommy Whittle,
Don Rendell,  tenor; Benny Green, baritone;
Bill Le Sage, piano; Sammy Stokes, bass;
Tony Crombie, drums.

Track 2
Alan Branscombe, alto; Tubby Hayes, vibes;
Tony Crombie, piano; Jack Fallon, vibes.

Track 3
Bert Courtley, mellophonium; Ronnie Ross, baritone;
Eddie Harvey, piano; Pete Blannin, bass;
Andy White, drums


Track 4
Eddie Thompson, piano; Arthur Watts, bass; Andy White, drums.

Track 5
Tommy Whittle, tenor; Harry Klein, baritone; Eddie Thompson, piano; Ken Sprang, bass;
Jackie Dougan, drums.

Track 6
includes:-
Les Condon, Stan Roderick, Ronnie Simmonds, trumpet; George Chisholm, Ray Premru, trombone;
Alan Branscombe, alto; Tommy Whittle, tenor; Tony Crombie, drums.

Track 7
Harry Klein, baritone; Derek Smith, piano; Freddie Logan, bass; Allan Ganley, drums.

Track 8
Alan Branscombe, alto; Tubby Hayes, vibes; Tony Crombie, piano; Jack Fallon, bass.

Track 9
Eddie Thompson, piano; Arthur Watts, bass; Andy White, drums.

Track 10
Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, tenor; Terry Shannon, piano; Phil Bates, bass; Bill Eyden, drums.

Tracks:
01 All Star Special
02 Wait and See
03 Red Prune
04 Moveable
05 12 by 5
06 Interpol Chase
07 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
08 Fishin' the Blues
09 Just Play
10 The Serpent

This is a compilation album by various artists recorded for the Ember label after the Club opened in 1952. The Krugers, mentioned in the sleeve notes, owned both the Club and the Ember record label. Ember was never very good (and still isn't) about the details in its sleeve notes but these tracks were recorded between 1953 and 1959. They provide a fine representative sample of the British modern jazz scene in the 1950s.

I recall going to the Flamingo in the mid 1950s to see a Tubby Hayes group and another led by Ronnie Ross. It was a dismal, dark cellar-type room full of smoke and young stylish 'mods' and their equally stylish girls - but the music was great. I seem to remember being turned out into the street well before midnight. Happy days.

Contributed by Delmonico (ripped to flac format from LP c/w cover scans)